From: braley@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca (The Didi-Sprite)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Song of Sixpence - Part One
Date: 2 Oct 92 19:30:35 GMT
Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada
Originator: braley@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca

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Thursday, October 1st -

The Didi-Sprite leans against the frame of one of the French doors
and looks wistfully out across the darkening meadow and lake.  In the
evening quiet she can hear the wavelets as they lap against the sandy
shore.  There is music from the pier gazebo echoing back through the
woods.  Suddenly she spots something she had almost forgotten about ...
a faint flicker from the Narnian Lampost that showed the way for 
Danger Mouse's Birthday Party.  How many months ago was that, she wonders.

"It seems like an eternity."  she sighs.  

"Rande?  Is everything alright?"  queries Lord Galdrin as he offers her
a cup of her favorite Sangria.

"Oh, yes.  Just remembering."  And, she smiles up into his handsome
face.  "The bonfire is almost finished."

"We can make another one tomorrow."  His Lordship fondly flicks a curl
from off her forehead and places a kiss there in its stead.

"Yes.  Tomorrow."

"Alright you two, enough of that!"  giggles Kitten as she stretches out
in the hot tub and then bounces up (showing quite a bit of Kitten }:-)
... she slips back down into the tub ... insisting that Didi join her,
"After you close those doors!  It's cold out there!"

Kitten's giggle and good humour are infectious and in no time Didi's
somber mood lightens.  Suddenly she goes up on tiptoe, gives Galdrin
a hug and playful kiss on the cheek, then skips over to the hot tub
where she disrobes down to an almost non-existent bikini.

"Oooo ... where did you find that?"  asks Caithelin from a nearby 
table.

"I didn't find it ... I conjured it!"  Laughs the -Sprite.  "I can make
you one too, if you will join us?"

Caithelin needs no further encouragement.   And, soon Didi has outfitted
several of the other ladies present as well.  In fact, the hot tub 
appears to be filled to the brim with members of the 'fairer sex'!

"Oh-oh!"  chuckles Lord Galdrin as he joins Albert, Bear and Nick
Chopper at their table, "Looks like trouble to me!"  

"Count on it!"  grins the Tinman.  "Just look at our Kitten and -Sprite
put their heads together ... they are definitely in cahoots over some
scheme or other."  He sighs heavily, smiling all the while, "Get ready
to be dispatched on errands."

"And, I just stabled Death Angel for the night!" mourns Galdrin.

Bear looks at his watch:  "Ummm ... err ... and I have a pile of
laundry and an assignment to do!"  

But not one of the men make a move toward the door.  All are much too
curious to discover what's ticking away in those feminine heads.

Kitten, Didi, Caithelin, SEA, Meredith, Ruthie, Jilara ... to name
only a few ... huddle together, whispering and giggling ... quite
oblivious to the effect they are having on the male population of
The Place.

Mike remarks:  "It's going to be a long night, Gentlemen.  Can I refill
your glasses?"

Snatches of conversation are caught by the occupants of nearby tables:
"... pumpkins ... cider ... stooks of corn ... straw ... tents ...
tables ... wood ... dancing ... "

"Oh, boy!"  smiles Nathan.  "I think I will stick around!"  and he draws
a chair up beside Albert.



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The Didi-Sprite
Montreal * Canada

braley@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca