tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post2056459256539984613..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Friday July 15th, 2016Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-21773387886660971522016-08-01T15:44:02.433-07:002016-08-01T15:44:02.433-07:00Greg - yes, well, your tale started off so... age ...Greg - yes, well, your tale started off so... age appropriately. But I have been thinking of children tales for Max and Miles. I just, unsurprisingly, need to find the time to work on them.<br /><br />Hah, great take on the prompt. I was not expecting that at all. I thought you were headed in the direction of a neverending spelling bee... though I suppose that if nobody interrupts the spelling of banana, it might actually be neverending!Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-27390604489728348512016-07-16T00:16:20.703-07:002016-07-16T00:16:20.703-07:00That does sound like quite the family effort on th...That does sound like quite the family effort on the blackberry picking. It also sounds like the start of a children's adventure novel from the 1950s -- Enid Blyton or someone similar. You were all out picking blackberries and looking forward to a dip in the lake when you parted some brambles and discovered a silver Jaguar crashed against a tree. There were spots of blood on the interior leatherwork, but no-one to be seen anywhere. While you're looking worriedly around Max popped the trunk and discovered a young woman tied and gagged, her eyes pleading for help, and a handbag full of a new drug for doping horses. Shenanigans ensue!<br />Hah, you're right, that is one of the more comforting lies people tell. Usually to themselves!<br /><br /><b>Neverending</b><br />The room was quiet; the spelling bee was down to three contestants. David and Agatha were both six, and Sixticton's skinny thug was probably in his late teens but no-one was quite sure. The judge looked at him, and said, "Spell Banana."<br />"B-A-N-A-" he began confidently, then, "N-A-N-A...N...A...N-A-N-A...N...A..."<br />Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com