Monthly Writing Contest #62
| Assignment #61 Winners "Swapped Places" Imagine what might happen if two Narnian characters swapped places. Honorable Mentions Lasarrrraleen by Aravis "So, you see," said Aravis, "That is why I must run away to Narnia." But Arrrravis, Darrrling, why don't you marrrry Ahoshta? With the help of my Earrrthmen, we could take overrr the Overrrworld togetherr. And what do you think of my new lime grrreen drrress?" Witches Don't Count by Caspian "Come, my prince," said the Woman with the Green Dress in a sing-song voice. "Come with me, and I will show you things beyond your wildest dreams. Come to my kingdom...come rrrrule with me in the rrrich country of Underland." She strummed her lute once. "Come, my prince. Come to me." The prince eyed her thoughtfully, scratched his head, and then responded in the way he responded to everything that threatened, frightened, or confused him. It worked. She crumpled to the ground, unconscious. "Corin!" shouted his brother, who had been giving the Green-lady looks that he would not have given her had he been in the presence of a lady whose name rhymed with Caravis. "How /could/ you strike a woman?" Prince Corin rubbed his fingernails on his tunic and stared down at the woman disdainfully. "Come off it, Cor. I believe her music was affecting you, so it's a good thing I had the sense to knock her down." "But a woman," protested Prince Cor weakly. Corin shrugged. "A veritable snake of a woman. Probably not even human (weren't you looking at her eyes?), and you know very well that witches don't count." Meanwhile, somewhere on the slopes of Archenland, Prince Rilian was trying to explain that he was the son of Caspian the Tenth of Narnia to a pair of very bewildered talking horses and a girl whose name rhymed with Caravis. Tumnus is King by SkandarLuvr88 Ginnabrik leapt from the sleigh, pinning the young boy with a knife: "How dare you address the King of Narnia!" Edmund looked up at him helplessly, "I didn't know!" Then the king rose from his seat, placing his finely-polished cloven hooves against the frosting-white snow: "Goodness gracious me! What is it now, Ginnabrik?" "A son of Adam, your highness." "Ah!" The King said, handing an umbrella to the newcomer. "I thought you had been some kind of beardless dwarf. As Edmund blinked, the faun looked him over, "Would you like some sardines?" and the winner Caspiglum by Aravis "Do you think we will make it some land before we run out of provisions, Caspian?" Lucy asked. "Oh, probably not. If the boat doesn't fall apart,and we don't have a giant sea-monster attack our boat, and we don't land on an enchanted island, we might. Life's not all Liliandil and history lessons, you know. |
