Beneath the tree, adjacent to the flowing of water, the Darkest Knight had awoken refreshed. The Darkest Knight, refreshed. Are you ready to return to the Hostel for the Homeless, where you must absorb all the terrors and worries of those who pass? Asked the Sphinx. The Sphinx I am ready, my slate is wipedContinueContinue reading “The Raggedy Man”
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The Wisdom of Smaller Creatures
It is a fact, related the Wandering Rabbit, that in this world, the wisest creatures available to inquiry are small and often of a timid inclination. Young mice, for instance, are taught philosophy and the art of cuisine from a tender age. It is also well known that rabbits invented football, billiards, skiing, bridge, cheeseContinueContinue reading “The Wisdom of Smaller Creatures”
The Hostel for the Homeless and The Rabbit
The Darkest Knight opened a Hostel for the Homeless under and by, quite close, next to, above and below, and soon the gates of the city of Az. Much that any wandering ancient or young, with nothing on their backs to call a shirt, might have a pallet to lie and a bit of aContinueContinue reading “The Hostel for the Homeless and The Rabbit”
The Ancestral Pile
When I was a young Darkest Child, my home, a chateau, seemed much undone by siege and siege engine. The stone was fall all about in great heaps and only some few chambers and dungeons kept the cold and wind in their place. The reason, this is because my parent and mother were very keenContinueContinue reading “The Ancestral Pile”
The Armour of the Darkest Knight
The Sphinx returned to the bartisan above the great gates to parlez with the Darkest Knight. The Council has convened, and you will be in the knowing of your fate this very morning soon, the Sphinx told the Knight. In the mean, I would have great interest of the design of your armour. I myselfContinueContinue reading “The Armour of the Darkest Knight”
The Heavy Lump
Outside they traveled by day and rested. Soon, by the way, they came to a wide place of high grass in which it was, to be lost, an easy thing, so simple. How shall we come to the other side without a circle happening said She Sphinx, my left leg is shorter than my rightContinueContinue reading “The Heavy Lump”
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 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”
The Guardians of the Cave 