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Posted
April 2, 2007
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Tabitha: ANOTHER
d*mn elf around here! As if that goofy Zimta wasn’t enough trouble!
Inigo: My pardon, Miss Tabitha – I didn’t mean to
upset you. **pause** You said another elf lives here?
Tabitha:
YESSSSS – that Zimta! If she isn’t changing the
channels, she’s eating all the candy or getting everyone all in a lather about
her honey -- who’s ANOTHER goofball – I have NO idea what the h*ll HE is! **stomps off in a huff**
Inigo: **to self** Another elf… **hears a little voice calling**
Zimta: **from other room** Oh please, please – is
there no one who can help me?
Inigo: **following voice** Ah –you are the other elf she spoke of! Inigo
is my name, and I would gladly assist you.
Zimta: Oh most kind are
you… I… ‘tis a favor odd I must ask…
Inigo: How so?
Zimta: A friend so kind and generous to me sent
these slippers, made by his hand in the art of origami it is called… I so desire to wear them, but… dare I not to walk in them, lest they be dirtied and tattered.
Inigo: I see… they are a pretty piece of work,
indeed. So… what is the favor you ask… Zimta?
Zimta: Could you… carry me to the room where Miss Oona is? Show her these lovely slippers I would. **wags
feet**
Inigo: I could… but could not you just take them
off when you need to walk from place to place?
Zimta: Oh! **eyes brighten** This
is so… see how this kind gift has made me quite silly with joy. *giggle* Even
friend Shakkyo himself said so in his missal that
hoped he would I wear them, and more
for me he could make!
Inigo: Tell me, Zimta… is
he – is Shakkyo – unusual?
I ask because Miss Tabitha was saying something that I believe alluded to
him.
Zimta: Un-u-su-al… yes…
this is so… but it maketh him all the more special,
think I. He – like a LION is he!
Inigo: Brave then, is he?
Zimta: Oh, yes… but ‘tis more than that – his visage is as a LION!
Inigo: Ah… **thinks on this** That
is unusual…
Zimta: Maketh he also
this wee tree, called bonsai, and
these birds of paper they call tsuru – cranes, which signify HONOR and LOYALTY, most noble
attributes, do you not agree?
Inigo: Indeed… this Shakkyo
is a man of many talents, Zimta. Perhaps I may be
fortunate to meet him someday.
Oona: **enters** There you are, Zimta, I take it the mail has come today. And hello again, Inigo.
Inigo: **little head nod** Hello, Miss Oona.
Zimta: Please to see what friend Shakkyo
has sent. **shows feet**
Oona: Oh, how sweet! And I see the tsuru as well, as
he promised.
Zimta: But still know not I which is his favorite…
Oona: He didn’t tell you yet? Maybe you should guess.
Zimta: Perhaps if I give them a home safe in the
little tree, they will in time tell me…
Meanwhile, more surprises for
Fenchurch, which means yet another inhabitant added to the household, in:
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