He badgered her on being beyond friends. She groused disbelief in nice guys. Dog-earing a napkin, he chicken-scratched three words. Snaking around her, he bugged her to read it aloud.
”It’s no myth.”
****blogger’s note***
I wasn’t going to participate in Trifextra this week because I’m knee deep in Helene Troy book editing. But my middle-daughter and i heard Michael Penn’s epic, No Myth, on the radio this afternoon. I interpreted it in 33 words using the challenge guidelines:
On to this weekend’s challenge, which will be judged by the community. The
trickiness of this past week’s prompt has us thinking about the various ways we
use words. This weekend we want you to write a 33-word response using the
name of an animal as a verb. Some examples are: to dog, to snake, to bear,
to duck. . .you get the idea. Write about anything you want and use whichever
verb tense you need, but give us an animal as a verb in there somewhere. Let’s
see if we can discover new things by looking from a different perspective.
All of my verbs are animal-related.
Here’s today’s awesome song, Michael Penn’s No Myth
I love this song so much! That’s all I’ve got. Great 33 word summary
wow, a Jana comment…awesome thanks
I’m rooting for the guy. Great multiple takes on the prompt.
thanks a lot
Well, m’Friend, I like what you did with the prompt. Good luck to you on the editing of Helene!
thank you miss k
So glad it wasn’t a Honey Badger. You have a whole menagerie in here.
thanks Tar Rah
Glad you participated this week. Great take on the prompt.
Lance, damn! Great write, although the song didn’t appear for me. This was romantic and also packed quite the punch with multiple animals. Peace, Amy
http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/08/24/two-for-trifecta-animals-as-verbs/
thanks amy, peace out, brussel sprout
How many animals do you count in here? It’s like an eye-spy game with words. Nice take mister! Again…
More than one animal and that too in such a beautifully crafted story. I enjoyed reading this.
Hmph. Here I am thinking I wrote something clever for the challenge,and then I see this.
Excellent work, Lance!
thanks el g….this was a blur of inspiration that i had to try out
I love the way you tackled this prompt. Perfect.
thanks tracie, i’m so glad you particpate in trifecta
I’m feeling some romance from this guy. How can she resist? Good luck editing.
thank you and thank you
With all the badgering, snaking, and bugging he certainly doesn’t sound like much of a “nice guy” to me
. Great work!
yeah, he needs to shut up and put up
Wow! A great Dr. Doolittle Drama!
You nailed it.
eden
Are you sure its “not a myth” ?
Show off 😉. Seriously though, this is very lyrical. Could be part of a song itself.
“Badger” and “grouse” are both *awesome* words, in or out of a challenge.
thanks christine
First of all, I love this song. Always have.
Secondly, your entry kicked my entry’s ass, by the way. You killed it.
ha…i think yours is pretty awesome
you definently went all out with this prompt! nicely done!
thank you renada…you have a great name