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.
1
The Captain was finishing a coloured picture of a new species of fly. His ship rocked gently under a hot sun.
2
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.
3
A time and a half later a girl called Xanxy was doing some homework with a history hook and line. She twitched it.
4
“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.”
5
She looked inside Xanxy’s collection tank as a bewildered man in a uniform appeared, carrying easel, brush and inks.
6
“Have I done it right, Mama? It says, Research and illustrate the shipping terms Captain and Shanghaied and present them to class”
7
“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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