Today it was our writing group get-together and the challenge had been to write something which was surreal. Now I’ve mentioned here over the last little while my thoughts and ideas, and after a couple of weeks of ruminating I didn’t manage to write anything until last night. However,, what i wrote has the possibility of becoming something longer… well, maybe, I have so many other unfinished stories to get to grips with!
Here is the first few paragraphs:
Snowy was looking up at me, wanting to catch my attention.
I ignored him and just hitched my gecko further up my shoulder – the creature was much more awkward to carry than I’d realised. Also he was considerably bigger than the traditional gecko, and not that he fidgeted, but having seen how speedy they are, I could imagine him leaping from my embrace and zooming into the tulip fields.
“Have you given him a name yet, you usually do, you usually name your possessions, to wit, me,” Snowy persisted.
I would have continued to ignore him except I knew he would just carry on. I looked down at him, as we hurried along. His muzzle was turned towards me and he’d done that funny thing with his lip so he appeared to be smiling – but in fact dogs don’t smile.
“So tell me again why you think this is a good idea.”
I glanced down at Snowy trotting beside me, he knew jolly well what we were doing and why we were doing it. I hoped it would be a way to revive my flagging career as a ventriloquist and we were on our way to Lo Spettacolare Teatro, the theatre of wonders and spectacles. It had been a childhood dream of mine to ‘throw my voice’ as it used to be called, and I had tried my hardest to perfect the art, but sadly I really wasn’t any good, in fact I was embarrassingly bad.
Snowy, by the way is a talking dog – I may post some more tomorrow!
Lois Elsden 