Re: The Day of the Sniffids
Posted: 18 Dec 2018, 16:39
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When Blaize looked back to the window she gasped. It was still snowing but a crowd of strange characters were gathering outside. She could see...Jack Frost and ...Wumples and..the wizard who was attempting a bit of unsuccessful crowd control. Then she saw a pirate, a nanny and an odd assortment of sprites and elves and...what? Candy monsters? And there were Bree and Susan Sparks having a ferocious argument.
"Frank, Frank" she shouted.
He joined her at the window and pointing his finger he turned a little pale. Blaize followed his stare to where she could see a strange figure doing a comical dance.
"Oh" she laughed "that's Osiris."
Frank shook his head and pointed to the tall cloaked figure facing Osiris who was holding some sort of scythe.
"I recognize that one. I used to watch from behind my drapes while that thing drifted around and the town disappeared. That's the Grim Reaper and its come to snatch me!"
"No it's chaos!" Said Blaize " out of control. Complete anarchy!"
But then the steaming monkeys appeared behind Frank and gave one of their nerve shattering shrieks when they saw what was happening outside. This was a much more serious glitch than Frank and giving him one last threatening look they all bounded out of the door chattering
"Nooo! To the park! The park!"
Frank and Blaize were astounded. As soon as the monkeys reached the crowd all the characters stopped arguing and gesturing and turned to them. Then they all formed an orderly line behind the monkeys and marched off up the road with the wizard stomping grumpily behind them. They did a sharp left at the community centre and disappeared.
"Well I'll be a monkey's uncle" said Frank scratching his floury head.
When Blaize looked back to the window she gasped. It was still snowing but a crowd of strange characters were gathering outside. She could see...Jack Frost and ...Wumples and..the wizard who was attempting a bit of unsuccessful crowd control. Then she saw a pirate, a nanny and an odd assortment of sprites and elves and...what? Candy monsters? And there were Bree and Susan Sparks having a ferocious argument.
"Frank, Frank" she shouted.
He joined her at the window and pointing his finger he turned a little pale. Blaize followed his stare to where she could see a strange figure doing a comical dance.
"Oh" she laughed "that's Osiris."
Frank shook his head and pointed to the tall cloaked figure facing Osiris who was holding some sort of scythe.
"I recognize that one. I used to watch from behind my drapes while that thing drifted around and the town disappeared. That's the Grim Reaper and its come to snatch me!"
"No it's chaos!" Said Blaize " out of control. Complete anarchy!"
But then the steaming monkeys appeared behind Frank and gave one of their nerve shattering shrieks when they saw what was happening outside. This was a much more serious glitch than Frank and giving him one last threatening look they all bounded out of the door chattering
"Nooo! To the park! The park!"
Frank and Blaize were astounded. As soon as the monkeys reached the crowd all the characters stopped arguing and gesturing and turned to them. Then they all formed an orderly line behind the monkeys and marched off up the road with the wizard stomping grumpily behind them. They did a sharp left at the community centre and disappeared.
"Well I'll be a monkey's uncle" said Frank scratching his floury head.