Category: Animals
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Can Legends Live Forever?
In Warrington, in Cheshire, in England, in the year 1367, there lived a seamstress who would darn and stitch and sew every hour of the day. She would sleep only when she really needed to, and she lived to the grand old age of 98. She had a sister, who would nowadays be referred to…
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Dispersion
The lunchtime sun was pleasantly warm, as usual, and extremely bright in the deep blue sky above. The crystal clear waters cascaded all around the Fountain of Gaia in the Begonia Garden, overlooking the Fantastic Realm of Olympus. Deer frolicked across the well kept lawn, where the Younger Gods were playing. Zeus laughed heartily as…
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Wizardus Twirlius does it again!
With a rustle of ivy and a whiff of strong smokeA dazzling bright flash transforms into a long cloakWhere once there was nothing, where no-one stoodNow stands a wizard with a dark cloak and hoodA cackle of laughter reveals one magi’s gleeAs the Master of Skeletons holds out a keyThe gathered all watch in anticipation…
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Ivy Giles’ Animals
A nonsense rhyme for Wednesday: Ivy Giles is the farmer’s wifeOr was, as the case may beFor when she was in her human lifeIt was Seventeen Sixty-Three Patience, her faithful dogHad a loud and ferocious barkAnd Silas, her trusty mogHad an aversion to the dark She had a pig named Primrose BlueWho didn’t like the…