Even when things aren't really supposed to make sense they can. I think that Yellavand sounds like an interesting name for a country and after reading it's history it makes perfect sense, as does the name Eltsac which is the name of the capitol city.
But are the names pronounceable? Do they stick in the head and not sound too ridiculous? Ah, those are the questions.
I am currently doing a lot of background work on Elaine's Pearls. That way at least I will know the reasons for things even if no one else does. And besides I don't feel like working on the main body of the story so I may as well amuse myself with the ancient history of Yellavand(Which is Valley spelled backwards with a Land minus the L stuck on the end. Yellavland sounded too much like Yellow Land and that is certainly not the name). So far the history is quite interesting, but I've only gotten to the second king. I think there should have been quite a few kings between the original settling of Yellavand and the events happening in the story. After all, everything must make sense to me at least and then maybe it won't seem to ridiculous to anyone else.
And though I may load down the book with occasional references to history I shall be careful not to interrupt the story too much with pages of historical events, like happens in Henty books for since the land and events are all fictional I won't have the benefit of being "Historically Accurate" while boring the audience. And now I'm going back to the history of Yellavand, while it still is named Yellavand because if my family considers the name too ridiculous for use I'll probably change it. But I do like Eltsac, maybe I should name the land that. Elthia of Eltsac, that's another title that could work. Elthia of Yellavand not sounding quite as good. I had thought of Elthia Exasperated but that isn't very accurate.
So now to end this post. And I do mean END
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Saturday I got to eat at Baskin Robbins and had some chocolate chip icecream, in an icecream cone no less!!! And today, at lunch, we had some delicious strawberry icecream! I am very fond of icecream:)
I am about to pack up my computer and put it in Harvey and then leave for somewhere to see a battleship. I will be back Saturday night. So goodbye until tomorrow night. Hopefully I will something to post about then.
"To the victor goes the spoils" has been a saying for a while but I now have written the losers part. "To the loser goes the bill". That doesn't seem to sound very funny just by itself but hopefully in the book it will be interesting. I suppose I really should not be listening to the Return of the King soundtrack as I write this story because it is getting rather violent. One main characters just punched a ruffian in the jaw and sent him spinning into a table at the other side of the room. So the fellow that got sent spinning into the table, breaking it, is going to be the one paying for the table as "To the loser goes the bill".
This story is definitely different than the previous one. This one is very much an adventure story and I'm not certain I'm the best at adventure stories but I'll find out when this story gets read. The characters don't seem to be very well formed as of yet but by the end of the book they may get to be very defined.
I have a feeling I'll be doing a lot of rewriting on this... AND my Mom probably won't approve of all the action sequences that will undoubtedly end up in it. But hopefully it will still manage to be a humorous story despite it's currently weak plot. I'm afraid it will be much harder in this story for everybody to live happily ever after for it is the Island of Death and with the amount of adventurers that go there and never return being a considerable it will be very hard to make this story meet with Mom's approval. Bother. But at least she can use it as an example to my brothers that going to places that have a high chance of danger and are even named "The Island of Death" is a very bad idea unless you are the main character in a story and the authoress looks upon you favorably. Then you will probably survive to the end of the book if you are lucky no matter what adventures and hazards you may go through.
Now back to "The Red Diamond Necklace of Domanider". I can hardly wait to get to the meeting between the beautiful heroine of the story and the handsome young hero. They haven't met yet but they are about to. Hopefully... If I can stop writing this post and get back to the story and not fall asleep. Sleep does sound like a delightful idea though... I might just go to bed and leave the story at this very interesting point. I think I will.
Sounds like an interesting place does it not? Here is the full description from which that was taken,
"No one knows the exact location, but the necklace is supposed to be hidden somewhere in the Caves of Wandering which are located in the Mountains of the Dragons, which is in the center of the Desert of Thirsting, which is located in the middle of the Jungle of Dangers which is on the Island of Death which is surrounded by the Sea of Storms."
Very interesting sounding place indeed. Currently I have a faily good draft of Elaine's Pearls and since it doesn't need anything much added to it and is a bit short by itself I was thinking of paring it up with the book that Elthia reads and having "The Red Diamond Necklace of Domanider" in the same book as Elaine's pearls. So the title would be "The Red Diamond Necklace of Domanider and Elaine's Pearls" or "Elaine's Pearls and the Red Diamond Necklace of Domanider" or simply the classic, "What happens when a fifteen year old writes on her laptop late at night"(Read some old posts to get that one.) Or if I ever get this published(Which I have high hopes of doing so) the publisher will undoubtibly have some suggestions. Maybe "A tale of two necklaces" woudl be a good title or "Pearls and Red Diamonds". Titles are difficult come up with.
Any way I am currently writing the Red Diamond Necklace of Domanider and feeling that the title is a bit too long as I have to type it all of the time in the story. I hope that this book will be as amusing as Elaine's Pearls was when I printed it off for Daniel to read. My Dad picked it up and started reading it. It was a good sign when he laughed about as much if not more as when he was reading a "The Far Side" comic book.
