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#1: Advent Drabbles: December 11th (part 3 22:07) Author: Advent Drabblers PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:18 pm
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It was one of the days that Jack Lambert felt at odds with the whole world. It had started on the wrong foot and gone on that way all morning. Getting into her bath she had slipped and sent a tidal wave of water over the floor. Naturally the girl who followed her was hammering on the door long before she’d cleared up the mess, and that had put both of them behind in their taks. Jack had only just managed to get to Fruhstuck in time, and then only by running, which was strictly forbidden. Luckily she’d got away with this, but she was panting as she took her place behind her chair, and the hair on the back of her head was still wet from its ducking. She managed to calm down during the meal, but she still felt at odds when they all went to get ready for the morning walk. It didn’t help that her lace broke as she was putting her shoes on, and she had to hurriedly knot it, or be late for the walk. She ran to join her form, cramming her beret onto her head, and earning a reprimand from a passing Prefect. She was scowling when she joined her friends, and they looked at her warily, knowing that Jack in this mood could do or say anything. However, she managed to get through the rest of the walk without anything untoward happening, and she went into lessons feeling a little better for the fresh air.
It wasn’t to last, for it seemed to poor Jack that she could do nothing right for any of the staff that morning. On top of that, she was pulled out of class by Matey to tidy her drawers. By the time Break came she was once again ready to explode, so when she had downed her milk she turned to her friends.
“I’m going for a run round the garden,” she said. “I’ll do something stupid if I don’t get things out of my system, and you know what that means!”
Jane Carew laughed. “Oh darling! We do. You have a good blow and we’ll see you later.”
Jack grabbed her blazer from the Splashery and set off into the gardens. She ran past the rose garden and down to the form flower beds. She swung round the end of them and ran alongside the hedge separating the school ground from Freudesheim, down the hedge separating the school from the road. She crossed the drive and turned along the edge of the playing fields till she reached the school buildings again. She intended to circle the whole complex before returning to the Splashery, and a quick glance at her watch showed her that she just had time.
The science labs were right at the back of the group of buildings, linked only by the covered passage that was so necessary in the winter. Jack was running head down as she turned the corner to go along the back of the labs, and so ran full tilt into the object standing in her path. She banged her head hard and sat down, the wind knocked out of her. When she finally looked up, she almost gasped out loud at the thing she’d run into.
“What on earth’s that?” she asked herself. “I haven’t seen anything like that in my life.”
She scrambled to her feet and brushed herself down, and took another look. It was definitely alive she thought to herself, for what she’d run into was warm. She tilted her head back to try to identify what sort of animal it was. Whatever it was, it was huge. Just as her eyes reached its head, it breathed an enormous breath of fire, singeing the side of the chemmy lab beside her.
“Oh my!” she whispered. “It’s a dragon! But they don’t exist outside fairy stories.”


Last edited by Advent Drabblers on Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:09 pm; edited 2 times in total

#2:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:24 pm
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Perhaps it will eat her!

#3:  Author: JackiePLocation: Kingston upon Hull PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:29 pm
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Oooh - a dragon.... wonder if it's from Pern....?

JackieP

#4:  Author: RachelLocation: West Coast of Scotland PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:32 pm
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LOL Jackie - that was my immediate first thought too!

Have just read all the advent drabbles this morning and feel that now I have caught up I can comment Smile

Lots of fun these things!

#5:  Author: PaulineSLocation: West Midlands PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:46 pm
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Or is it from Harry Potter???

#6:  Author: Advent Drabblers PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:15 pm
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In which Cecil takes a morning perambulation and makes some new friends.
Cecil was taking her morning walk, or rather her morning run around the Freudesheim garden. She had done her reading and her writing, and then drunk all her milk up. Anna had promised her that she could help make some bread if she was good, so she had been careful not to disturb mama and come outside for a short time.

She hadn't gone far when she heard a hum.

Hum hummity hum
Tum tummity Tum.
Honey in my tum
Makes me want to hum.
Tum tummity Tum
Hum Hummity Hum.


“But it's no good without the honey, and my tummy is telling me it time for a little something. Does your tummy say the same piglet?”
“Well I would like a nice little haycorn,” said a smaller voice.
Cecil went around the mulberry bush that was growing in the middle of the lawn and hiding the speakers.
“Who are you?” she asked, looking at the two figures before her.
“I am Pooh and this is my good friend Piglet and we were going on a heffulump hunt but have decided it is time for a little something, a little something in the honey line maybe. Do you like honey?”
Cecil pondered this. “I don't know, Anna makes honey cakes and they are very nice.”
Pooh's eyes grew large at this thought. “Do you think she needs any help?” he asked. “Christopher Robin says it is always good to help.”
“That's what mama says as well, and Anna did say I could help her make bread, so she might need help with cakes as well, shall we go and ask her?”
Pooh nodded solemnly, “I think we should, helping is important, especialy when honey is involved.”

