An experiment in creative writing

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  • ichabod6
    ichabod6 Member Posts: 843
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    A helicopter landed close by. "Take care of Boozer" said Hercule P.
    "he's a good dog and very helpful at finding clues. I have an
    urgent appointment and will be away for approximately eight days."
    He climbed into the helicopter and said to the pilot "Heathrow, tout
    suite. I have to be in South Africa for the next few days to await
    the result of a very important test and besides" he said with a
    knowing smile " ze temperature is much hjgher there - alors, mon
    ami."
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    'Mon Dieu :!: :!: Zut Alors :!: :!: C'est un chien :!: ' cried Jenny in amazement, as she took hold of Boozer's lead.

    But at that exact moment, she felt herself flying through the air, and she held on tight to Boozer's lead, wondering wherever she would land, or even whether she would land.

    Then below her, she saw a tower, which she seemed to recognise as Blackpool Tower.

    She and Boozer landed lightly on the top with a slight bump, but it was as she was walking towards the Winter Gardens later on that Jenny noticed a calendar with the year 1958 marked clearly on it.
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  • jackie1955
    jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    "Goodness gracious, great balls of fire" a male voice was singing as she made her way inside, where the dance-floor was heaving with couples jiving to the beat.

    "Oi! you can't bring dogs in 'ere" a gruff voice shouted. Startled, she whirled round to find herself being confronted by a tall, mountain of a man, whose penetrating black eyes made her recoil in horror.......
  • ichabod6
    ichabod6 Member Posts: 843
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    As Hercule moved along at 42000 ft and fortified by the best of South African wines he mused to himself "I remember many years ago when
    I was a young plod on the Blackpool force, PC Ichabod Wikkiwakki,
    and I was sent to the Tower to investigate a young woman called
    Jeanne de Legalfille who was suspected of importing sniffer dogs
    into the country by dropping them onto the top of the tower from her
    biplane and then waiting for them at the bottom of the lift shaft and
    smuggling them out onto the beach for exercise with the circus elelphants. ah well as Maurice Chevalier once said 'I remember it well.' She wore a green top and we danced and I think she liked to watch cricket. Mon dieu I do remember it well. I wish she was with me now."
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Suddenly, the helicopter went into a spin, and Hercule shouted out loudly,' Mon Dieu :!: :!: Aidez-Moi :!: :!: wat iz happenin???', as he clung on for dear life.

    But then just as he thought all was lost, the helicopter landed safely, and Hercule realised that he was back in the Winter Gardens he remembered so well from his days as PC Wikkiwakki.

    Meanwhile, Jenny waked along with Boozer, realising that somehow she had gone back in time to 1958, when life was so simple and there were no such things as computers to confuse her.

    Yes, you are right, dear readers, their paths were sure to cross, when Jenny, wearing her green top, noticed Hercule walking nonchalantly along, and she exclaimed in excitement, 'Wikki, Wikki, is that you ?'
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  • jackie1955
    jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hercule couldn't believe his eyes! "Ma cherie" he gasped "ow are you! And Boozer too! Vot is 'appenin?"

    "Hercule, I was in the Winter Gardens when a huge man with piercing black eyes told me to get out with Boozer - but I'm afraid he is following us!" cried Jenny.

    Just then, out of the darkness a large figure loomed, and a threatening voice sang out

    "knick-knack, WikkiWakk, give a dog a bone, this old man don't want you home............"
  • margaretschild
    margaretschild Member Posts: 197
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Jenny followed the clown who's name happened to be Fate.

    They went to Eastbourne where she met the trapeze trainer his name was destiny.

    She trained hard, and was given her own staring role in the circus.

    Buster mean while was given a ruff for his neck and spent his days jumping through hoops, until one day.............................
  • margaretschild
    margaretschild Member Posts: 197
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Broke his leg and had to go to the vets, who said:

    "While we are at it should we nip his bits?"

    Now Jenny who was a very innocent girl hadn't a clue what they were talking about shouted

    "Hercule where are his bit's? coz they are nippy"????????????

    (sorry I seem to have literally lost the plot HELP)
  • ichabod6
    ichabod6 Member Posts: 843
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    As he woke in his Johannesburg hotel with the hot sun
    streaming through the open window and his breakfast tray
    awaiting him Hercule P mused "That was a funny dream last
    night - Blackpool, the tower, Jeanne de L,; I cant remember
    if the big guy with the black eyes was Simon Cowell or Gordon
    Brown........" A knock at the door and a young woman carrying
    a coffee pot entered. "Good moring M. Poirrot; you were asleep
    when I brought your breakfast tray, so I thought I would bring
    you some warm coffee. Hercule looked at her; long legs,
    trim figure, long brown hair and she was wearing a green top.
    "Mon dieu" he gasped "is that you Jeanne?"
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    'Mais oui, monsieur', she replied in her wonderfully melodic voice, which Hercule remembered so well.