And for those of you who are not fortunate to be in my family and who are getting a bit curious about this story, I hope it will get published eventually so you can read it and I can get some royalities. Then you will be supporting Bethjoy.com and me and ensuring that more posts get on here. I have just realized that Spell Check was not on so... I feel to lazy to go back so you can enjoy finding all of the spelling errors:)
The reason I am not posting Elaine's Pearls on here is that if I post anything on here I probably won't be able to sell it as it will be on here where anybody can read it for free. Which is why I am somewhat reluctant to put some of my stories on here. But since I also want people to read my website I am putting some things on here. AND maybe excerpts aren't the whole book but if I do put an excerpt on here I'll do after the book gets published that way you can go out and buy the book and find out just how somebody who rambles as much as I do could actually write an interesting book with human nature accurately portrayed and the great emotion of love tackled. And if you do find out be sure to tell me because I had no clue I was doing that.
I suppose I ought to stop typing this and get to work on The Red Diamond Necklace of Domanider, but I hardly feel in the mood to write a perilous journey to the harbor of Radgal where a ship might or might not be obtained to go to the Island of Death. Somehow I think I could have made a much more cheerful title for that Island and as I, Elizabeth Von Fange, am in complete control(more or less) of the story I may change it. Which is another reason I am not posting much on here is because the stories change and evolve as I write them and the original idea is sometimes very different from the finished product.
But I suppose I'll stop posting now since I am now briskly typing and my fingers feel ready for more action. Actually they don't but I may as well give myself delusions of grandeur and maybe if I tell them they are ready to type a masterpiece they'll be able to write a decent rough draft and not make too many mistakes.
I suppose I should go over this for grammatical errors etc. but I don't feel like it so have fun finding all of them.
Mom has been lecturing us on safe driving. Leaving a lot of room around your car, driving the speed limit, and a lot of other stuff. So this morning, after Mom was mentioning our safety again, I wrote this poem. I'm not driving yet and I have no intention of driving for a while. So here it is, this masterpiece of a poem.
My Mother told me of dangers
Dangers deadlier than of old
All about tailgaters and traffic cops
and reckless drivers bold
She told my brothers to be careful
As they drove upon the road
So they would not end up dead
Or in a hospital bent and bowed
The terrors she described to me
As happening in parking lots
Where old ladies do not look back
Where kids end up squashed tots
Made me feel unsure of my safety
Ability, and desire to drive
So to avoid the dangers of driving
I plan to wait until I'm Twenty-five!
Then I shall be very careful
Careful driving down the road
So that I shall not end up dead
Or in a hospital bent and bowed
NOTE: this post was written last night around midnight but due to a lighting storm I was unable to post it until now.
I do enjoy writing stories that show the beginning of things, even if that beginning is different than the actual beginning. Right now I have been rambling on in a text box for a bit and have just written the plot for a very interesting story involving the invention of the dishwasher. I'll have to study a bit about dishwasher maybe so I know how to invent one but it may be an interesting story, and then again it may not.
Elaine's Pearls is definitely better than I thought it was. It still needs a bit of editing but it doesn't need as much adding to it as I thought, though it still might be a bit too short for a published book. I'll have to look into that...
Oh, and here is a bit of poetry of my own composition. I felt like writing poetry and this is what came of it. I am definitely printing this off and bringing it to breakfast tomorrow morning. Poetry is actually easier than I thought, if you aren't too particular about it.
Five Random Attempts at Poetry
Poem 1
She didn't heed the warning
No, she heeded it not at all
For though they had warned her many times
She still ate ice cream in the fall
She didn't heed the warning
No, she heeded it not at all
For though they had warned her many times
She still had stomachaches in the fall
Poem 2
The tower stood there, tall and old
Like a hero, strong and bold
Though it's insides were decaying and cold
The tower was owned by a man
Like a hero tall and tan
Though when danger approached he ran
The tower had in it a large cat
Like a hero, sly and fat
Though wherever he went he smelled like rat
The tower owner brought a bowl of milk
Like a hero, smooth as silk
Though no adjective rhymed with milk
The tower eventually fell down
Like a hero, grey and brown
Though it did deserve a crown
Poem 3
No I will not, can not, shall not
Eat a bowl of heaping rice
With a tempature that
Can be compared with that of ice
For if I did so I would have
A stomachache that would not be nice!
No I will not, can not, shall not
Write a second stanza for this poem
With a rhyming way that
Can be compared to that of Noem
For I cannot think of more to say
So this will have to showem
Poem 4
The fly said to the caterpillar
As it landed on its tail
"It must be bothersome to be a caterpillar
and to go as slow as a snail"
"Oh no" replied the caterpillar
To the fly upon its tail
"It is very enjoyable being a caterpillar
and going as slow as a snail"
The fly said to the caterpillar
As it sat upon its tail
"Would you rather be a fly than a caterpillar
And fly faster than a snail?"
"Oh no" replied the caterpillar
To the fly upon its tail
"I do not want to be a fly instead of a caterpillar
And be faster than a snail."
Poem 5
The wind was blowing softly
Then it blew into a gail
As the wave swept boat
Came to shore bringing the mail
There was no one to get it
For it was also raining hail
So the captain decided
That they must deliver the mail!
So the crew braved the weather
And they struggled up the trail
To the lonely post office
Where they would deliver the mail
They banged upon the door
And they hit it with a flail
At last it was answered
Then they delivered the mail!
There was only one letter
It was even written in Braille
But still it was a letter
And it had been sent in the mail
I was deeply complemented when he said that my characters were not like paperdolls and had character traits and qualities of there own. He also said that the story was very interesting. He couldn't finish it as he had to be going somewhere else but hopefully he will finish it tonight. I'm glad he likes it. I heard a few laughs while he was reading it so apparently I did not completely leave out humor. I wasn't focusing on it when I was writing.
