Sunday, December 23, 2012

21. Gnome attack

         The attack came at dusk.  I thought we were safe but hadn’t expected gnomes.  I’d gone to great trouble, with the help of my own loyal fairy, Bonnie, and together we secured the house against attack from hostile fairies, thinking airborne, and had locked all windows, repaired all the screens, inspected the roof, and thoroughly checked the attic for points of entry along the eaves.  Who would have suspected an attack from the ground, from burrowing gnomes, and their subterranean allies, the rats?  Bonnie and I were caught totally off guard.  Gnomes and rats entered the house in large numbers through the basement.  Their target was my fairy, and they waited patiently for the ideal circumstance and situation, a day and time with a minimum of humans in the house.  My brother Brian was off to play in a band concert and Mom had gone to watch.  None of my friends were over to visit, not even Westley.  And I would even have welcomed Madison’s presence.  Unfortunately, I was the only one in the house to protect Bonnie from the gnomes.
        The rats came in first, dozens of them.  Earlier that morning Gnomes had discovered an entry into the house, an exhaust vent that led to our clothes dryer in the basement.  Gnomes immediately propped the outlet open and sent for their nefarious rodent allies.  Rats were ordered into the vent and hastily scurried along inside the round plastic exhaust venting, in through the house siding and down into the basement, and all the way to the dryer, where they chewed through the plastic venting and dropped onto the cement basement floor.

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13 comments:

  1. You and Bonnie make a great team. You were lucky the gnomes didn't get your fairy.

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  2. It's a good thing the fairy was able to get her friends to help you fight off the gnomes. The fairies protected you.

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  3. Maybe now the other fairies will take Bonnie back, they must still care for her, since they helped her and Michael against the gnomes.

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  4. Michael, you did good protecting your fairy from the gnomes.

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  5. I think it's time you should tell your mother about the fairy. You've kept her a secret long enough. You are going to get hurt if you don't get some help from adults.

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    1. The lives of Michael and the fairy are intertwined. Their fates are tied together by nature. He does not need the assistance of others, the fairy will guide him.

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  6. I think the big question for everyone now should be - How does Michael prevent future attacks from gnomes and how does he help his fairy when the other fairies have disowned her?

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    1. What you need are some dachshunds. Weiner dogs would be great for keeping gnomes and rats out of the house. They were breed for hunting and flushing out burrowing prey. Perfect for fighting gnomes.

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    2. Are you kidding me. There is no way any weiner dogs are going to be able to protect Michael and the fairy from gnomes.

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    3. Magic is the only hope and the only way to keep the gnomes away. Michael must reconnect with the woodland fairies and request their help. They will accept him. Fairies are always on the side of good.

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    4. I don't think that would be wise. The woodland fairies have attacked Michael also, and they are trying to exert control over him with fairy dust.

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    5. The only fairy Michael can trust is Bonnie.

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