Once Upon A Time and Show and Tell

We are thrilled to be joining  Shasta and Shiloh for the Once Upon a Time Blog Hop.  Here is our 'tail'!

Pink=Haley

Blue =Zaphod

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Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess named Hailey. She was beautiful, and smart, and loving, and wonderful . . . .

I think they get the point Hailey. I think it would be better to start, in a far away land . . . .

I thought we agreed I would write this story. Now where was I?

Telling the biggest 'tails' about yourself, teehee!

Be careful or I will feed you to the dragon.  Anyway, there was a beautiful princess named Hailey. She was wonderful, but she was lonely. She didn't have a prince to call her own. She only had an annoying brother named Phodrick. 

Princess Hailey may have thought Phodrick was annoying, but everyone knew he was the most handsome and bravest prince in the land. He actually had already killed a dragon (you can read about that HERE). However, he was highly motivated to find someone, really anyone, to take his occasionally truly annoying sister away.

You can't say that about me, I am not annoying. I am wonderful.

Hailey, stop breaking the third wall and let's just work together and write this story. You can write a few sentences and then I will, ok?

Ok, but only because we need to get this thing done. Where was I?  Oh, I remember. The perfect princess Hailey decided it was time to find a prince. She needed someone who was handsome, smart, brave, destructive, and fun. She decided instead of waiting around for him to come and find her (it is the 2000s after all), she would go out in search of him herself.

Because Phodrick worried about his independent sister, even if she didn't notice, he decided he would come with her. He may be able to keep her safe and he could definitely keep her on track. The two set off on a journey. They didn't get very far when Hailey got distracted by a squirrel.

Out of no where a terrible and evil red squirrel, known as Red John, appeared on the path down from the castle. Hailey went on full alert and did her best to put Red John to rest. She tried to climb the tree after him. She spent the rest of the day waiting for him to come down. When he didn't she got tired and decided to go home.

The next day the two set out again in search of love for Hailey. They made it a little further when Hailey caught wind of a groundhog. 

It was an evil groundhog in my kingdom, it needed to die. I waited all day for it, but couldn't catch it, so decided to go home and try to find love again tomorrow.

You can all see the pattern that started to happen. Finally after like a week of this trying to go, Prince Phodrick had a wonderful idea. "My dear sister Hailey, it seems that we are having some troubles getting out into the world to find you a prince. It is 2016, why don't you try online dating?"

"Phodrick, that may be the best idea you have had in a long time. Let me set up a Dog Harmony account and see what I find."  Hailey worked hard on her profile. She was surprised by how many eligible bachelors were outside her kingdom. After careful consideration, she picked a French boyfriend, Count Easy Le Destructeur. He was smart, handsome and knew how to destroy things. 

Hailey was happy so Phodrick was happy and everyone lived happily every after!

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Bacon is hosting Show and Tell today. Lady is suppose to show an embarrassing picture of her from high school. Lady dug up  is her prom picture, circa 1994. She went with her best friend from high school, Jackie. 

Lady left, Jackie right

NaNoWriMo: The Story of Petey - The story continues

As we were missing a few days, I have volunteered to write another chapter . . . .

From yesterday's ending at http://myminipetpig.com/2013/11/nanowrimo-story-petey/

Just as we were about to howl with despair, we saw two very distant lights coming from farther back in the forest. Could it be help? 

Now for today's chapter:

The lights were coming slowly and they looked like they were bumping up and down. It seemed like they were taking forever to get to us. Beast began to pace back and forth and he gave a few barks as the machine drew closer.

Finally it was close enough that I recognized it as one of those ATV machines. Big and strong enough to get through the snow. Beast, stood off to the side, on guard, but didn't charge and after his few warning barks, was waiting silently. I stood beside him, tail up, ears alert. We both knew this ATV was our last hope.

As the ATV drew to a halt, the psychic lady ran over and started yelling about the situation. The driver removed his helmet, and the face of a gruff middle aged man greeted us. While the face was gruff, it was not completely unfriendly and I saw a twinkle in the eye as the psychic lady went on and on in a frenzied pace.