I don't think I mentioned that as Sunday was father's day we went to an Italian restaurant called Bucca de Beppo and had chocolate cake. They have the best chocolate cake there! Then later, since Mommy was hungry for ice-cream sandwiches we got sugar free ice-cream sandwiches! They also were delicious. I'm writing this down so I'll be able to remember why I haven't been feeling well these past few days. The odd thing is, I've gotten more writing done than usual. So maybe sugar has a good effect on my writing:)
I now have a fairly nice schedual. I wake up and have breakfast around nine. I play on the computer and clean my room a little until lunch. After lunch is over(usually around one) I take a nap until somewhere between three and five. Then I play on my computer some more and do a little bit more housework until supper. Then after supper I play on my computer some more(I spend a lot of time on my computer in case it is not extremely obvious). Then around ten I stop playing on my computer and get down to serious business. I put on my glasses(I have twenty four hundred vision and I usually use my computer with glasses which since I can't really see in focus past ten inches away from eyes makes using a laptop a little interesting and makes typing difficult.) change the position of my laptop to one where I can comfortable type and begin typing. I then type until one or so(now you see why a nap in the middle of the day is in the schedule). Then around one thirty or so I turn things off and go to sleep.
I really enjoy typing at night. During the day there are interruptions and noises but after ten or so things get quiet and my brain switches into story mode. For the last three nights I have been typing a rough draft of "Elaine's Pearls" and I just finished it. I'm rather pleased with the speed at which I did it. It is forty five pages long and considering the fact that The Royal Crowns of Scotland which was probably the longest thing I've written is about fifty five pages long and took me a month and more to do that is not too bad.
When I use "Pages" I mean book pages. The measure I use is fifty five characters wide by thirty two lines high. I counted on several books and found that to be a good average. So the page estimates I give will be about how many pages a printed book would be.
So now that that is behind me I shall now mention a bit about the book I am writing. The title of the book is Elaine's Pearls and the story line has undergone great changes though some things have remained from the beginning ramblings of the plot. The main thing has been the "Pearls" though the size of the necklace has changed. Origionally it was going to be a necklace of a hundred perfectly matched pearls that were each an inch in diameter. On learning just how big and heavy that necklace would be I changed it to a pearl necklace that had a hundred and fifty perfectly matched pearls that were only a half inch in diameter. A necklace like that still being worth a fortune.
I must admit that I am having delusions of grandeur about maybe getting this published, currently I think that it might end up to be a fairly interesting book. It has at least three weddings in it and several more mentioned and there is a handsome prince in it so it has a lot of the necessary components of a good story, at least by my standards.
Though the main story line does not have a lot of adventures, daring escapes, battles with dragons, etc. I cleverly thought of a way to put them in. The main character, Elthia, really enjoys reading a book in this story. At first the main purpose of said book was merely to provide one more notable difference between Elthia and her twin sister Elaine(she wears the title pearls). Elaine enjoys reading Cinderella and dreaming of Prince Charming while Elthia enjoys reading an adventure story in which the main character ends up marrying the oldest son of a Duke.
At first that was all of the purpose of the book but now I think I'll slip in two stories and maybe have Elthia read the book during the happenings of the story. After all, you could really sympathise with Elthia being called away for piano lessons if you yourself were in the middle of the story and it was at a very exciting point.
So right now, since I finished a rough draft of Elaine's pearls, I think I'm going to write up The Quest for the Red Diamond Necklace of Domanider. I just made up the of Domanider part, before it was just "The Quest for the Red Diamond Necklace".
The two stories are rather similar for in both stories there a valuable necklace plays an important part. Since I only have a vague idea of the plot of The Quest for the Red Diamond Necklace of Domanider I don't really know what else is going to be similer between the two stories, but I know this, there will be a lot of similarities.
I do think that it will be rather interesting having a main character enjoy reading a story. And now, since I am tired and have written my quota for today I think I'm going to go to bed. Or actually I can't really go to bed since I am all ready in bed. However I can turn off the lights and set my laptop aside and close my eyes and that is what I'm about to do.
In case it is not known what "spiking the guns" means I shall here give an explanation. First of all it had to do with cannon and large guns of the olden days. These had powder pored into them, large canon balls placed in them and the were lit by a fuse being stuck into a hole at the opposite end of the cannon from where the ball went out.
Now, when a large nail was stuck into this hole and pounded in the cannon became useless because it could not be lighted and set off. So "Spiking the Guns" prevented them from being fired.
And if you have not read the previous post you probably have no idea of what I'm talking about. So do read it. I printed it off and my whole family enjoyed it!
Well, it is midnight here. I have just spent the last two and a half hours in writing a story. I haven't proofread it yet but I might deffer posting this until I have that way the story can be in the post.
I have been reading a great deal of G.A.Henty stories lately and I decided I would write a sort of Henty story. I'm afraid I did horribly but... I might just post the piece of ridiculousness I posted and anyone who has read as many G.A.Henty books as I have may find some bits of humor.
The books are truly some of the best historical fiction out there and show a great deal about the different times. You really get the feel of the era he was writing about. Obviously Henty did his research which is something I rarely do.
I am going to start on proof reading my story. I'll probably post it with this post.
