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| Beta | Jul 28 2009, 05:09 PM Post #1 |
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Author's Note: A tentative poetic piece based around 'A ride to Johnsdeep' It's intended to be a folksy fable/rhyme, but i'm not sure how sucessful it is. O'er the downs atwixt Kynnton an' Johnsdeep There came a slow rattling sound 'Twas Calib and Balen, poor traders from Norland To sell their flour, well ground Now Calib was leading his wrinkled old eyes Turned from the trail to his bed Calib's horse kept on plodding as Calib was nodding 'Til a short lad appeared ahead He flagged down old Calib, who woke with a start And cast down an eye on the lad Now Calib was cunning, had seen much of the world And what he saw now looked bad The lad asked for passage, offered silver an' all But cunnng old Calib say nay 'cause Calib, whose eyes had seen many a'thing Did ken that the lad was a Fey! Now the creature got angry, and as you might think I seemed that violence was nigh 'Til Balen, the trader, stepped down from his cart And looked with his less-travelled eye He saw neither creature, nor killer of babes But rather a short, stocky man So gladly he offered the stranger a ride But alas! He knew not its plan! Then Calib did leave him, and it is from him that we hear Our account of this tragic tale For when we found Balen, lead by the roadside His body and face were dread pale Now neither cart nor flour were heard of Again by any living soul And the agent of murder: the Fey, it would seem Was long gone back to his hole. So listen well the warnings of old men Those who travel long, far and wide And when they say trouble is brewing Close your doors, bar your windows, stay inside! |
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| DannyMac | Aug 9 2009, 11:06 PM Post #2 |
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'The Master'
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I have one sentence that shall verify my opinion of this: I do not like Terry Pratchett |
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