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Are we playing?

Chris Hall50 Comments

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The four vampires – Joan, Francis, Scatty and the Old One, the two gargoyles plus the red-head woman had been having a whale of a time for several weeks in that wonderful chateau, although some of them were becoming rather restless.

Georges, the manager, was also becoming a little fraught; he had been walking around the market earlier, where he happened to look up and who did he see, these two gargoyles were watching the game of boules just behind the high wall next to the chateau: I admit this crowd are more than weird, they are completely loopy but what can I do? (he thought).

Francis were still very happy reading all those beautiful books in the library, but he was not alone; Joan had read ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ by Charles Dickens and it was the second time too, but this time she felt it was less interesting and she read it half-heartedly now; instead she was looking out from the window, daydreaming about something else.

The Old One had been wondering what to do next – another movie or maybe Joan, or even the red head woman, could play Scrabble with me.

But the red-head woman had other plans.

Scatty had joined the two gargoyles on the tall wall; she watched the game for a bit, ‘boules, I can watch or not, not my favourite though, but look at this… admission is just 10 euros, shall we go?’ – the two gargoyles started to grin, ‘why not?’

next episode

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Posted for The Unicorn Challenge, a magical challenge hosted by Jenne Gray and C E Ayr, where they provide a photo and we, in turn, provide up to 250 words.

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50 thoughts on “Are we playing?”

    • Very true – I’m thinking that maybe they would go back to Paris pretty soon, although what have Scatty and the two gargoyles found? Maybe a circus will arrive in that little town?

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  11. what a fun Six

    (love the breadth and inter-connectedness of your story-lines)

    and my fave? the two gargoyles lol (hard to beat characters that have a presence before even the dialogue)

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      • (net info) Bocce (pronounce Boch-cee, at least that is how I say it) is the ancestral sport of boules, meaning bocce came before boules:… and Bocce; The origins of bocce can be traced back to ancient Egypt around 5200 B.C., where polished rocks were used to play a similar game. The game was adopted by the Romans, who spread it throughout the Roman Empire. Bocce was brought to Italy, where it evolved into its current form. Italian immigrants brought bocce to America in the late 19th century.

        hm… what is pétanque?… Pétanque is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports In these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls towards a target ball Ah just a slightly different name and version? 😀

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