I have just finished editing and here is the story. I will definitly print this off for breakfast:)
For Honor and Adventure
By E. J. Von Fange
My dear lads, G. A. Henty was probably one the best writers of historical fiction of his time, and I shall go further by saying that he was probably one of the best of any time. I enjoy his writing greatly but even something that is greatly enjoyed can still be exaggerated and made fun of so here is a retelling of a Henty book by a young girl who passes over the history pages and sinks her teeth into the story. Be forewarned, my historical facts may not be accurate due to the aforesaid passing over of historical information. I only know the personages of history by their bestowing honors onto the Henty character in question so if I put them in the wrong places... you can just assume that it was intentional.
Chapter One
A Commission
Richard Smith was born in England to Sir Roland Smith and his lady. Sir Roland had had a military career before settling down and much wished that his eldest son would follow in his footsteps. Not wishing to disappoint his father when his own inclinations were exactly the same as his father's Richard learned all of the things that officers needed to know and more.
He learned fencing, riding, military history, and many more things and at the age of sixteen his father and teachers considered him to be skilled enough to hold his own with nearly all of the officers of the British army and considered him far superior to any French officer.
When his father told him that he had obtained for him a commission in the army Richard was overjoyed. Then in about ten or so pages of historical information which I would skip through anyway, he informed his son of the current state of affairs in England, and also what had been happening in the past hundred years or so and who the military leaders of the time were.
I shall however touch upon more interesting subjects, like what Richard was like. Like most Henty characters he was courageous, prudent, intelligent, active, handsome, lucky, and well able to get himself out of scrapes, even when he did not get himself into them.
But enough with descriptions, let us get this tale going. When Richard left his home to travel to London, and their to join his regiment, he brought with him his faithful servant, Jack Stilwell, whom he had known since boyhood. Jack would have given his life for his master and as that is not a distinguishing characteristic for a Henty Character Sidekick I shall also add that he was unusual in this way, he was ten years older than Richard and was very serious and calculating.
Richard and Jack left for London. They actually were able to travel for more than five hours before adventure befell them. They were traveling on a path through a forrest when they heard shouts and clashes of swords ahead. Quickly they advanced and seeing a well dressed gentleman with two men at arms defending themselves against a band of twenty ruffians Richard quickly joined into the fray.
In no time at all the twenty ruffians were put to flight and Richard was heartily thanked by the man whose life he had saved. His name was Sir Roger Walsham and he told Richard that if ever he could do him a service he would.
Richard thanked him for his offer and as they were both going along the same road they traveled together.
However their ways soon parted and Richard continued on his way to London. Surprisingly he reached it without being attacked by highway men more than twice, each time the highway men were severely beaten. He showed up at the barracks where the troop in which he would be a part of was quartered. He was welcomed there and quickly learned his duties. The army was soon to be sent out to France under the command of the Duke of Wellington and at this point there probably would have been another three pages or so of history in which the fight against Napoleon would be throughly gone into.
There was great pleasure when the order came to embark and ships and sail for France. The English frequently went over there to bash the heads of the French and it was nothing new to go to France to fight the French. Now if they had been going to the south pole to fight the French it might have been something out of the ordinary.
Chapter Two
A sea adventure
They had been only a hour or so out at sea when the fact that the boat which Richard was on was slower than molasses, was clearly seen. They were several miles behind the others when they were attacked. Not by the French fleet but by five Spanish ships who had been cruising in the Caribbean but having been beaten soundly by Drake, had lost their way in a storm and managed to show up just in time to meet the English.
As the Spanish were no less eager than the French to defeat the English they attacked the ship that Richard was on. Far better would it have been for them to shove their heads into a hornets nest. For in several pages of intensive action, which I would have read, Richard cleverly suggested means by which they could be defeated, showed his courage and coolness under fire, and generally distinguished himself.
So greatly did he distinguish himself that the colonel on the vessel mentioned his name in the dispatches and intended to tell the matter more fully once they got into port.
But unfortunately Richard was not to be on the ship when it got into port for, while landing briefly for supplies and repairs (for despite Richards presence the ship had been damaged) one of the Spanish captains, named Fernando Rascala, who had been captured during the fight, escaped and decided to get his revenge on the English.
Having quickly gotten together several Spaniards who were in port, he at first planned to attack the English, but then realizing that that would be near impossible he decided to kidnap one of the officers, and his choice was young Richard.
After a page or two of plotting they managed to capture the young officer and put him on board the Spanish ship. Jack Stilwell had also been captured at the same time.
The two of them were bound and put in a cabin together. It was an unfortunate error on the part of Captain Rascala in putting the two Englishmen together, and especial since the cabin they were put in had been occupied by an officer who had not yet moved his things out, and among his things was a razor conveniently placed on top of side table. With a bit of struggling Richard managed to cut his cords and soon was free, so to speak. He untied Jack and together decided to take over the ship.
Now deciding to take over a ship and taking over a ship are two different things but to a Henty character, taking over a ship is not as difficult as it would be to some.
In a few pages of excitement the two managed to sneak into the cabins of all of the officers(it was at night and they were sleeping) and quickly bound and gagged them. Having done this the crew remained to be taken care of but on issuing out onto the deck they found that the crew were mainly English and these quickly joined the Henty character.
In fact one young sailor, Henry Walsham was his name, really joined their party and became a side kick. The sailors made no trouble at al to landing them at the place where the army was headed for in France and as the ship was a fast sailor Richard got there two days ahead of the main fleet who were delayed by a storm.
Chapter Three
France
Having a bit of spare time on his hands before the main army showed up Richard decided to see a bit of France and as Henry Walsham really wanted to see the country side, he made no objection and as Jack Stilwell would have followed Richard anywhere, he also made no objections.