Finally, he stood up, and I could see he was much taller and wider than my master. He raised a hand to indicate to the jabbering lady to stop. She ignored him and kept going on. He began to laugh and then in words I had never heard before said something. The psychic lady stopped talking. She paused. The ATV man said something again. The psychic lady continued to look confused. Beast and I watched equally confused.

This continued for several exchanges before it became clear that the psychic lady and the ATV man didn't understand each other. The ATV man must only speak another language. The psychic lady paused for a minute, before taking the ATV man's hand and leading him to the edge of the cliff. She pointed to the rope and then yelled down to the people below. The people below yelled back.

The ATV man said "ahhhhhhhhhh" smiled and walked toward the ATV. He climbed on it and started to drive.

Beast began to bark. I joined him. Where was he going? What was he about to do?

NaNoWriMo Part 22

Because I am hopelessly behind this week, I missed that I was up for today. Thanks to Sophie and Ron for letting me know. If you have missed anything in this story go to http://roccoshouse.com/nanowrimo-officially-starts-today/. You will find links to all the previous entries here. I noticed that there is no one for tomorrow or most of next week, so if you would like to write a chapter, pop by Rocco's house and let them know.

Now back to the story:

Recap: Petey's owner, Beast's owner, and the police have all fallen into the ravine. Beast is off chasing the coyotes (we hope). Petey has been flung up the ravine and has found the psychic lady. He is desperately trying to get her to call 911.

I felt a moment of panic as the Psychic Lady turned the wrong way. She was walking with purpose toward something. I ran after her nipping at her coat tails, trying to turn her around. She ignored my pleas and continued at a quickening pace. In my desperation, I didn't realize how far we had walked. Suddenly I realized we were at her car.

The anxiety was so great that I could barely think. I saw white and panic. She opened the drivers door and slowly leaned into the car . . . oh no she was going to drive away!

Then she stood up, and I saw what was in her hand. It was her phone. The relief was so great, I thought I would faint with pure joy.

She looked at me and must have sensed my relief as she said "Petey, I left my phone in the car to charge. I had a feeling I was going to need it. " She bend down and stroked my fur as she continued. "I am not sure what is going on, but I think I need to call for help. You appear to have blood on you that is not yours. I saw human footprints near the ravine. I am sure I heard people. It is just too dark and dangerous to leave it to chance. I will call for help now. You can wait with me and we will have this all sorted out soon."

I leaned my body against her legs in relief as she turned on her phone and started to dial. As I was waiting, I felt my eyes grow heavy. The exhaustion of the evenings events had caught up with me. Now that I was feeling safe, I felt myself start to drift to sleep.

I heard the Psychic Lady say hello and a few mumbled words. Then there was a scream and the legs I was leaning on were suddenly gone and I felt myself fall over.

In my shear exhaustion I hadn't heard it coming, I wasn't prepared, and now here I was, with my last hopes of saving my master being yanked out from under me.

National Novel Writing Month

November is National Novel Writing Month and we have been asked by Rocco to participate in a round robin story. We are really excited about his.

To see part one of the story go to: http://roccoshouse.com/nanowrimo-officially-starts-today/
Part 2 can be found at: http://bongodogblog.com/2013/11/02/nanowrimo-for-dogs/


Without further ado - here is our "chapter":

It is very fortunate that I have been practicing my digging all summer by helping in the yard. My owner is going to wish he hadn't scolded me for all that practice, it is what may save him tonight. Although I admit, it is not as fun to be digging through the hard ground as it was to dig up his flowers or groundhogs. But I will keep going, I must find him.

After what seems like forever, my tired paws have finally made a hole large enough for me to wiggle through. I wiggle through and shake myself off at the other side. I do a quick sniff to check the peemail and to get my bearings. I leave some peemail so he will know I went this way if he happens to come home before I find him.

It is very dark, and I feel nervous as I make my way down the street. Soon I reach a clump of trees and decide to go through here. My nose tells me this is the place we visited this morning on our walk. It also tells me that something else has been here. I sniff and sniff and try to place the smell. It smells big and wet and a little spicy. I don't like the smell of it, but I must keep going to find him.

I am proceeding through the park at a trot when a sound stops me dead in my tracks. I jump with a start when I hear it. It is a crashing sound coming from behind. I freeze for a minute, deciding what I should do next.


To see the next part of the story tomorrow, visit: http://easyweimaraner.wordpress.com