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Post by adcooper on Apr 18, 2012 7:13:43 GMT -5
Big Tee's nickname for Danny was now Stupid Exploder. This made Danny feel unloved, and his scales drooped.
He hadn't meant to lose the words Big Tee had written so painstakingly in the snow. In fact he'd admired her thoughtfulness, and resourceful use of odd machine and tool parts she found behind the shed.
She'd placed each carefully in the snow to spell out her message--an old bike fender turned sideways looked like the letter C. A handle-less pitchfork could be set to look like an E. A strategically rusted tractor seat resembled a W. And so on. The trouble was, these letters didn't spell anything Danny could read, in any of the above-mentioned languages.
It's a word jumble! he realized. Enthusiastically, he began rearranging the letters--
As he worked, he thought, If I put the broom handle here...and the radiator there...I can move the bucket handle this way, and bend those serpentine belts just so...
Soon, the message was clear, and Danny was beside himself with joy."Hallelujah!" he exclaimed.
Now, as you know, the initial H sound in Halleluja requires a fair amount of breath. Danny's breath was not yet fresh and minty. The message exploded.
Tee was livid. Damnable Exploder! STUPID Exploder, she shouted!
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Post by Bara on Apr 19, 2012 6:25:03 GMT -5
"Whoa!" called Brooks.
Damnable Exploder bowed his head. "Here, Draggie, Draggie," called Brooks. She held out a handful of rubies. Danny snuffled her hand and snuffled up the rubies. He licked her all up the face.
kswkwept away the charred hair sMore? he begged
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Post by brooks on Apr 19, 2012 13:33:24 GMT -5
"Where in hell did you come from?  ?" said Brooks and "just what are you doing here?" Danny dropped his head and with big sad eyes said " I am your Dragon you always wished for, Bara sent me to you she found me in the hills of Shetland. She cared for me and then sent me on to Big Tee for some training and now I am yours." With even biggger sad eyes and downcast wings he said "Don't you want me, I'll behave and we can have the most wonderful adventures?" "WANT YOU!!" She shouted "OF COURSE I WANT YOU, I just had know idea that you were coming OH HOW EXCITING!!!" Brooks rolled her chair as close as possible and climbed on to Danny's back and off they flew soaring in the sky's. "Where to first? " asked Danny "Oh let's go visit................. |
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Post by Bara on Apr 19, 2012 15:41:40 GMT -5
"shhhush" said Ann.
Danny looked around. Just a second ago he had been nearly home to Brooks.
Now, he was sitting, wings politely folded, in an Ohio library.
Ann said : "Here you are, Dear. Swallows and Amazons...
Ann dusted off her charred eyebrows. "I'm glad you like it.."
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Post by Goalie on Apr 19, 2012 17:17:30 GMT -5
However there was also a little girl in Nebraska that dreamed of dragons and Danny realized that he was going to have to call in some of his family to make everyone satisfied.
He turned to the west and asked Ann very politely to open the window for just a moment. She did and Danny let out a bellowing roar that was answered almost immmediately.
Low and behold, up in the sky 5 shapes started to appear out of the clouds.
Danny smiled and started to fly up to greet them but realized that he could not fit through the window. " Help me, I am stuck"...............................Ann felt that the time was right................
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Post by adcooper on Apr 19, 2012 17:31:34 GMT -5
Seriously. A kid threw a rock and broke a glass door at the library this afternoon. We were so surprised. He's usually such a nice little boy. When the police came, they took his account of what had happened. No one believed the part about the dragon. I wondered for a moment, but as far as I knew, Stupid Exploder was still in Canada. I couldn't imagine that he'd flown here so quickly!
But I should have realized when the Association of Retired School Teachers arrived to set up for their annual meeting and casserole dinner and complained that there was an unpleasant odor in the meeting room. We thought that aroma might have been from Baby & Toddler Play Time (2-3:00 every Thursday afternoon). But it's all becoming very clear now.
I suppose I should file an incident report. I'll try not to implicate Danny, but he may be wanted for questioning.
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Post by Bara on Apr 20, 2012 5:03:10 GMT -5
High above Yellow Springs, Ohio, a sad little dragon shook the broken glass from his wings and belched over the last chapter of Swallows and Amazons.
"HELLO?" Said Brooks, perched atop her dragon.
"Huh?" Danny letting out a deep breath.
"Stop that," yelled Brooks. "It's me!"
"Oooh, BROOKS!" Danny twisted his head around and started to lick Brooks' face.
"Stoppit!" Yelled Brooks, brushing away her charred eyebrows. "Look, your family is arriving. Once everyone gets here, we're all going to Nebraska to meet Welkin.