They decided to head down one of the main roads for about a day and then come back by a slightly different route so as to see more countryside. However this plan was not carried out for after several times being attacked by puny French highwaymen, they decided to alter their course and see a bit of Normandy.
They made their way into Normandy but before long they were accosted by an official who wanted to know who they were and what they were doing and not being satisfied by the explanation that Richard gave that he was Richard Smith and was seeing a bit of France, the official had him detained in a castle.
His two faithful followers were also in the castle, and with him fortunately. It did not take them long to discover that the bars of their cell were rather weak and that with a bit of effort and exertion of their tremendous English strength they were able to break through. It was a thirty foot drop into the moat but that did not bother them much.
However before they were able to proceed further the official came in and was rather surprised at seeing the bars gone from the window and the prisoners about to escape. He felt his suspicions, that these prisoners were of rank and importance and were on a secret mission of some sort, were confirmed.
He had them taken to be examined to another part of the castle and as William the Conqueror was currently in Normandy and at the castle he decided to talk to the young man himself.
He quickly decided that Richard and his party was not on any secret mission and decided that they should be released, which they were, and then the three of them decided to head back to were the army was going to land at all speed to avoid further entanglements with the French.
But on their way back they meet some English troops who were about to engage in battle with the French and Richard felt that a little bit of a delay would not interfere much with his plans and he offered to help fight in the battle and his offer was gratefully accepted.
The battle began and as Richard was not assigned to any special duties, but was merely acting as a gentleman volunteer, when he saw an opportunity he was able to take it.
Henry Walsham had purchased prior to the battle a bag of large nails, they were on sale at a bargain price and he had bought them with the excuse that one can always use nails, and an opportunity for them to be used came forward.
The French had several large guns that were firing at the British and Richard decided to take these. Keeping his followers with him he quickly managed to take and spike the guns.
With the French artillery out of the way they French were quickly defeated and Richard was much thanked for his deed in spiking the guns. With due modesty he said that it was nothing but they insisted that it was something as indeed it was.
Richard then started making his way back to were the army was supposed to land and actually made it to the port before the army did.
When the army arrived and with it his troop, for the ship, once it had been repaired had shown that it did move slightly faster than molasses, was with the main army. They were rather surprised that Richard should have arrived before them but were glad to see him none the less and enjoyed hearing his tales.
About now there was about five pages of military and historical events and the Byzantine ways of many important personages were touched on.
But as this is to be a tale of adventure and not one of history I shall completely skip over the historical facts and get to important ones, like the fact that Richard was in the Calvary and was with a scouting expedition.
As my wish is that this tale be not much longer I shall not mention all of the many adventures that befell him. He was captured at least twice, defeated the enemy many times and showed all of the wisdom, pluck, and endurance of a true Henty character. Hist two side kicks stood by him well too.
Anyway he was raised in rank to a captain and got to meet The Black Prince who was currently in charge of the army.
Chapter Four
Adventures and the introduction of The Beautiful Girl
One day as Captain Richard was attending to his duties accompanied by his two faithful followers, he was surprised and captured by the French, who, though the odds were but three to sixty-seven, had the element of surprise on their hands and were able to capture the young captain with a loss of only less than half their number.
They brought him to a nearby prison but since it was full he was placed on board a ship that was already being loaded with prisoners to be sent to a port that had a larger prison.
This not being the first time he had escaped from a boat Richard was not too worried and Henry Walsham was even less so for he was acquainted with some of the sailors on board.
With the aid of Henry and his sailor friends, Richard had little trouble in starting a mutiny and taking over the ship. The English prisoners were released and the French were put in their place.
Since many of the prisoners were civilians and wanted to head back to England and as Richard was not averse to seeing his own country again, the boat sailed for England.
Richard was surprised to find among the now released prisoners Roger Walsham whom he had aided long ago in Chapter One. They began their acquaintance again and Roger invited the young Captain to his home and Richard accepted the invitation.
They were soon in England and soon after at Roger Walsham's home. They were met at the door by Roger Walsham's beautiful sixteen year old daughter, who was extremely glad to see her father again. Her name was Rose
Richard greatly enjoyed his stay in England, and especially enjoyed the society of Rose who was very pleasant to him.
However the call of duty reminded him that he must return to his troop and after a weeks stay with his friend Roger he left.
He heard that an expedition under King Richard the Lion Heart was heading to France on the way to the crusades and he decided to join it, though only to go as far as France. After meeting that great monarch, who was one of the most notable men of his time, and journeying with him to France he parted company with the expedition and attempted to rejoin his troop.
However fortune was seriously against him for he lost his way and managed to lose himself throughly in the Alps. Fortunately he bumped into Hannibal, or to be more exact he bumped into an elephant and then later was introduced to Hannibal. After meeting this great military leader he was able to realize which direction he ought to be going in and with cordial farewells he headed back to France.
Making his way carefully through France he was able, after a few more adventures, to get back to his troop. He was greatly welcomed there and then several more pages of history were gone over in a discussion and it was decided that the duplicity of King Charles was not aiding his cause, and indeed duplicity caused the downfall of quite a few monarchs.
Chapter Five
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By this time Captian Richard was twenty and as he had been giving good service for three years, he was again promoted and became Colonel Richard, having skipped a few steps.
The war continued for another year or so and when it was finally over and peace was signed and the English had had the best of it, Colonel Richard and his two faithful friends sailed home again.
