Wednesday's Words on a Friday
The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles.
The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.
If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along and read it.
This month the words are supplied by Margaret Adamson and friend Sue and can be found here.
1 precipitation
2. lanky
3. grotesque
4. clockwork
5. still
6. transporting
and/or:
1. Eskimo
2. cyclone
3. cassowary
4. waitress
5. cleaning
6. auditorium
Here is my story:
Drama Club
Afternoon Tea Party
Kylie and Joan burst in through the door. “It’s time”,
yelled Kylie. “I’m so excited! The cleaning crew has finished doing the
auditorium, we can start setting up now.”’
”About time,” grumbled Robbie. “I was hoping to be
half done by now. I have so many other things still to do. You know I like my
schedules to run like clockwork.”
“Take it easy Robbie,” said Dennis. “There’s eight of
us here now and Theresa is coming, there’ll be no problem transporting all this
food, and the trestle tables are already on the way. Johnno’s dad got the truck
last night and loaded everything.”
“Well alright then, but I’m going to have to leave by
three thirty and no later. I promised Phil and Sam a trip to the Zoo to see the
new Cassowary enclosure where the baby chicks are making their first
appearance. Phil wants to take photos and needs plenty of daylight.”
“You’d better hope for no precipitation then,” said
Sandra.
“Why can’t you just say rain, like normal people?”
said Kylie. “Always showing off with the big words, thinking you’re so much
smarter than everyone else.”
“I don’t think
I’m so much smarter. I know I’m so
much smarter,” said Sandra.
“Did you read the dictionary instead of bedtime stories
when you were a baby?” said Kylie.
“As a matter of fact, I did,” said Sandra. “And the
junior encyclopedia.”
“Never mind all that,” said Johnno. “We need to get
moving if Robbie wants to be finished by three thirty.”
“He can leave then anyway,” said Dennis, “we have
Suzanne turning up soon, and she’s bringing that new girl Amelia. She’s from
northern Alaska so she’s been helping with the right things for the Eskimo
theme we’re doing this year.”
Brothers Alex and Chris both spoke up together. ”How
about we start actually moving this food instead of standing around nattering!”
“Great idea,” said Dennis and everyone picked up platters
of sandwiches and cakes, heading towards the door.
“Who is our waitress today?” asked Chris. “I hope it
isn’t that Julie who rushes around like a cyclone. You barely clean your plate
and there she is whisking everything away to the kitchen for cleaning!”
“I think it’s Cathy,” said Robbie.
“Cathy? That lanky beanpole who towers over everyone
else in the whole school?”
“Yes,” said
Sandra. “I heard her saying how pleased she was to be getting a turn finally.”
“Well I hope she wears something suitably decent,”
said Johnno. “Most of what she normally wears is pretty grotesque, if you ask
me.”
“I think Suzanne is helping her out with what to wear
and she’ll be mostly covered by an apron,” said Dennis.
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Excellent, and natural use, of the words given.
ReplyDeleteGrace; thank you. I like doing dialogue.
DeleteI use to be that lanky beanpole in my younger years. Thanks for the smile! Your use of the words was right on! I posted my use of them on my blog.
ReplyDeleteMildred Ratched; Thank you. I used to yearn for a few extra inches, not in lanky beanpole league, but enough that I didn't need to take up the hems on every single thing I bought.
DeleteLove this. And I too read encyclopedias as a child. And sometimes the dictionary too.
ReplyDeleteElephant's Child; I never read either of those, I was too busy working my way through the entire fiction section of the children's library and occasionally sneaking into the adult section.
DeleteI thought cassowary and Eskimo would doom you but you pulled it off per usual.
ReplyDeleteArkansas Patti; I was worried by Cassowary, but the Zoo idea popped into my head soon enough.
DeleteI had to look up Cassowary. Kind of scary! I'm glad one is not coming as a guest to the Drama Club Afternoon Tea Party. OR roaming around my neighborhood!
ReplyDeleteMy uncle lived in Alaska most of his life, working for the U.S. Forest Service. The first thing he told us on our visit was not to use the word "Eskimos" when out in public, because the people preferred the term "natives."
We were in the southeastern panhandle region during August, temps in the 50s, men jogging shirtless. Ketchikan up to Juneau is the area we visited. It was like a lush rain forest, which surprised me, even though I was not expecting snow. My sister and I went for a walk, and saw a baby bear. Then went back to our cabin quickly, in case the mama bear was around!
Val; I've only seen cassowaries at the zoo, they're quite large birds. I often make jokes about moving to a snowbound cave in Alaska when we are sweltering through another summer, but in truth, I don't think I could handle that kind of cold. I wouldn't mind some of that fur-lined clothing though and a pair of fur lined boots, I think they call them Muk-Luks. If I ever win the lottery, I'll visit Alaska in their summer.
DeleteNeat story, i hope he gets the photos he wants.
ReplyDeleteNice slice of life story!
messymimi; he gets the photos, he has a new camera with a long zoom lens so he doesn't have to get too close and upset the mama cassowary.
DeleteThank you. I find slice of life pretty easy to do.
This reminds me of many past events during my life! lol
ReplyDeleteA great use of the words, River. :)
Lee; I thought about you when I had "my" people picking up trays of sandwiches and cakes.
DeleteDo not confront a Mama Cassowary they canbe very abnoxious when alarmed
ReplyDeleteVest; I've seen Cassowaries at the zoo and took a large step backward when one fixed his/her big eyes on me and stepped forward.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like my days at school. except for the cassowary ;)
ReplyDeleteYou nailed those types. Great.
Uglemor; thank you. I find dialogue rather easy, but don't know if I could continue it into a whole book.
DeleteGood dialogue.
ReplyDeleteonly slightly confused; thank you :)
DeleteThe word list looked a bit formidable this week, but you didn't seem to have a lick of trouble with them. Great job, as always.
ReplyDeleteHave a super weekend.
Susan; it did look a bit formidable at first, but once I started it just flowed.
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