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”
Upon the Hip of the Hill of a Woman
High up the Hip they stood, two Blue Knights, The Sphinx and Sheba. The Hip of the Hill of a Woman Look, said the Sphinx, I can feel it with my eyes and heart and bones and blood, the incessant creeping of the darkness. Come in here to crush all our rights and freedoms, withContinueContinue reading “Upon the Hip of the Hill of a Woman”
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”
What Should I Be
If I am to be a rock. Shall I be a rock, fashioned to a shape just so? To take my place and make my home in the pedestal or column of the façade of some mighty building. I will bear the weight of others, that they in turn might rise ethereally into the clouds.ContinueContinue reading “What Should I Be”
Looking for a Mirror
The lost creature decided that asking random individuals that he may come across was a waste of time. They each seemed to wear blinkers fashioned by their own prejudices. E chose to find a shiny surface that might give e a true reflection of eself. E said to eself as e went, What shall IContinueContinue reading “Looking for a Mirror”
The Lost One
These are my stories, said the Sphinx to the Blue and Gold Knights, there are more narrative threads upon which you may wish to pull, but I leave that to your judgement as you have been so patient and listened so faithfully to my song. The Blue and Gold Knights awoke as if from aContinueContinue reading “The Lost One”
The Guardians of the Cave 