In a month or a year they travelled and in it they discovered many new and old plants that could enhance the healing from Sheba’s medicament store. But in all that time they not found a solution to the disappearing of the Sphinx. Until the Sphinx came passing upset. One day travelling, Sheba mused, IsContinueContinue reading “The Sphinx’s Tail and the Poison Frogs”
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Stony Ground
Sphinx came to Sheba upon a flying carpet. Where shall we travel more quick as well, she said. It is of no use to me today, said Sheba, as I needs must scour the ground, as we go to discover those herbs which might hide there. I shall carry these carpets for use at aContinueContinue reading “Stony Ground”
The Deserted Dessert
Then when they had gone along, a long way, they came into a deserted desert with no. Little patches of nearly dead but grown and not. Every once in a while. Then when it was deserted, look, a small tree, old and withered, maybe a thousand years old, maybe only one thousand years old, stood,ContinueContinue reading “The Deserted Dessert”
The Shoulder of the Hill of a Woman and The Wasteland
Then, that is what happened next, most exciting. The Blue Knights made their thanks and tributes to the Sun, the Wind and the Ice. Of all mostly to the Penguins and their Regal Empress, who had saved the world. Hurrah! Soon, when they had gone, the Blue Knights, with Sheba and the Sphinx, travelled toContinueContinue reading “The Shoulder of the Hill of a Woman and The Wasteland”
The Herbs at the Knees of a Woman
Well, said the woman when she had caught her breath, I am Sheba, not the Queen of though. Many thanks for saving me from a nasty place, I owe you one. No problem, said the Knights, and where might you be going on this misty morning so high above the plain upon the Ankle ofContinueContinue reading “The Herbs at the Knees of a Woman”
Journey to the Feet of a Woman
The Sphinx and the Knights left the forest clearing to the birds and creatures of the quiet places. The two knights rode upon their horses and the Sphinx made good progress on its four clawed feet. Where shall we be when we have got there, said the Sphinx, not in any manner out of breath.ContinueContinue reading “Journey to the Feet of a Woman”
The Sphinx’s Eyes
The Sphinx now, here we see her, is come away another world, what is it? Another world and coming hence towards, to us, by us, she sees so many. The Sphinx’s eye, to discern for another place, another level, still here, but not now, sees so many things. Sometimes she must blink. To believe. ToContinueContinue reading “The Sphinx’s Eyes”
Sphinx in the South: Interview with a Penguin
Looking South now, Southern Cross, anti-clockwise water, oceans, isolate. The Sphinx sought the seat of power in that place. So, said the Sphinx, you are the head Penguin around here. I prefer Empress, said the Penguin. Please address me as Your Majesty. No problem, Your Majesty. I come to you from a land mired inContinueContinue reading “Sphinx in the South: Interview with a Penguin”
Sphinx In The East
Now and now, what a time it was, it was the time when all the knights of the world came together beneath the great banner of the Sphinx. To push and push away the ruination of that nation in peril. They pushed and stood as firm as can be, but many were lost, so thatContinueContinue reading “Sphinx In The East”
The Perfect Circle
In a small town not far from here, in a small house with a garden, lived a woman and her three children. In spring she planted vegetables and tended her fruit bushes and waited and watched for her garden to begin to help feed her children. As soon as the elderflowers were in bloom, sheContinueContinue reading “The Perfect Circle”
The Guardians of the Cave 