After a weeks stay at his own home where his father was very glad to see him, Richard decided to pay another visit to his good friend Roger Walsham and after only a few days stay there informed him that there was a service he could render him to pay him back for the two times he had aided him
Roger having guessed what was in the wind made no objections and after finding out that Rose had no objections, bestowed her hand upon that of Roger. There was a grand wedding and Richard was able to settle down happily.
As Rose had had a considerable dowry Richard was able to make a far larger stand in the community than his father had and was able able to make handsome presents to his two faithful comrades. They were able to settle down and have families of their own but close ties between them were always maintained.
He fought no more, except when the Spanish Armada threatened England and he manned a ship and was helped make the battle a victory.
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his deeds in the battle and having been entered in the Henty book of records for being knighted in the last paragraph he returned to his home and lived happily there for the remainder of his days.
I just realized that it has been a while since I posted last so I am posting. I thought I would write a random story to so that is also on here. But I think that I think better at night because all I could come up with was this very short random story but here it is any way.
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Two nights ago we watched an episode of "Flash Gordan". It was an old TV show and the special effects were rather "primative". So I did a little mock up movie of it, though it wasn't really a spoof. I'll post the script here, though I did it a little bit differently than the script. So now you shall know just how horribly I write scripts.
Script Beginning
Flight of the bumblebee plays
Titles over black
The Adventures of the Mysterious Pink Thing!
Episode 1/2 + 3/8 + 2/16
The Threat of the Black Hole
Starring
Elizabeth Von Fange as Captain Elizabeth
Alison Sheddin as her right hand thing
Written, Directed, Produced and nearly everything else by
Elizabeth Von Fange
Sponsored by Bethjoy.com
Narration over stars: It is the year seventeen double O six . Mysterious Pink Thing is currently zooming through the system of Zifdon
Scene One
Shot inside the cockpit,
C Eliz: High, I'm Captain Elizabeth of the Mysterious Pink Thing. Though there is nothing at all Mysterious about it, and though there is not enough Pink about it, Mysterious Pink Thing is its name.
This is Lieutenant Sheddin,(motions to Allison Sheddin), my right hand man, I mean woman, I mean, uh, Thing.
Together we help save the world from destruction!
(Over radio) Comander: Captain Elizabeth, Are you there?
C Eliz(into radio): If I wasn't here where else would I be?
Com: We have serious trouble.
C Eliz: What else would you be having, pepperoni pizza? Which reminds me,(turns to AS) we haven't had pizza in a while, let's order some when we get back.
Com: TO CONTINUE, there is a bomb which is about to explode and make a new black hole in twelve minutes and forty three seconds, or forty two now.
C Eliz: And soon it will be forty one, but what do you want me to do about it?
Com: The bomb is located in a planet system near you, you'll just have to fly through an asteroid field, get through the Glob section and destroy a small satellite orbiting the planet of Zyfgon. The satellite has the controls for the setting of the bomb and with it destroyed we shall be safe! If not the black hole will swiftly destroy all of the world as we now know it.
C Eliz: Well, with your talking you've already taken up a lot of my time and I better get started. Please send the coordinates to the nava computer and I'll head there strait away.
Com: Thank you for taking care of the situation, I'll send you the coordinates. .
C Eliz: Got them, I'm preparing for heading to these coordinates, hang tight while I punch in the information to the controls(plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star). It's odd that this machine was built with such a musical control system. But who am I to complain? It's just an annoyance...
C Eliz: Anyway we'll be at the asteroid field in less than a minute, I'll have to manually fly through it. I'll switch the controls to asteroid repulsion, (has the key board star playing 02 on the classical side of the piano). (Moves around wildly) Oh no, I think we hit an asteroid, I'll have to increase power,(turns the tempo up), that should do it.
No one speaks for a moment as the music continues to play, occasionally crashing noises are heard and C Eliz moves around wildly.
C Eliz: Phew, we're out of that now. We can relax, Oh no, we can't! We have the Glob section yet to past through! The deadly Globs will turn our space ship into goo unless I do something! I'll turn on the Glob repeller, and I'll turn it way up(plays Canon at top speed). There, now with good luck we won't be turned into goo.
Waits a moment while anxiously examine the screen,
C Eliz: Good, we're past the Glob section. (turns off music).
C Eliz: Oh dear, We're going to need some extra speed to make it in time, I'll turn on the speed booster,(Number 21 top speed). Why on earth couldn't the commander have told me about this earlier, or gotten somebody with a faster ship or some one closer to do this?
Oh no, We're just barely going to make it, only two minutes left. Yikes! enemy ships on the screen, they've got us in their tractor beam! You'd think by now they'd have invented something more advanced. We're being pulled in! I'll have to turn on the tractor beam negitator. (entertainer top speed), I just hope this works. It's working! It's working! We're almost out of their grip, which is a good thing because I can't take this song much longer. We're out!(switches back to Number 21). Now if I can just get to that satellite and destroy it!
(looks down at screen) OH no! Just thirty seconds left! I'll have to use a faster speed booster! But if I use it will cut the power to everything else. Oh well, I can see using this(pulls out light sword). (Starts punching in numbers Plays number 47 classic). (lights go off) (Capt Eliz turns on pink thing)
C Eliz: There, now I can see, Oh no, just fifteen seconds, . Good, we're there. I'll stop so I have power.(stops music) Now to begin the aim process on that sati-light, Bother! Just seven seconds left(starts playing number 39 classic)
C Eliz: (Begins countdown) Five four Three...
