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Jonathan and Kath's Drabble Advent Calendar
They vary a lot Patti. One or two are a bit serious. Yes, you heard it first here. We can be serious. However, we realise that life's too important to take seriously!We hope people enjoy our bit of fun!
Like that one Jonathan. Looking forward to the rest :~)
Thanks, Patti and David. :)As Kath says, there's a good mix of drabbles coming up.
What's behind door number 2? A story by Kath.I Want
Dear Father Christmas. I want - I beg your pardon. Mum says, "I want never gets." She says I need to learn some manners.
I'll start again.
Dear Father Christmas. I hope you are well. I am very well. Thank you for last year's gifts. They were very nice. Especially the new school uniform which was most useful. How do you feel about bikes? If you could run to a racing bike I would be extremely grateful. I could get a paper round then. It would help with the money. It's been quite tight here since Dad died.
Yours gratefully,
John.
I don't have much experience with drabbles, but I'm really enjoying these (:
That's a lovely one Nanny Igg :o)I like Jonathans as well of course.
Nice one, Kath - a classic drabble starting with a light, humourous touch and then delivering a sharp punch to finish.
Thanks Jud and BJ. Pleased you liked it.
BJ said what I wanted to say but didn't know how to say
Criminy Iggy!You made me mist up!
That's a wondrous thing to do with only 100 words.
Sheesh
Liked it. And as I've already said on another thread, very poignant.
I think you've found your calling, young lady.
It's an excellent drabble and I'm pleased others think the same. It's moving but not syrupy.
If you keep calling me young lady - you're my best mate, you are! ;)
Ignite wrote: "If you keep calling me young lady - you're my best mate, you are! ;)"Awwwwww.
Gimme cake and I'll call you an adolescent. :)
Jonathan wrote: "It's an excellent drabble and I'm pleased others think the same. It's moving but not syrupy."Certainly not syrupy.
What's the opposite of syrup?
Vinegar?
Something sharp, anyway.
Just reread it. Same reaction.
Yep, damn good word wrangling, that.
What a terrific idea, Love it!Two great wee stories, 22 more to look forward to and not a calorie in sight.
Thank you so much Jonathan and Ignite!
You're welcome, Sarah! 23 more as there's one for the big day too! :)
Day 3 and Jonathan provides the treat behind the door.Roasting On An Open Fire
Months of suspicion came to a head for Justine on Christmas Eve when Geoff came home with lipstick on his collar. What a cliché! But there it was, beneath the fog of alcohol he was exhaling. Justine greeted her husband pleasantly enough. She allowed him to change, and when he came downstairs, she stabbed him several times with the knife that had been set aside to carve the turkey. It’ll be a silent night, she thought later on, as she turned the toasting fork in the fire. Its prongs held two shrivelled-looking things. Geoff’s nuts roasting on an open fire.
Great. My turn to open the advent calendar. Aaagh! Now I'm sitting with crossed legs wishing I hadn't.Nice one, Jonathan.
Just wait until Geoff reads it!
He had it coming, he had it coming, he only had himself to blame. If you'da been there, if you'da seen it! I betcha you would have done the same!
It's interesting how times and standards change. If you were to re-write that and post it to facebook with a man killing and mutilating his wife for a suspicion of adultery I suspect there'd be a howl of protestIt might just be an interesting experiment :-)
It's simple Jim, when men cheat it's their fault, clearly they are mean and selfish and uncaring but when a woman cheats it's because the man is mean and selfish and uncaring.
I'm pretty sure that's covered in the National Curriculum - in girls' schools anyway.
I'm struggling to think of a Christmas-flavoured, reverse-gender play on words that is anywhere near as good as 'Geoff's nuts roasting on an open fire'. I've got as far as 'slay Belle' and ground to a halt. Probably just as well.
I gotta tell Geoff to read this.And yes Jim. If the genders had been reversed I'd have been affronted.
This, however, is funny!
But you can quite see why I'm nice to Jonathan - with ideas like that sluicing out of his keyboard?
Yes. His imp can really freak me out.
Haha, glad this drabble is provoking a bit of debate! :)Patti, I believe the Imp is Michael's invention! ;)
Jonathan can be nasty all by himself.Did I say that out loud?
Whoops.I'm seriously brain dead today.
What's behind the door on Day Four? A Kath story.The Fairy Moot
On Midsummer's Eve, the fairies meet for their annual get together. The flower fairies are the easiest to distinguish. The Rose Fairy dresses in rose petals with a little petal cap and the Bluebell Fairy wears blue petals and a thimble shaped flower on her head.
There's another, more practical kind of fairy. She will carry a rope ladder for bedroom windows and a small sack to collect teeth. But after a December spent parked on a fir tree with her knickers full of pine needles, you can tell a Christmas Fairy because she's the one who can't sit down.
Anywhere but the top of a Christmas tree!
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December 1st
Zoe's Present by Jonathan Hill
Zoe Wilkes knelt down by the Christmas tree, her fingers itching to open the big parcel that had been there for weeks. Zoe's mum and dad now watched with broad smiles, holding hands in excitement.
Zoe ripped off the paper and looked inside. "But there's nothing here," she gasped.
"Exactly, Zoe. You have your health and a loving family around you, and with those two gifts you need nothing else in the whole wide world."
Peace descended on the Wilkes household. Briefly.
"This is CRAP! Lucinda's parents are getting her a Nintendo DS AND a new saddle for her pony!"