Friday, January 28, 2005

Wyrm

Yesterday morning, 6.30 am, I was about to get out of the house for school. But when I was about to open the door, there it was, a worm!!! A nasty lil thing with a black slick body, about the size of a rubber band cut into a thread, and wriggling all about when I touched it! Mom immediately told me to burn it!

"Burn the wyrm!" said the Queen Mother. "Burn the wyrm!"

And the Knight in shining armor put down his bagpack, wrapped his lance in newspaper, and lighted it up with the King's cigarette lighter. The Knight then forced the terrible slime out of the castle, across the moat, and into the open, where he will burn the monstrosity in a great pyre!

But the great wyrm proved to be a great foe. It refused to be burnt, and ran into the safety of the Forest. And the Knight followed it, while ordering his squire to bring him the lighter and tissue paper. In the shadows of the trees, he found the wyrm hiding under dead leaves. What a mistake for him for the Knight has keen eyes even in the dark. The squire brought the things asked for, and so the Knight precariously wrapped the sleeping wyrm in tissue paper. With a click, a huge pyre was set to burn, and smoke towered above the mountains!

The squire ushered the Knight to go, but he was not to go, for he knows a wyrm of this kind will not die easily. He waited till the ashes were cooled. He then poked his lance into the pile, and found parts of the wyrm were still wriggling with life!

The Knight said, "Die, you malevolent beast! Die!"

He mounted the lighter onto his lance, and clicked it. The parts burnt into oblivion. But it was time for him to go for matters of the realm awaited the important Knight. Off he went, leaving whatever that was left of the slimy black wyrm in the Forest. Later that evening, the responsible Knight returned to the burnt spot to be sure with his own eyes whether the wyrm had burnt properly. Yes, all is gone! Whatever left, has been eaten by scavengers.

Triumph to goodness! Hail righteous virtues!

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