This ouzel: a. had nothing to do with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. b. planned the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. c. is marching to Georgia. d. is not pleased.
Charles rarely emerges from the lower pantry, and on those occasions when he does, the staff bolts pell mell in every possible direction. Charles has that sort of an effect on sentient creatures of any stripe. Stone cold fact. Last Tuesday, so I’m told, Charles emerged, and the staff bolted, all save Buddy, the footman’s […]
when flowers become butterflies and butterflies become flowers we will walk in dreams of enchanted bowers
In the Old West, where men were men and so were the women, Clarence Forbes shot a house. Spooked by a varmint, Clarence launched himself momentarily skyward, and when he returned to rest on solid ground, he unburdened his holster of pistol and shot a house. While his intent was to send to eternal rest […]
The mirror regarded its contract with the evil queen to be legally binding and, in addition, feared her possible response if it broke the contract.
In answer to Margarita’s question about the fairest of them all, the mirror says: a. ‘You will be.’ b. ‘You’re good to go now, but wait ’til later.’ c. ‘Solomon’s got the rep, but there’s this really fair guy in Billings, Montana. So it’s a tossup.’ d. ‘I’m under contractual obligation to hype the evil […]
The Lizard of Gauze Once upon a time a cruel carpenter and his savage beast set out to find and subsequently steal the Cube of Flavors from the Tree of Pensive Contemplation, which, according to legendary lore, grew somewhere east of the Great Chambered Mountain of Ken. Unfortunately for the evil pair, they fell into […]
When the itinerant peddler chanced to encounter an enchanted barrier of lavender blooms deep in the forest, he proceeded cautiously, but not cautiously enough. No trace of him remained. The peddler’s wife, alarmed when her good husband failed to return home, searched the woods for days. At last, she stumbled into the presence of the […]
The elephant and the tax consultant moved to the starting line and crouched low, preparing to hurl themselves down the track. The starter, a renegade lumberjack, raised her pistol. Neither elephant nor insurance adjuster spoke a word, but both peered through slit eyes of rage at the innocent sky. Insufferable insults had been exchanged days […]
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5 of 5 stars to The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton goodreads.com/review/show/55…