    'But ow did you get ere in South Africa, ma cherie?' he asked in amazement.

    'Je ne sais pas', she replied, trying desperately to remember her schoolgirl French.

    But then she gave up, and spoke in her usual broad Yorkshire accent, saying, 'Ey-up lad, it's been a funny old day, with just a walk in't park, and then cumin out in your bedroom :!: '
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    But before Jenny had chance to utter another word, the door opened, and in walked the lady in the red crinolin dress who has popped up many times in this story.

    'Jenny', she said,'Your time in this alternative world has ended, and it is now time for you to go home, so follow me :!: '

    Suddenly, Jenny found herself right back at the beginning, just walking past the old house on the hill.

    There was Tom waiting to meet her, and he embraced her lovingly, saying, 'Welcome back, my beautiful girl, I knew you would return if I waited long enough.'

    THE END
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I would like to thank all the people who have contributed to writing this story; Linda, Delboy, Annie, Val, bobbid, Ichabod, queenfan, Jan, Cris, minky, and Jackie.

    I wasn't sure how it would work, or whether it would work, but you have all entered into the spirit of it, which was meant as fun, with your usual sense of humour.

    Sadly, I don't think it would win the Nobel Prize for literature, but I enjoyed it anyway!!!
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  • ichabod6
    ichabod6 Member Posts: 843
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Epilogue.

    "Thank goodness," said Ichabod Wikkiwakki, "this story has come
    to a timely end." He was sat in the cool bar of his Johanesburg hotel sinking a large schooner of cold South African beer. "I can go to the test match tomorrow and watch it all day without any distractions.
    Aint life grand - tres grande.?"
  • queenfan
    queenfan Member Posts: 563
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sorry Joan it was only a very small part from me, it was really good you should do this more often
    Thank you Joan & every one :wink: xx
  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I really enjoyed this, too, Joan..........could we do another one? I'd have made more of it, but for that flippin' cold I got last week.

    Annie
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    ichabod6 wrote:
    Epilogue.

    "Thank goodness," said Ichabod Wikkiwakki, "this story has come
    to a timely end." He was sat in the cool bar of his Johanesburg hotel sinking a large schooner of cold South African beer. "I can go to the test match tomorrow and watch it all day without any distractions.
    Aint life grand - tres grande.?"

    Merci beaucoup, Itchabod. Tu es SUPERB
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you, queenfan and Annie

    Watch this space for the next story :!: :!: :lol::lol:
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  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    well done joan was fun to keep coming back and see where it went lol
    val
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    valval wrote:
    well done joan was fun to keep coming back and see where it went lol

    That was the fun part for me too, because I never knew how far it would have moved on from the previous time I looked.

    There are some very inventive and amusing twists and turns in it. I will certainly do another one in due course.
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    annie_mial wrote:
    I really enjoyed this, too, Joan..........could we do another one? I'd have made more of it, but for that flippin' cold I got last week.

    Annie

    Hi Annie

    I hope your cold is better now.
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  • jackie1955
    jackie1955 Member Posts: 632
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank YOU Joan, for this posting. I've really enjoyed it :)

    Jackie x
  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    joanlawson wrote:
    annie_mial wrote:
    I really enjoyed this, too, Joan..........could we do another one? I'd have made more of it, but for that flippin' cold I got last week.

    Annie

    Hi Annie

    I hope your cold is better now.

    Yes, heaps better thank you and luckily not turned itself into anything more sinister (yet?).

    Annie
  • ichabod6
    ichabod6 Member Posts: 843
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh woe! It's 8-44 am and have you seen the test Score?
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    ichabod6 wrote:
    Oh woe! It's 8-44 am and have you seen the test Score?

    Hi itchabod

    I'd better start a new story thread soon to take your mind off it :!:
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  • jennyanydots
    jennyanydots Member Posts: 49
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Joan

    I love these stories please start a new one ... I have done them in the past, a three word or a four word story, one sentence ....whatever !..... they are light hearted fun, takes your mind off the pain ....

    jennyanydots ..
    joanlawson wrote:
    ichabod6 wrote:
    Oh woe! It's 8-44 am and have you seen the test Score?

    Hi itchabod

    I'd better start a new story thread soon to take your mind off it :!:

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