“It’s right there. Come on! Come on look!” Alex yells at Jackie. His arms thrusting violently toward the tree.
“Alex, there’s nothing there. It’s an old tree. You are stupid. Dragons don’t love here it’s not ugly enough. My dad says so. He had one as a kid!” Jackie tugs on his ball cap. His mind is on throwing a ball around. Big kid stuff.
“Your dad was going to build you a tree house. You said. I bet he knows the dragon lives here.” Alex kicks the trunk of the tree. “I saw him. The dragon is green. Shiny green, kinda dark like. Sparkly. He is shy dragon.”
“Did you hear it roar? Everyone knows a dragon roars to tell you it’s there. If you scare a dragon they torch you with their breath. But I told you. They live in ugly places. They need mist and something called gloom. We ain’t got that.” Jackie throws the ball on the air. He missing it and it bounces toward the tree.
“The dragon did that. He wants you to go see him.” Alex flashes a smile at Jackie. His little heart jumping out of his chest.
“They can’t do that!” Jackie stands his ground.
“You are scared! Jackie is scared! He is so scared.” Alex spins around telling the world.
“AM not! I’ll show you. I’ll show you! ” Jackie doesn’t move.
“Chicken! Or do they need gloom too!” Alex crosses his arms. His stiff body says ‘I dare you’.
“Ok. I’ll do it…” Jackie slowly walks over to the tree.
The ball rolls closer to the tree. One green flash comes from the tree. An eye clear as day blinks twice.
“Little Jackie Paper?” something in the tree speaks.
Two boys run.
Little Jackie Paper eh? Good tale yarn Mark thanks for contributing to the tale weaver..
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I was in a of the magic dragon conversation earlier in the day actually…
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Great story, what a frightening ending for the boys. But now Jackie knows better 🙂
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I actually feel into this. I like the dragon hunting down the boys.
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Lol oh no 😧
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LOL this is delightful 🙂 I’d run too!
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If it knows your name, how far can you run 😉 I was going for cute all along
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True…you may need to write a follow up!
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Of course, Puff the Magic Dragon may have a score to settle with Jackie Paper, Sr. 😉
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😀 😀 😀
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Hahaha! I would run too if I saw two green eyes and a green flash sparkling at me from beneath a tree trunk! LOL! Cute story!
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Wonderful — Puff’s revenge.
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Exactly, always go for their children. I’m guessing Hansel and Gretal had a familiar history with the witch too.
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You could start a whole new genre revenge fairy tales.
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It’s a thought… Lil Red Riding Hood worked on a remake. Hmm… Children of the Fairytale. I’ll have to work on it a bit. Maybe spell it in Olde English. Witch is best?
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which witch is which? Olde Englishe soundth goodly.
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Thou whilst within a fortnight see
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’tis fēowertyne niht, then
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I’ll have to go back to my Monty Phython dvd’s and figure that one out. 😉
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Want a hint? Or an excuse to watch the Holy Grail?
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I’m figuring it’s the Knights that say niht. but any excuse is a good excuse ☺
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and the first word denotes time
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phonetic spelling. I’m blonde it takes awhile to get through at times
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PS: sent pix of postal memorial in Ridgewood, NJ (finally found again) to project21words email.
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Thanks. I’ll have to take a look. And play do you remember this at work
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spirits of the dead
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