"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."
Eckhart Tolle

Sunday, April 25, 2010

An adventure napowrimo #25

"Furthermore you are to bow when I enter the room"

Horacio the young prince said to Jemmy

Ill-bred young prince

The whipping boy now lives in the palace

Jemmy caught rats in the sewers

The best fighting rats

He has an education now reading writing sums

No corporal punishment for Horacio only Jemmy

Several times a day

They runaway to the countryside

Encounter Hold-Your-Nose Billy and Cutwater

Highwayman and henchman

A girl has lost her dancing bear

A man with a wagon full of potatoes

They sit down to eat together

Tomorrow they’ll start another adventure …

30 comments:

  1. And we shall all bow down to the characters as they enter a new adventure. Fun and very imaginative!

    Well said, Pamela!

    Happy Sunday!

    ~Mark

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  2. Sometimes being a whipping boy isn't so bad :). You've craft a very lovely little adventure here Pamela.

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  3. Oh wow... I remember that book from when I was, what, six or seven years old? Thanks for this re-awakening of that world, it was always one of my favorites as a kid. (Not that I'd want to live in it. It was just really interesting and 18th-century and whatnot.)

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  4. So glad the first line comes from drama and not marriage! Seriously, great connection between the prompt and your environment. Fun and entertaining poem, Pamela!
    JDM

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  5. That was the second thing I heard after reading the prompt!

    Very creative and fun to read. Great job.

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  6. Mark,
    Thanks and may they have fun.
    Pamela

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  7. Francis,
    I just remembered the connection with your poem. Oh, this happened by accident, I was watching this movie last night. And decided to write about it. Thanks.
    Pamela

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  8. Joseph,
    I have never read the book but the movie was entertaining. Thanks again for the prompt.
    Pamela

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  9. Thanks JDM I loved yours as well.
    Pamela

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  10. Dan,
    You are too kind. I loved yours also.
    Pamela

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  11. Fun!!! Enjoyed this immensely.

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  12. Agree with the others. Fun and imaginative. Great!

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  13. my comment didn't take....but I enjoyed this so much. Fun, imaginative. Great!

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  14. Robin,
    I enjoyed yours as well. Thanks.
    Pamela

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  15. Footprints,
    Thanks so much.
    Pamela

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  16. I don't know this children's book Pamela.
    Name? I love adventure stories. When I went to school we had to stand when a teacher
    entered the room.

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  17. Have to admit I'm not familiar with this children's book, Pamela. I'd love to know the title. And tomorrow we'll start another (poem) adventure, too!

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  18. I never read the book or watched the movie, but I like your poem. :)

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  19. Rall,
    The name is "The whipping boy". And I just watched the film last night. It was fantasy filled and delightful. I used to work in a Catholic school where my students stood when I came in. For me it was a strange custom.
    Cheers
    Pamela

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  20. Marianne,
    The name is "The whipping boy' and I just watched it last night. Yes, tomorrow we are off on another adventure ...
    Pamela

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  21. Cara,
    The movie is pretty good. It is a nice story in the end. Filled with adventure. Thanks.
    Pamela

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  22. Pamela, I know that book! My daughter read it. So clever what you've made with it here!

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  23. p.s. Your cat Back looks just like my cat Peanut.

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  24. Thanks Robin. I enjoyed the movie.
    Pamela

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  25. fun one Pam...thanks again for sharing and reading mine

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  26. I think I have to see this movie now... thanks for sharing Pamela

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  27. Wayne,
    Thanks and I enjoyed yours.
    Pamela

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  28. Susan,
    The movie was cute. Thanks for commenting. I enjoyed yours.
    Pamela

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  29. from Therese B -- I've never read the book or seen the movie either, but that first line was a grabber! Good choice to lead the reader into the rest of the poem.

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  30. Thanks Therese. It is funny I was watching that movie when I got the prompt. The movie is cute.
    Pamela

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