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History Homework

Friday, July 25, 2014

Having tried a story in seven tweets once, I quite liked the challenge. So here’s another for your delectation and delight.

 

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The Captain was finishing a coloured picture of a new species of fly. His ship rocked gently under a hot sun.

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As he added the last brush stroke there was a little pop. He was gone. Just like that. It was as if he had never been.

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A time and a half later a girl called Xanxy was doing some homework with a history hook and line. She twitched it.

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“Stop that at once,“ said her mother. “That’s your Father’s. It’s not a toy. You can cause all sorts of time knots at your age.”

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She looked inside Xanxy’s collection tank as a bewildered man in a uniform appeared, carrying easel, brush and inks.

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“Have I done it right, Mama? It says, Research and illustrate the shipping terms Captain and Shanghaied and present them  to class”

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“Don’t ask me,” said her Mother. “Just make sure the poor creature goes back where he came from, once you’ve shown him in the lesson.”

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