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”
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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 Sphinx Looks Out
When the sphinx woke once more, she lay in a darkening cell. Stone by stone, mortar by mortar, her eyes raised the walls to the blackened timbers of the ceiling far above. A short and narrow window with not shutter, nor bar, made the light just a memory around the cell, its dark corners allContinueContinue reading “The Sphinx Looks Out”
King Goat
The Goat lived by the tree, every day it went to the river to drink. Obviously, thought the goat, because I can go to the river and drink whenever I wish, the river belongs to me. It is my river to do with as I will. I shall call it the river Drink. One day,ContinueContinue reading “King Goat”
The Wounded Sphinx
Now that the journeys were close to begin, the four Knights bade farewells and much vow to come and visit. The Blue Knights went first straight into the dark forest, keen to become to the great city of Az where their child would be raised. Not knowing. In a forest some may say that timeContinueContinue reading “The Wounded Sphinx”
The Guardians of the Cave 