When I saw the photo prompt I couldn’t for the life of me think what to do; to continue this self imposed ridiculous children’s characters of the past theme I seem to have got myself into.
What leapt out at me was the island in the background, separate from the mainland, easily reached but still detached. I thought about which characters I could maroon there and hey presto the folk who went to sea in a pea green boat appeared into my head.
Don’t ask me about the other stuff, as I have no idea where that comes from!
And its 100 words, on the nose!!
The reasons for the voyage of the Owl and Pussycat to the land where the Bong trees grew has finally been revealed after the bogus turkey vicar broke 40 years of silence from his death bed.
“The Quince”
He uttered and then he died.
Quince, being the official fruit of Aphrodite and a powerful aphrodisiac, was growing on the Bong trees; the epic journey had been a cover up to harvest the valuable fruits.
Unfortunately quince addiction leads to an irrational fear of water and so the Owl and Pussycat cannot leave their self imposed Greed Stoked Quince Soaked Island exile.
Delightfully whimsical
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Thank you very much.
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Of course, it was the Quince. Hallucinogenic fruit, the magic mushrooms of back in the day. How superbly clever of you. 😂😃
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Why Thank you very kind!!
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My comments were well earned. You did good.😇
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😉 thank you
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Dear Shrawley,
It’s not about what you look at, rather what you see. 😉 At least now I know what happened to the Owl and the Pussycat. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, it’s really great to get positive feedback, thank you.
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Thank goodness for Google as I did not know this particular poem.
What a great take, sir!
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*gasp* you did not know it … *swooned at the thought* 😎
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I had to google pictures of Runcible spoons; there I’ve said it!!
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Ahhhhgggghhh! *claps hands to ears … eyes* 🙈🙉
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What can I say? One of those things that just didn’t end up in my hands…
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What was your parent, carer, guardian thinking. Dale I am so pleased you have found it now. 😂😁😃
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I dunno what to tell you. Just one of those “ooopses” of life!
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Heeehe!
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Really?! Edward Lear was a genius. I won a book of his nonsense poems at school in ‘77 for being “Best trier”! He’s always been subliminally in the background I think.
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Yep. Really, really. One of those things, I guess.
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Great write. Had to go and read that poem.
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So did I!! The Runcible spoon is now my official favourite spoon
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Lovely take on wonderful poem. I also fear the quince. For years, my neighbour gave me a basketful – i can’t stand them- but you know being polite is neighbourly. Last year I asked her what she does with them, jam or tarts.
‘Oh’ she said, ‘I give them all to you, if the fruit is left on the grass it makes a mess. I’m just glad you have a passion for them.’
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Brilliant, she just dumped them on you!! I bought some quince jelly from our farmers market once, it sat unused until I tried it in gravy; worked a treat!! Thanks for the comments
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This is wonderfully eccentric and has the feeling of a story while written under the influence… 😉 It tickled me greatly (and I wasn’t under the influence when I read it)!
Have you ever heard of Oulipo poetry and N+7 verse? Your post has reminded me of my attempt at rewriting The Owl and the Pussycat in N+7 verse. I thought you might appreciate it, as I know you enjoy the surreal. https://sarahpotterwrites.com/2014/07/12/the-oximeter-and-the-putois-catamaran/
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I’d had a couple of light ales, nothing more, i’m getting to old for that caper!
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I know the feeling!
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Just read it and left comments, really interesting Sarah. I’m trying to make each one of the FF prompts have a basis in childhood rhymes and the such like. A kind of where are they now script. In a year I intend to publish 52 and sell the book for millions of pounds!!
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It’s good to have ambition. I started out with millions of pounds in mind, but experience has told me it only happens to other people … one of my fellow bloggers, Louise Jensen, has just achieved the million mark, so who knows?
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I’ll tell my wife about this, looks good with excellent reviews too.
One day my time will come!! Have you read Paul Auster or Haruki Murakami? My personal faves
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Here’s the link to Louise’s blog. Sometimes you’ll see her over at Friday Fictioneers, too. https://fabricatingfiction.wordpress.com/
I’ve not read Paul Aster or Haruki Murakami, but people keep telling me to do so. I read fairly widely, although sometimes get obsessed with a particular author and have to read everything they’ve written. When I was in my late teens, I read every novel that Thomas Hardy had ever written. After that, it was everything that John Wyndham and Arthur C. Clarke had written. Many years on, I have found myself immersed in all three of Donna Tartt’s novels (she takes about a decade to write each of her books, so I’ll have a few years yet to read another one of her works!). I also love the very offbeat Danish writer Peter Hoeg. Now I’m into Matt Haig and am on the fourth of his books in a couple of months (first I read two of his adult novels and now the second of a non-fiction duo). But there’s nothing that I love more than to get stuck into a brilliant trilogy and read all three novels back to back, which is better than reading the first one and having to wait an age for the next two. My favourite trilogy of all time is The Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin. I suppose you could describe it as accessible literary dystopian. Everything about these books — the characters, the setting, the plot, the pacing and the utter beauty of some of his paragraphs just takes my breath away…
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What fun! I tried repeating Greed Stoked Quince Soaked Island three times real fast. Quite the tongue-twister.
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Thanks Russell! That’s made my afternoon!!
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Very imaginative! Give me whatever it is you’re taking to take my creativity to this level 🙂
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Wow high praise indeed! I’d prescribe a lifetime of dubious behaviour!
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What fun! We must mount an expedition to rescue them at once! Perhaps one of these new-fangled flying machine thingies will calm their apprehension.
Super story – I really enjoyed its whimsical nature.
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Fantastic story, beautiful writing and a lovely reminder of thoses delicious words and images.
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Thank you so much, it never ceases to amaze how great it makes me feel to receive encouragement! 😃
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