COMMERCIAL!
Shows Elizabeth in normal clothing at computer
Narrator: Have you ever had a lot of extra time on your hands?(Elizabeth nods) Or have you ever wanted to read something exciting and interesting for the right price, FREE. (really nods)
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Scene Two,
back in the space ship, the music is still playing
C Eliz: (accidently stops the music)Oh no, I failed the mission! In one second we will all be sucked into a black hole!
Uh,(looks at the clock) In one second we will all be sucked into a black hole! (nothing happens) What's going on here? I should be sucked into a black hole by now!
Com:(over radio) Uh, the man who told us about the bomb just said "April Fool!"
C Eliz: Oh... Well... Uh... I suppose the special effects department couldn't have handled a black hole anyway... (turns toward camera) Well, you have now seen one of the many adventures of the Mysterious Pink Thing! Tune in later for more adventures, if there are any.
Com:(over radio) Which I doubt
C Eliz: And be sure to visit Bethjoy.com!
Titles over star back ground
The End
Credits Over black
Everything by Elizabeth however it is all listed. Music plays(flight of the bumblebee)
Well, I'll probably be very sick next week. Ice cream, Ice cream, More ice cream... Sugar bread, chocolate, peach something or other. I've eaten a lot and I feel sick. Tomorrow is going to be fun...
Today I mainly played with my young first cousins once removed. They are fun to play with. We got ice cream in containers at Braums(though Mom and I just went back for a bit more:)
We had dinner at a mexican restaurant in a mall. Then we got to go to the Dollar store. I bought a pink lightsaber:) It was really neat. a light lights up and there are sound effects. Sadly when I was coming back from Braums I sat on it:( So now it's "The blade that was broken". But it still lights up and makes sound effects and with scotch tape it will do very well. I wonder what it would take to convince Mommy to take me to a dollar story at home, and whether they would have one... It would be neat in a movie.
So anyway I'm packing right now and then I'll probably go to bed. I'm tired and I feel the negative effects of Ice cream.
This morning I had a breakfast Happy Meal at McDonalds:) So I got another neopet. Hopefully tomorrow there will be a different Neopet.
We went to Braums Icecream in the morning to see if they had Sugar Free and they did! We even got a few samples:) I had chocolate pecan and it was delicious! We were planning on going back in the evening and getting icecream but aparently it was planned to have ice cream for lunch. So we went back to Braums and got some ice cream packages. Chocolate, Vanila, and sugar free strawberry. So I will get to eat some icecream.
Large preparations are being made for lunch. Hopefully there will be something there that I like and that Mom will let me eat.
Usually I do not notice the features of a hotel room, because usually I share them with my parents and do not investigate. But this trip... I got a hotel room to myself:) It is very nice having one huge bed to sleep on, one bed to deposite things on. A plug for my computer located near the bed, and wonder of all wonders, a DVD player actually attached to the TV in my room! That will be nice.
The trip this morning was rather uneventful. Our luggage was not lost, the plane did not crash, we did not have to use the seat cushions as flotation devices, and flying dragons did not melt the wings off with their flaming breath. I suppose that could have been figured out from the fact that the plane did not crash.
I am now getting to be a rather experienced flyer, I didn't set off any alarms this time. We did not have any checked luggage, all carry on. The first flight was uneventful, other than the fact that I ate a granola bar I shouldn't have. I suppose I should switch from health reasons to weight reasons, I may have a high metabolism but I weigh a lot more than I would like.
The second flight was more interesting. I sat next to a lady who was... I'm afraid I forgot what it was she was doing but it involved twirling paper and glue. She made little butterflies, flowers, ladybugs(she gave me one of these). We talked crafts a bit and I told her about Bethjoy.com so "Hello" if you are reading this! That flight went by very quickly.
Then we went to see my father's father's sister. We took her in our rental car(a really nice one) all around tulsa and we drove through the campus were my Mom and Dad went to collage and first met. Then we ate at the Sonic:) I had a grilled cheese sandwhich, a corndog, and a milk, all for less than a side salad costs at some places I've eaten. We had a fun time driving around then after we had said our goodbyes drove on to Arkensas.
We had a bathroom stop at McDonalds and I have been wanting to go there for ages since the Neopets Happy Meal prizes are out and I wanted one. I got two, a blue Ixi and a yellow Chomby. Not exactly my two favorite Neopets but not my least favorite. Also they only cost $3.60 for the two of them and I didn't even have to buy a happy meal! Since they're cute little stuffed animals I was satisfied.
So we are now in Arkensas and it is about six this time, seven our time, and I may get in a bit of a nap before going to Grandma's house.
I haven't posted yet since I came back! So now to post something. Something. I had a good airplane trip back. A DVD collection I orderd just came in so I am about to watch some DVD's. I'll post my previous posts first though.
I leave to go to Arkansas. Usually my whole family drives sixteen hours out to see Grandma, but this time just Mom, Dad, and me are going and we are flying! So I really need to finish my packing and be ready to go early in the morning. Hopefully I can find a clean pair of blue jeans...
Currently I am watching the Overture. Very impressive movie score, I think I might enjoy this. I've read the book but it was a long time ago. I think he got married and I hope he will in the movie. The music very lovely! I suppose I shouldn't be staying up as late as I am going to since the movie is over three hours long but... I might not watch all of it.
The credits are currently rolling. Just before them was the scene of Jesus's birth in the manger.
