Little did nanny know that one day her clever child control device would would live forever as She Who Must Be Obeyed in H. Rider Haggard’s great novel, She.
H. Rider Haggard’s nanny struck terror and obedience into the hearts of her young charges by snatching from a high shelf and brandishing a cruel doll known to all the children as:
a. Mrs. Stab
b. Deathly Singer, Bringer of Plague
c. She Who Must Be Obeyed
d. Alice No Throat
Addison Nindernok tripped on a cinder block,
fell and broke his glasses.
He rolled and groaned, wept and moaned,
amusing all the lasses.
Addison Nindernok climbed up on Pinder Rock,
slipped and broke both ankles.
He yipped and yawped, squeaked, then squawked,
‘By Jove, this really rankles!’
‘I am the Kulm of Sta Ben Fol. Unfold your lances and follow me,’ shouted the muscle-clad leader to his rank on rank of Pen Dal warriors. A shout of glory roared across the Plain of Hobnavor and clashed with the vast sea of mutant frowning Underhorde legions. The Lords of Darkness glittered their hate and dug spurs into the scaly sides of their Clataminx beasts. The enemy surges met in combat surge most deadly and rang down at last the Final Sulvening which would be thundered about in mead halls for eons to come. Five years earlier…
sliced loaf of jam
the carpenter roams restless
her hammer is tempered in rendered lard
(eggs)
i wept when the chimney collapsed
and sent chimney shards hurtling into
alvin
The Mickey Mouse doll said many other things, too, all triple X-rated.
Among Walt’s lesser known assets were:
a. a secret elephant.
b. a pair of wingtip shoes once worn by William Jennings Bryan.
c. a spool of thread tossed aside by Greta Garbo.
d. A Mickey Mouse doll that said ‘I hate you, my darling Clementine, mwa ha ha’ when you pulled and released the appropriately attached string.
The Velvet Flame
A Trace Element Mystery
(to be continued)
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