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And The Dish Ran Away…
Mint Sauce was the ring-leader. It was obvious when they named her that she was destined for the table, so she knew her days were numbered. She waited until Farmer Giles was engrossed in conversation, then nuzzled the gate open.
‘Rosemary! Garlic! All of you! Now’s our chance, let’s go!’
And, of course, the others all followed. Like sheep.
Freedom felt good, but what now?
‘We could go to Baaa-li,’ Gravy suggested.
‘What about Baaa-bados? We could baa-sk in the sun,’ bleated Chop.
‘Wherever we go,’ said Mint Sauce, shivering. ‘It’d better be warm. That baaa-stard shearer stole my coat.’
(100 words)
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EL Appleby: Brain Fragments 
LOL, I love the names El! I do love reading your stories, you always make me laugh. Great one today!
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Hi Jackie
Confession time: I was brought up on a farm and we genuinely named one of our lambs Mint Sauce (but Gravy and Chop are made up).
😀
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I was really trying to find a way to work baaaaa-stard into mine. Good on you, darling! Farmer Giles, huh? I think I had a book as a child called Famer Glies and Ham or something like that…
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Farmer Giles of Ham – it’s by Tolkien. What a well read child you were! I think Farmer Giles has just become a standard name for farmers now though. Ham is a real place, it’s near Sandwich in Kent (yes, really) 🙂
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I thought it was Tolkien. Of course there’s also the pre-king Crimson album by Robert Fripp called the cheerful insanity of Giles Giles and Fripp (i’m also an audiophile in my spare time)
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Poor little sheeps, as ever, no mercy. As ever, u raised a chuckle, despite my animal loving pretensions
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El, Hilarious as usual. I especially loved the baaa-stard part. I’m so glad the sheep escaped their cruel fate. XD —Susan
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Thank you!
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Sayjal,
I thought you might enjoy this one. El is a woman writer in England. Her stories are hilarious. Lots of Love, Mom
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:36 PM, EL Appleby: Short Stories wrote:
> elappleby posted: > “_______________________________________________________________________________________________ > And The Dish Ran Away… Mint Sauce was the ring-leader. It was obvious > when they named her that she was destined for the table, so she knew her > days “
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🙂 Sometimes you crack me up. Nice work!
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Bastard! lol
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That really tickled my ribs.
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😀
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How delightful! Loved the names and the masterful escape – followed by mass confusion
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Thanks, alicia – glad you enjoyed it 😀
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Ha, that was very funny! I loved their rather unfortunate names. I hope they manage to find a nice place in the sun.
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We did have a lamb called ‘mint sauce’ when I was younger. I think my humour has always been a little twisted 🙂 Thanks for commenting.
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Dear EL,
So much for the term “mindless sheep.” Your sheep had not only minds but personality as well. Clever story that made me giggle.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle. Glad I made you giggle 🙂
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Dear El,
Halfway through your escape story I burst out laughing and still am. Very good job. Can’t have a slaughter without laughter.
Aloha,
Doug
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Fabulous – I aim to make people laugh so am glad I’ve succeeded 🙂
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Fantastic! What happened to Baaa-rbara, I wonder…? 🙂
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I love the names.. and I really loved Baali .. wonder if they like Simon and Garfunkel ..
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! “Mint Sauce” sounds like an old time cowboy star. Only here, I have never known a farmer to have a name like “Giles.” Hee-hee-hee!!! I laughed out loud, too. And … LOVING it! Great, EL!
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Thanks Kent. Glad you liked ‘Mint Sauce’. Over here Farmer Giles is a pretty common sort of generic name for a farmer -not that I’ve actually met a farmer called Giles. I was being lazy with his name, but turns out it’s quite funny too – who’d have known!
thanks for your lovely comments 🙂
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Here it’s Farmer Jones or Farmer Brown or Mister MacGregor or Old McDonald. Glad to see how others do stuff.
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Haha. I love the names. So funny, El! And they follow like sheep. This is great!
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Thanks Amy. Glad you liked it 🙂
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Dear El, Great story and I am still laughing too. You were so clever in naming your sheep, but, poor, poor Mint Sauce is doomed. If I were her, I would change my name so no one get’s ideas. Such a good laugh – thanks, you made me happy! Nan 🙂
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Very funny story. Only one word comes to mind. Baa-rilliant
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Baa-rilliant, love it! 🙂
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Fabulous! That is all. 😉
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The Great Escape! Brilliant! Enjoyed it massively.
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El, I was having the same problem with WordPress a couple of weeks ago. I went to the Help section of the blog and typed in my problem in the box. I got a reply back and the problem was fixed. Others have said to check the Spam on your blog as other blogs, etc. sometimes get sent there. I found some of the blogs I subscribe to there and Bjorn found some of my comments there in his Spam. —Susan
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So funny!!! But really, Chop and Gravy should be shot for those suggestions. Hope Mint-Sauce leads her flock somewhere warm. (Still smiling. Am going to have to share this ….)
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