Together Pooh, Piglet and Cecil went back towards Freudesheim. They hadn't quite reached the kitchen door when there was a sudden orange and black blur and Cecil felt her feet go from underneath her. She sat down with a surprised bump and looked around. “Tigger,” cried Pooh and Piglet.
“That's my name,” said another voice, “Let's go for a bounce!”
Cecil giggled, “I don't think Anna will want us bouncing in her kitchen.”
“So let's bounce somewhere else then. I can bounce all over the Hundered Acre Wood and back again. I am a Champion Bouncer,” said Tigger impressivly.
Pooh did not look impressed.
Piglet look fearfully resigned.
Cecil paused, wondering which of her new friends to go with.

#7:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:19 pm
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Well, how on earth is Lesley going to tie this together?

#8:  Author: Travellers JoyLocation: Middle of Nowhere PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:54 pm
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Ooh, I do like this one!! Very Happy

#9:  Author: Advent Drabblers PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:07 pm
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Eventually they decided on a compromise, leaving Tigger in the garden bouncing to see if he could bounce higher than a nearby cloud, Cecil sneaked into the kitchen with Pooh and Piglet. Anna was not there, although they could hear her guttural tones in the Saal and Cecil thought that Mamma must have asked for some Kaffee – she did that when she was having problems with a 'witer’s blok'. Luckily this meant that Cecil could show Pooh where the honey cakes were kept – they had a long discussion about whether or not they should take them, but decided that they could leave a note for Anna. Piglet also found some sweetcorn and a carrot and some lemon biscuits for Tigger. They got back into the garden just as Tigger bounced his biggest bounce ever in his entire life…..and disappeared into a cloud!

“That was a big bounce,” Cecil said, straining her neck upwards in an attempt to see Tigger.

“The biggest bounce ever,” Pooh said, then, “I wonder what this honey cake tastes like?” There was the sound of munching.

“Carrot’s good,” Piglet said, not seeming concerned about the disappearance of Tigger.

There was the sound of frantically running feet and then, suddenly, Jack Lambert appeared. She was hot and dishevelled her hair untidy, her face red and her blazer scorched. Cecil smiled, “Hello Jack,” she said, “Tigger bounced high up in the sky and hasn’t come down yet.”

“The dragon, the dragon, did you see it? It came this wa…” Jack stopped as she suddenly realised who was in the garden, “Oh, er, Cecil, hello. Is Mrs Maynard in?”

“Her Mamma is in,” came a muffled voice, “but she’s not to be ‘sturbed,” Pooh looked over from where he had stuffed three honey cakes into his mouth and was seriously contemplating a fourth.”

“We’re waiting for Tigger to come back down,” another quieter and rather ‘grunty’ voice said, “he’s managed to jump into that cloud, he’ll boast about this for weeks, you know?”

Jack looked at Cecil's two companions then back at Cecil, "Er, Cecil? Who are these...'people'? She asked faintly.

Cecil smiled, "This is Pooh Bear and this is Piglet," she said, pointing.

"Jack Lambert, pleased to meet..." Jack stopped, shook her head, "what am I saying? There's got to be an explanation, this can't be happening."

"Oh but it can," a deep voice boomed and Jack looked up in shock to see the large dragon descending gracefully to the ground. It had deep, velvety brown scales over all of its body and sharp, emerald green eyes. It settled onto the grass and looked around, addressing Cecil it spoke, "Did you lose someone?" at the same time reaching over its shoulder to retrieve an orange and black object, "he bounced up into the cloud, unfortunately he hit me as I was flying past. I don't think he's hurt."

Tigger reached the floor and bounced excitedly around the garden, "Did you see? Did you see? The biggest bounce in history!"

Cecil smiled at the dragon, "Thank you so much, that was very kind of you."

Jack shook her head in disbelief, "This can't be happening, I'm imagining it.

The dragon tutted, "Now, if you were imagining things then that fire over there wouldn't exist, would it?" It pointed toward where the Chemistry lab was smouldering.

"And there wouldn't be a large dent in the grass here," Cecil pointed to where the weight of the dragon had caused the lawn to subside, "and Pooh Bear wouldn't have eaten all Anna's honey cakes."

Jack looked round at all of this wildly, then opened her mouth to scream or cry for help. Before she could do either, though, the dragon reached forward and breathed on her. Jack fell to the ground, unconscious.

When Jack awoke it was to find herself wrapped in a large towel and lying on her bed. She went to move and a figure sitting beside the bed started up, "Matron, Matron, she's awake!" It was Jose Helston.

Seconds later Matron Lloyd appeared, "Now you lie still, young Jack," she said firmly, "you managed to hit your head rather hard on the side of the bath, you knocked yourself out."

Jack reached up to the back of her head where there was a sizable lump, "You mean, it was all a dream?" she said wonderingly.

