Tag Archives: dragons

Mistaken Identity

Photo courtesy DC Stultz “Mom…look, a lizard,” Gordon cried out. “Where is it, where is it?” Mom came running out of the home, and ran right out the gate. A shocked Gordon exclaimed, “The lizard is here, Mom, inside!” Mom … Continue reading

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Crash Diet!

Photo by Blair Fraser on Unsplash “Your son did WHAT???” the President bellowed, shaking with fury. His General, looking as if he wished that the ground would open up and swallow him, squeaked, “Well, not to make any excuses, but he is a … Continue reading

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Home Invasion

Photo prompt courtesy Sue Vincent   I could smell them long before they came in, dirty, stinky creatures all of them. “Not in my home, not in my home,” I prayed with all my might, but the almighty must have … Continue reading

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Mortal Combat

Photo Credit: C.E. Ayr The dragon let out an earth-shattering roar, and tall flames of fire leapt out of his mouth. The crowd let out a collective gasp, and hands clicking pictures on their 40-50 Megapixel cameraphones froze mid-act. The … Continue reading

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Love & Honour

Photo Prompt courtesy Sue Vincent I gently placed a red rose upon the grave of my love, and grieved, alone, as was my destiny. I had never known a knight more valiant, or more gallant, than Sir George. MY Sir … Continue reading

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Hunger Games

Photo by Free Photo on Pixabay.com I stared in horror at the carnage being inflicted on our town by the dragon. She appeared to be desperately searching for something. In my nervousness, hunger pangs started gnawing at me. Thank God … Continue reading

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Trip to Turkey Day 4 – An Omelette for Thakkar #TurkishDelight

Note: This is the fifth installment in my series of trip reports from Turkey. You can find the first four here: https://bit.ly/2RQV9jT , here: https://bit.ly/2Q2FWPO , here: https://bit.ly/2B76IOB, and here: https://bit.ly/2DHbDbx “Aaj main omelette khaayega,” (Today, I shall eat an omelette, spoken in typical grammatically-incorrect Bombay … Continue reading

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The Kookiness of Kids – #AtoZChallenge #BlogchatterA2Z

“It was a dragon Mommy, breathing fire. Wherever he went, things started melting. The blades of the fan crumpled, the paint peeled away…” “Are you quite finished, young man?” “You don’t understand Mommy. I HAD to turn on the hose-pipe, … Continue reading

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The Knight and the Dragons

As I tucked my grandson into bed at night, I asked him, “So Abel, which story would you like to hear tonight?” “The knight and the dragons,” Abel almost shouted in excitement. “Again? Just because it has your ancestor as … Continue reading

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