100 Words – The Cone of Wonderment
2011
The kittens are at the foot of my bed playing with a mouse on a string, taking turns batting and gnawing. They have become quite delightful, fetching toys, wrestling one another, sleeping on heads and tucked under chins, trilling their greetings, and showing off their intelligence to the delight of visitors.
Over the weekend we got our Christmas tree. One far more humble and appropriate than that time the Christmas tree ate our living room. And just at the moment when we collectively stepped back to admire the cone of holiday wonderment, it got all Simon’s Cat up in here. Just imagine this x 2.
We averted disaster by a narrow margin, scooping Pippa the kitten out from the branches about halfway up the tree. It seems we weren’t the only ones to escape disaster. In the continuing story of Rachel and the looking glass, a new twist:
The glow grew brighter until Rachel had difficulty seeing. She closed her eyes against the glare and when she opened them again the light was normal. Curious she slid off the bed and padded down the spiral staircase.
The oddness of the light told her something different was happening in the outside world. The wall before her went hazy then opaque and finally clear. She could see out into her room!
Running forward she placed her hands onto the glass, felt a tug and was pulled through, landing bodily against her bed.
She had escaped…but how? And where was Seraphina?
Little time for reading but I’ve just ordered a replacement of our favorite Christmas book, Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien. We had the cassette version for my children growing up and they remember fondly listening to the cranky North Polar Bear.
BUNDLE
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Looking for the writing prompt. I’m new! Fun blog.
Diane Carlisle recently posted..T’was The Night Before Upgrades
Hi Diane, welcome! The prompt for this week is “bundle” and the challenge is to write exactly 100 words using that prompt. You can then post the link to your entry using the blog hop above.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
I just remembered joining in on this a long time ago & I decided to have another go.
And oh, we have 5 eight-week-old kittens in our lounge at the moment, tearing the tree shreds [our other cat chases them up, too!] so I know how you feel.
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Welcome back.
Thanks for picking my entry. I think your challenge is one of my favorite to participate in
You’re welcome.
awesome choice…Carrie’s Rachel story is so good,
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Yes, I’ve been having fun following it.
Ah, now I get it. I goofed it. Looks like I have time still.
I miss the days of curious kittens in Christmas trees!! Now if I can only keep my dog off the counter… grrrrr
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Hmmm. My post isn’t showing up. I’m sure it’s user-error. But here’s mine: http://www.seekingelevation.com/2011/12/bundle.html
seeking elevation recently posted..Bundle
The vid is our life… with two grown cats.
I see it. Maybe just a temporary glitch.
Told you. User error.
seeking elevation recently posted..Bundle