Friday 26 May 2023

It's Reader Participation Time!


Okay, here's MY contribution --

"Call me Ishmael.
And then the dragons arrived."

Now it's YOUR turn!

41 comments:

Moving with Mitchell said...

In an old house in Paris covered with vines lived 12 little girls, in two straight lines.
And then the dragons arrived.

Mistress Maddie said...

Mr Puss awaited my arrival, and I was running late, if annoyed by my tardiness he would let me know- and now on certain terms. And then the dragons arrived.

jaz@octoberfarm said...

Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes. And then the dragons arrived.

Jamie Ghione said...

It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. And then the dragons arrived.

baili said...

after the the millions years of disappearance when humans seems to destroy the world more than themselves the dragon arrived (back)

Boud said...

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. And then the dragons arrived.

Bob said...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of time, and then the dragons arrived.

Old Lurker said...

Chastity. It is one of those unabashedly churchy words. And then the dragons arrived.

Kay G. said...

On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor. And then the dragons arrived.

Marie Smith said...

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” And then the dragons arrived.

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

“Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. And then the dragons arrived."

XOXO

Kirk said...

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. And then the dragons arrived.

Marcia LaRue said...

It doesn't look like much from the outside,but Cherry Blossom Mews is a miraculous place. And then, the dragons came!

pam nash said...

Apocalypses always kick off at the witching hour and then the dragons arrive.

Deedles said...

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow, and then the dragons arrived.

John M said...

Tom Bianco walked down the street to his lover's apartment, cellphone to his ear, a package of flowers and a box of chocolates held in his other hand. And then the dragons arrived.

Doctor Z said...

We came on the wind of the carnival. And then the dragons arrived.

Deborah said...

I used to think if you fell from grace it was more likely than not the result of one stupendous error, or else an unfortunate accident. And then the dragons arrived.

Tundra Bunny said...

Call me Ishmael. And then the dragons arrived. Twelve abreast, row after row, they arrived. The sky turned black with smoke, punctuated only by fireballs of orange, red and yellow flames. Call me Ash.

How do we know said...

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. And then the dragons arrived.

Fundy Blue said...

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. And then the dragons arrived!

roentare said...

I smelt a burnt toast in the kitchen. Avocados are yet ripened. Then the dragons arrived.

Gigi said...

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. And then the dragons arrived.

Mike said...

Here is a small fact: You are going to die. And then the dragons arrived.

Richard said...

Oh no. Not the dragons again. For years we have offered up our first-born, they have scorched our country to a crisp, they are living on a pile of gold.
One thing about dragons, is they are greedy. If it shines, if it is pretty or clever, some dragon is going to want it for the hoard. So we are going to fight this time. And then the dragons showed up.

BootsandBraids said...

In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth, and then the dragons arrived.

KitKatCot said...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. And then the dragons arrived.

Dunstan Skinner said...

The three great tables that ran the length of the hall were laid already, the silver and the glass catching what little light there was, and the long benches were pulled out ready for the guests, and then the dragons arrived. -The Golden Compass (The Northern Lights)

Rosemary said...

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. And then the Dragons arrived.

Gene Perry said...

Two households, both alike in dignity
(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene),
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
And then the dragons come.

Romeo & Juliet

Leanna said...

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. And then the dragons arrived.

Leanna said...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. And then the dragons arrived.

River said...

The Seneca Chief left Lake Erie on October 26, 1825, drawn into the waters of the canal by four of the best, most perfectly matched grey thoroughbred horses to be had.
Then the dragons arrived.

Ur-spo said...

I have just returned from a visit with my landlord. Then the dragons arrived.

Liz Hinds said...

"'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug." And then the dragons arrived.

NanaDiana said...

HHAHAHA
"Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York, and then the dragon arrived.
(A Tree Grows In Brooklyn)

G. B. Miller said...

It was such a dark and stormy night, that the dragons then arrived to lighten the sky.

Alison said...

Two voices, raised in anger, carried through the half-opened window of the library. Then the dragons came. - "Through a Glass Darkly" by Karleen Koen

Adam said...

Beat me to it

Rommy said...

Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. And then the dragons arrived.

Anonymous said...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... And then the dragons arrived.