As the #storyteller, #resplendent in a fine green coat, wove his tale, the smell of #onions descended on the #village. Later, they’d receive his bill for a counterstory to replace the strong odor with a fragrant breeze.
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“Come on, #open the train #window. It’s a #barrier to having a good #palaver.” “Well, yes, you’re going into #exile.” “Don’t be #stern. I had no idea your #culture was so unreasonable.” “He shouldn’t have grabbed your bottom, but you turned him into a puddle of goo!”
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Pete never meant to start a #cult, but when Ken next door asked why the finches flocked to his feeder, he joked that he #embodied an ancient #bird-god. They get together on weekends and #burn offerings. Like a barbecue, only in these feathered robes Patty made for sewing class.
“Why is it called a #cataract?” she asked, #peering over the edge. “What’s the #connection to eyes?” “A brokenhearted girl with #sapphire eyes prayed for #revenge, and the gods made her #pure tears a torrent to drown her errant lover.” “Is that true?” “Probably not.”
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“Don’t #forget to #latch the door behind me,” he’d called before mounting his #horse. But she had forgotten. “Anyone home?” called a #teasing voice. It was the witch. “Now the menfolk are all off, it’s time for an #adventure of our own.” She came out of hiding.
She’d been #missing for days, the search #hindered by #lightning storms and driving rain. On the day the #sunshine returned she came walking out of the forest, perfectly calm and dry. We never did learn what happened. #sunthing #brieflywrite #flexvss #vss365
The #storyteller soaked them all in a deluge of words. Zelda scribbled faithfully with her #pencil, but the #ocean dried up on the page. In reading, the magic was #absent, the words insubstantial as the #fluff under the sofa. #366FF #whistpr #flexvss #sunthing #vss365
“It’s such a long #journey, milord, and you’ve got a nice castle already.”
“It’s just what kings do, Sir Talbot. #Daring adventures and #invading foreign lands is expected.”
“Let’s have a nice #lunch. You’re so warlike when you’re hungry.”
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“Now, the really #daring bit–”
The waiter appeared. Again. “The dressing is #enriched with a #wildflower extract–”
“Thank you.”
“Fresh ground pepper?”
“No.”
“Planning the #invasion during #lunch wasn’t your best idea, dear.”
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