Things are currently happening for the credits are done, hundreds of Roman Soldiers are on the march. And since I don't intend to type for the entire duration of the movie I am going to stop for a bit.
I thought the girl's name was Esther. Currently I'm multitasking, I'm watching Ben Hur and playing on Neopets.com. But right now I'm just writing on my post. Every time I start a new paragraph it will mean that I have progressed a bit more into the movie.
Currently he's a galley slave and the battle is about to begin. If I remember corectly the boat sinks and he saves the leaders life.
The battle is pretty exciting... Boats are sinking every where and the music is really going. Firess are blazing and things are happening. They are about to be rammed.
They just were rammed and the boat is about to go down. I think this may be an interesting movie. He just grabbed the keys from the warden and is unlocking the galley slaves. Fire is all over the ship. It will soon be down but most of the galley slaves won't be on it. This is a very exciting movie. He just saved the life of the captain who saved his by keeping him unlocked. I suppose I should let you just buy the movie and then see what happens.
The story has progressed quite a bit more. They did change it a bit from the book, but still, it is rather romantic in a way. I hope I get to the chariot race soon.
Finally I have gotten to the intermission. I am thankful that I have the skip button so that I will not be up all night. This move is almost four hours long. And I started it past nine!
With ample use of the skip button(for I took a few breaks) I have now reached the end and it is only a bit passed midnight. So now I'm going to bed.
Verdict: A very, very, impressive movie. Six stars on a Six Star scale.
Now with that very interesting title written I shall mention what was done today.
Before I go further I would like to mention the fact that Mom now owns a nice little porsche. It was bought for my brothers but since they havn't paid for it yet, Mom has it. It has a back-seat (in a manner of speaking) that probably could fit a... a... two year old if it wasn't too large in. Also it has a rather small area in the back to put things in.
To get on with this Mom took me shopping in the porsche. We went to three stores and the mall. Now Mom and I are both shoppers and we both usually manage to buy great amounts of things when ever we shop. So... Stop one, K-Mart. Various things amounting to about a bag full for Mom and a Windshield guard. Also we got Cheaper by the Dozen their(see previous post). I found an adorable set of three dolls called Wee 3 friends that I just had to buy. One nice thing about not growing up to fast is that even at the mature age of fifteen one can buy dolls and play with them. It is a large set and took up a bit of room but we weren't too hard pressed for room.
Then we went to the mall. Usually that would mean a great out poring of cash but I was good and didn't buy anything. I don't think Mom did either(she had gone in to return something) but I don't remember. At the next stop, Office Depot, Mom got some various office supplies and I got three educational computer programs and since they were educational I didn't have to pay for them:)
The next stop was garden ridge were I got rid of a bunch of ones that had been bothering me and burning a hole in my pocket by buying some various lace and trimming things. Mom bought a large plastic plant which I doubted would fit in the porsche, but it did. It took up one and half seat and the space in between but it did fit. So now we were rather crowded and since I had put my stuff at my feet I was beginning to feel like there wasn't enough room.
By now, Then we ended up at Sam's Club were Mom was buying groceries. And since it was groceries they took up the whole back. At Sam's they had some new DVDs(Great cause of rejoicing) and among them was Ben Hur which I have been wanting to watch. Also, since it was very hot out and the air conditioning on the Porsche wasn't doing very much Mom got some little orange juice packs for us to drink.
When we got into the car to head home it was a bit crowded for we now had a lot of stuff added. I sat holding little orange juices(there was no drink holder), with DVD's, Computer programs, a lot of mail(I had neglected to say that we had stopped at the post office and we had gotten a LOT of mail there), and a bunch of other stuff. But it was very fun, though my Mom could definitly use some practice at driving a manual. Jerk, Screech, Bump, Jerk, Jerk, Strange engine noise, and a few more jerks.
So now I have Ben Hur to watch and several computer programs to paly and I am currently in a debate of what to do next.
Oh, and on Friday morning Mom, Dad, and I are going to Arkansas for the weekend and will be back by Monday morning.
Not being able to think of a good title for what this is I thought I would use what it isn't.
To continue, Tonight we watched "Cheaper By the Dozen",, not the horrible modern movie that came out recently but a 1950's movie that was not only based on the book, nearly everything that happened in it happened in the booK! It was very enjoyable and rather funny.
There was a scene were the oldest daughter was going to her first dance/date and her father was accompanying her. When we were in a slower part afterwards I turned to my father and asked him if he was going to miss the singular honor of going with me to dances. I don't think he'll miss not going to much, especially since I probably will never go to a dance until I'm married. Mom says I can start dating when I'm forty-six and anyway, by that time my Dad probably won't feel like escorting me.
Any way, it's kind of nice not to have to worry about those things yet, as a character in one of my stories is going to say "I want to be a little girl for as long as possible".
Besides that, even when and if (MAJOR if) I ever go on a date whoever takes me is going to have some tuff competition, all of the heros of my stories and the main characters of Henty stories. No there are some young men that could win (and did win) the hearts of a young ladies. Strong, Moral, Brave, Handsome, Quick Thinking.... and I could have a list that goes on.
Any way, since I'm not getting a learners permit until I'm twenty-five and the insurance goes down on a car and I don't really want to have relationships until I'm driving I don't really have to worry about any of this for about ten years. I pity the poor unfortunate public school girls around my age that already have to worry about these things. Oh, the joys of home schooling and wonderful parents!