"All a dream? What was a dream?" Matron asked while helping her to sit up slightly and passing across a glass of warm milk.

"I saw a dragon, it set fire to the Chemmy labs, then Cecil Maynard had Pooh and Piglet and Tigger with..." her voice trailed off as she saw Matey's expression. "It was a dream then?"

Matey did not reply straight away, instead she turned over the top two library books on Jack's bedside table, The House at Pooh Corner and The Hobbit, she raised an eyebrow, "Hmmm, I think you may need to re-think your reading matter my girl."

Nothing more was said and Jack lay back feeling rather silly but grateful for the warm bed. Matron bade her to sleep for a few hours and then, as she was feeling better, allowed her to have some visitors. Among the first was Jane Carew,

"Jack darling, what have you done to yourself? You really must be more careful."

"I'm alright," Jack said, rather embarrassed, "I'm just pleased to be missing lessons, that's all."

"Oh but you've missed all the excitement," Jane replied, "there was a fire, it nearly burnt down the Chemistry Lab, and Mrs Maynard's Anna swears that a thief got in to her kitchen and stole all her cakes..."

"You don't want to believe all that you hear, Jack," another voice, an adult one, interrupted, "there's sure to be a logical explanation."

Jack smiled, "Mrs Maynard, have you come to sit with me?"

Joey Maynard smiled, "I have, Jack," she sat herself in the chair next to the bed, "now, what's this I hear about you having strange dreams?"

"Oh it's nothing, just me being silly and..." she stopped, suddenly rather confused, surely Mrs Maynard's hair was black? Not a deep velvety brown. And her eyes, weren't they supposed to be black? Yet here they were a brilliant emerald green...

#10:  Author: PatLocation: Doncaster PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:12 pm
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rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

#11:  Author: abbeybufoLocation: Romsey, Hampshire - UK PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:15 pm
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Yay! Way to go, Lesley!! Laughing Laughing

#12:  Author: Smile :)Location: Location? What's a location? PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:34 pm
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Laughing Laughing Laughing

#13:  Author: Travellers JoyLocation: Middle of Nowhere PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:50 pm
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Very nice! Very Happy

#14:  Author: lindaLocation: Leeds PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:07 pm
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rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl fabulous!!!

#15:  Author: SugarLocation: second star to the right! PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:12 pm
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Laughing Laughing Laughing

Wonderful thanks!

#16:  Author: Elder in OntarioLocation: Ontario, Canada PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:11 am
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Oh dear, what a lovely lot of confusion!! Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes

I'm still giggling!! Laughing Laughing

Thanks, Advent Drabblers

#17:  Author: TaraLocation: Malvern, Worcestershire PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:27 am
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Great! Very Happy Very Happy

#18:  Author: ElbeeLocation: Surrey PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:03 am
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Laughing lovely crossover Laughing

Thanks, Advent Drabblers.

#19:  Author: CatyLocation: New Zealand PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:14 am
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I love this one! Thanks y'all.

#20:  Author: JennieLocation: Cambridgeshire PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:51 pm
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Great, Lesley.

#21:  Author: JackiePLocation: Kingston upon Hull PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:41 pm
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Very well done....

Thanks Ladies.

JackieP

#22:  Author: VickLocation: Leeds, Yorkshire PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:55 pm
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Excellent. Thanks Very Happy

#23:  Author: DawnLocation: Leeds, West Yorks PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:17 pm
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That was brilliant - thankyou Ads

#24:  Author: Fiona McLocation: Bendigo, Australia PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:54 am
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Spooky Lesley

#25:  Author: VikkiLocation: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:30 pm
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I NEVER thought to see Lesley wtiting Winnie the Pooh!!! Laughing

I think this one is my favourite so far!

#26:  Author: RosalinLocation: Swansea PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:14 pm
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Wonderfully confusing.

Thanks ADs.

#27:  Author: RóisínLocation: Ireland PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:28 am
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Thanks for this one - very entertaining! Very Happy

#28:  Author: SalLocation: Walsall / Aberystwyth PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:28 am
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Thanks AD's

#29:  Author: Kathy_SLocation: midwestern US PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:28 am
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Just a knock on the head, is it?
Not perhaps some early egg nog?
Very fine indeed. Though Matey must be wrong about the dragon being of Smaugish derivation. More like My Father's Dragon, or the Reluctant Dragon, or.... anyhow, one of the more friendly if bumblesome, lot.

#30:  Author: SusanLocation: Carlisle PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:03 pm
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Lovely ty.

#31:  Author: ChairLocation: Rochester, Kent PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:05 pm
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Thanks, Advent Drabblers. It was great to see Tigger, Piglet and Pooh Bear in this drabble.

#32:  Author: Kathy_SLocation: midwestern US PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:52 pm
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Even more fun on a reread. Very Happy



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