by itsjoanne » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:15 pm
Okay, Jan, I was scanning some of the old classes, and the assignment for this one snatched me and got me intrigued.
Perhaps you will be interested to know I actually used the Pop-O-Matic from my kids' "Trouble" game to get my characters, etc. (I thought it was interesting, anyway!!) And, by the way, I'm writing this right here in the submission box (this isn't a challenge entry, after all! LOL)
I got:
1. preacher
2. waitress
3. busy city
4. 1603
5. shoe
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People have been coming in all afternoon. The coronation of James this week has made this little tavern even busier than usual. And the talk is constant and heated. Sure, he'd done fine as king of Ireland and Scotland, but this was England.
Personally, it makes no difference to me. What I really need is to get off my feet. Serving all these men their meals is making my too-small shoes nearly burst. I wonder if the proprietor would allow me to work barefoot.
Before I get a chance to ask, I see a regular walk in. My countenance changes immediately. My wonderful husband, Preacher Stewart, saunters in and sits at a nearby table.
I hobble toward him, after getting the okay from the proprietor. "Don't be long, Miss. We have paying customers here."
"My dear, I have wonderful news." He hands me a lumpy cloth.
I unwrap it and squeal. A new pair of shoes. What a treat, and they are lovely. I slip out of my old ones and put on these, better-fitting ones.
"Don't wear them out, my dear," he says with a sparkle in his eye. "I'm doing the invocation at the coronation, and you'll be right beside me."
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Not sure it's very good, but it was fun to write anyway. And I think I did a fair job of showing the setting.