"Yay! shouted Danny. "NO!" shouted Brooks, covering her eyebrows.
Far below, a car stopped and the occupants got out.
"Did you see that?" asked Bruce. "Fire in the sky?"
"Yes," said Ann. "Let's go - we'll be late to the Toddlers group."
She dropped a copy of 'Dragons at Home' on the ground.
"Who were you waving to?" Asked Bruce.
"Oh", said Ann. "To Brooks."
Bruce looked at her quizzically. "Sometimes," he thought, "sometimes ...?"
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Post by Goalie on Apr 20, 2012 17:14:11 GMT -5
As night turned to day, Brooks kept the lookout for Nebraska. She waved her hand to the north and said, "One of you please go to Michigan and see Goalie......one of you stop in and catch zen before she leaves to ride her big brown dragon."
Off they flew and that left 3 with Brooks and Danny.
Just as they were nearing Nebraska, the wind really picked up and a tornado began to form.................
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Post by Bara on Apr 21, 2012 4:03:28 GMT -5
Loki was a very young and inexperienced dragon. He was only 523 and three quarters.
He was the son of Stupid Exploder's middle sister, who - oh, never mind.! He had opened his envelope (which is TRICKY with claws.)
"Oh!" Danny and Brooks flew back (which is TRICKY in a tornado.)
"What's wrong, Loki?" Asked Brooks.
"Well, Auntie Brooks," the rubies started to trickle down his cheeks. "Apparently, I'm not going to Nebraska. I've to go to Maine, or Massachussets, or France...."
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Post by Bara on Apr 22, 2012 14:14:06 GMT -5
In Nebraska, Welkin was watching the skies. She had a funny feeling that something special would happen today.
"I wonder ..?" murmured Welkin.
In Michigan, Goalie was tapping her feet, glancing at the sky and consulting her watch. "They're LATE," she muttered.
In Chicago, Zen tutted. Screwdriver in hand, she tried to adjust the GPS system on her van. "Ridiculous!" She said to herself. "I can't possibly make it to Maine or Massachussets or France - I have packages to deliver right here!"
Over Ohio, Danny and Brooks were trying to re-orientate Loki -whilst fighting a tornado.
"It's no good!" Shouted Brooks.
"What?" Shouted Danny.
"Just grab him by the claws," yelled Brooks.
"What?"
"CLAWS! We'll drop him off at Goalie's."
"WHAT?"
"CLAWS!!" Screeched Brooks.
They dropped him off at Goalie's
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Post by niaru on Apr 22, 2012 14:32:12 GMT -5
So, said Brooks, who's going to pick up Zen?
All three remaining dragons looked at each other and in unison, yelled "Me! Me! Me!"
"STOP that!" said Brooks, flinging what was left of her charred hair to the side. "I only need one to go. The others need to fly to Shetland and Maine...or France, if they don't hurry!"
The three dragons looked at each other again and the smaller, greener of the bunch said "but I don't want to cross the ocean! It's too scary!"
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Post by Bara on Apr 23, 2012 4:23:19 GMT -5
Goalie was standing in her pasture, where a large scaly green shape had been deposited, claws up; scaring - well, Goalie...
After she rounded up the horses, Goalie returned to to the dragon. "Hmm. Bran mash," she thought. "And trim his feet.." "No, John Deere," suggested a Canadian accent in her ear.
Underneath a UPS van, far away, the language was becoming a trifle blue over a GPS glitch.
In Nebraska, a young lady stood rooted to the spot. She absolutely knew that today would be the day. There was a twister on the horizon, but she paid no attention.
Inside the twister, Danny and Brooks were battling for control..
"Brooks to Freya - Brooks to Freya"
"Roger. Go ahead, Brooks. Am over Atlantic headed to France via Scotland. Freya over and out."
"Who's Roger?" Brooks asked Danny.
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Post by brooks on Apr 23, 2012 11:47:13 GMT -5
(Who lives in Nebraska?)
"We must make it to Missouri soon, I know Deb is waiting" whispered Brooks in Danny's ear. Danny agreed he had heard a lot about Deb and really wanted to meet her. Danny was using the stars to guide him and felt it was time to fly a little lower. "Wait, here I have something to hide us from the Muggles" Brooks pulled out her wand and her invisibility clock and using a spell made it much bigger then cover themselves with it, she said "OK now go lower so I can see where we are" she then pulled out a map with Deb's house circled on it.
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Post by Bara on Apr 23, 2012 12:52:31 GMT -5
(Welkie-pops!)
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Post by welkin on Apr 23, 2012 13:19:42 GMT -5
Me!!!
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