The mountain bike hung on the garage wall. It was deep night outside and quiet. All the back wheel spokes and most of the front wheel spokes were sound asleep after an exhausting day of spinning up and down rocky trails. The few awake on the front wheel whispered so as not to disturb the […]
The foul concoction brooded at the bottom of the cauldron. Why in the name of liquid brews everywhere did the crone add that last tincture of awareness to me? Trapped, nay puddled as I am in the depths of this ugly pot, what possible benefit can the awareness of my own existence bring to me? […]
The vain queen stood before the mirror and said, ‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?’ The mirror, a little too proud of itself, replied, ‘Fair in what sense, your majesty? Equal pay for equal work? Distributing the exact same number of jellybeans to everybody for dessert? Whoa, I see […]
The Magic Wand removed the tamale pie, sizzling in its ruddy earthenware casserole, from the oven. She placed it on her favorite potholder in the center of the sturdy table, and admired the golden glaze of the cornmeal topping. “Kids! Dinner!” she called. “I don’t want any! I ate two bags of chocolate chips today, […]
The frog king and queen lived quite happily in, on and under the garden green. For you see, they possessed everything their hearts desired and some bonus added extras. Years and years of collecting here, there and all about and around had filled bowers in the garden and caverns underneath it with more than too […]
The pampered goat dismissed the butler, all six footmen, her personal servant, and both parlor maids with a wave of her hoof. The help withdrew, bowing, from the palatial dining room. The pampered goat studied her reflection in the great mirror on the gilded wall, noting with satisfaction the fiery gleam of her ruby necklace. […]
Made of leather, the fake cow found it hard to fake sincerity. So one day when her friend, the cobra, loomed up from the basket and said, “Are my eyes really, really scary?”, the fake cow knew the cobra was fishing for a compliment. “Oh, yeah, really scary. I’m, like, totally scared,” answered the fake […]
The goat flew to the top of the tallest tree and perched there. “Here now, come down this instant! You can’t fly!” shouted the goatherd, flinging his hat to the ground. “I can’t?” said the goat. “Of course not. You have no wings!” screamed the goatherd, dancing about as if he had a thousand bees […]
The miniature marshmallow, middle row, third from the left, was stuck on the roof of a gingerbread house. “This isn’t fair. I don’t want to be a decoration. I want to melt in hot cocoa and be sipped!” she complained. “Well, tough. You’re a decoration. Deal with it. We won second prize, didn’t we? You […]
The creek was sick and tired of tumbling down the same old gully day after day after year after decade. Oh, it supposed it was pleasant enough to swell and rush during storms. It didn’t really mind so awfully very much when the bushes bloomed yellow in summer and grew fat red berries in the […]
