Hello, Hello folks, and Hello to Rochelle, and thank you to Rochelle for hosting this rabble of Wiley Wordsmiths in their endeavours to write the perfect little tale, with a start, middle and end; Well, I can always try! Thank you also to Anshu Bhojnagarwala who has provided this wonderfully evocative photograph, just wish I had some kindling or i’d be sat next to the fire, as it is it looks as though i’ll have to chop up some furniture to get it going. The actual story is in bold, so keep on reading, you’ll get there shortly!
This week I was reminded of a not so merry King Cole and his previous misadventures, catalogued here Cole’s back story. I’ve been running out of children’s characters to bastardise and hopefully ruin their reputations. With the invention of the internet, many of these folk have had to scratch around for another living.
The scene is set, the thinking cap on, the Gin poured and the starters pistol fired… Here goes.
The Coleford’s farmer’s market was dire before Brexit; used baby clothes, and dubious aphrodisiacs.
Poorly turned Wooden Bowls,”Cole’s Bowels“, hadn’t sold well and curse that bloody signwriter.
The Ancient Royal Hunting woodland kept folk warm as European fuel prices rocketed; “The Forest of Dean” plunged into economic free-fall after Brexit; Cole was looking for a new venture.
As Older King Cole sat gazing into the fire on his St Briavels allotment, his thoughts turned to Free-mining and the chimerical untapped coal seams under the forest.
He was going to need a different sign; “Coles Coals” and a different signwriter.
So there we are; 100 words on the nose, and maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel…
The Count Of North Clifton 
Dear Shrawley,
It sounds like the Coles are in a mell of a hess. Not so merry of an old soul now, is he? Love it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, thought the back story was necessary in this case for newbies! Hope the rules weren’t bent too much!!
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Actually the rules are intact, Shrawley. Leaving a link leaves it up to the reader whether or not they want to read the backstory. Where I take issue is where there’s a 100 words story followed by a 1000 word explanation. 😉
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I agree
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Well he’s just lucky they weren’t tattoos…..
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Poor UK – poor old King Cole – let’s hope the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t a forest fire…
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at this rate there won’t be a forest to burn. This is of course a fiction, but life in UK these days is akin to Trump’s america from where I’m standing. Its going mad!!
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Yup. Cole’s cowls would be a disaster
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Ha! I thought it was a chimney pot topper but just had to check, turns out Monks have them too!!
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You never fail to raise a smile, even in the hellish aftermath of Brexit that is fast approaching, or maybe not fast approaching, or maybe not going to happen at all, or maybe no one really knows what is going on.
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Yep its nuts isn’t it, I can’t believe these people are in charge of what will impact me and my family and their family. Sucks cock to the max
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Ha, his first sign makes him sound like an offal butcher! He sounds like a bit of an entrepreneur.
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😂 offley so!!
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Love that you are a merry old soul.
Brexit and bowelsand coals indeed!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Thanks for that, if you didn’t laugh you’d cry it’s so tragic!
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For me it would be a laugh as I am not in the midst of it.
For you its tragic since you are experiencing it?
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**** knows! Its a shambles
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Oh those bowels and bowls, and hopefully not bowls of bowels! And I’ll steer clear of Brexit. 😉
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I can’t Im right in the middle of something I have no control over
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Fun story despite… I actually cried in 2016 after the referendum. Was chatting with a friend from the UK–we couldn’t believe it, and it is getting more unreal every day. Sad greetings from the EU.
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Another inventive calumny against a childhood icon! Nice one, Minister.
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thank you Penny, these folk now seem to be infamous!!
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Farmer’s market is not doing well. Farmer wants to become a miner and sell coal!
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Not such a merry soul after all. I always doubted it anyway.
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That bad, huh! Well, what were they thinking when they said aye for Brexit!!
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they were thinking of their wallets I suspect… and not us!
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Great write! So much packed in. Very interesting, great read.
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Thanks mate it’s a challenge to pack in as much as possible; life is full of stuff and 100 words isn’t enough, or it’s just enough!
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Nice and inventive take. Who knows what ‘opportunities,’ there will be for certain people after Brexit
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I hope it will not come to this… but I’m sure there will be those getting richer out of Brexit.
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As I’ve always said, spelling so often makes a difference
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Yes it certainly does indeed, thanks for reading
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