Believe It or Not... an Ella Tale
We went to visit some of Mom's relatives in Delaware...Mom, Uncle Durante, and Ella
Of course... you know how it goes when you get together with family you haven't SEEN in awhile... They start telling old family stories -- especially if there's someone NEW to tell them to! And Ella is a fairly happy listener! She loves a good tale! So Uncle Durante, who is a real character, starts telling this absurd story from "days of yore" - about this dragon and how Great Great GREAT Uncle Shamus Dryndl had come across one of her eggs and took it home with him... there was a mighty battle over the baby dragon between Shamus and the Mama Dragon and well... you can imagine how UGLY it got -- and the Mama Dragon WON! (well of course she did -- Uncle Shamus was NO match for a DRAGON! It wasn't like he was magical or anything!) Poor Uncle Shamus... And so Ella asked... WHERE did this happen? And wouldn't ya know... Uncle Durante points down the street and says "oh just about a mile that way..." ... Well, don't you know our Ella is quite the archaeologist...
Do you knOw that Elephants can move quite QUICKLY when they want to? Uncle Grimbor didn't get to finish saying "Don't GO there - The dragon LIVES!" before she was out the door and GONE! (what do you mean you never HEARD of the Dreadful Dragon of Delaware? *rolls my eyes...* EVERYONE knows Delaware has a dragon! )
Well... by the time we got there, Ella had completely disappeared - into the woods like a chipmunk! I know... elephants ARE considerably larger than chipmunks -- but she disappeared! All WE saw was this sign...
Apparently Ella MISSED the sign as she went flying through!
... because she obviously disturbed the egg! ... *sigh*
The next thing she knew she heard a horrrrrrible ROOOOAR and she JUMPED halfway outta her skin and RAN for cover! There are not many places to hide from an angry dragon, but Ella came to a house in the woods! A darling little house built in a BIG ol' tree!
Do you knOw that Elephants can move quite QUICKLY when they want to? Uncle Grimbor didn't get to finish saying "Don't GO there - The dragon LIVES!" before she was out the door and GONE! (what do you mean you never HEARD of the Dreadful Dragon of Delaware? *rolls my eyes...* EVERYONE knows Delaware has a dragon! )
Well... by the time we got there, Ella had completely disappeared - into the woods like a chipmunk! I know... elephants ARE considerably larger than chipmunks -- but she disappeared! All WE saw was this sign...
Apparently Ella MISSED the sign as she went flying through!
... because she obviously disturbed the egg! ... *sigh*
The next thing she knew she heard a horrrrrrible ROOOOAR and she JUMPED halfway outta her skin and RAN for cover! There are not many places to hide from an angry dragon, but Ella came to a house in the woods! A darling little house built in a BIG ol' tree!
She knocked on the door!
(but she got no answer)
She climbed up to look in the window...
A light was ON!
She kept searching and searching...
Finally the owner came out...
Ella breathlessly explained what had happened...
but thetroll man said NO!
She couldn't stay there!
She disturbed the dragon egg!!!
He sent her packin'!
Poor Ella... she tried to hide under a mushroom.
(Elephants don't fit very well under mushrooms...)
(but she got no answer)
She climbed up to look in the window...A light was ON!
She kept searching and searching...
Finally the owner came out...Ella breathlessly explained what had happened...
but the
She couldn't stay there!
She disturbed the dragon egg!!!
He sent her packin'!
Poor Ella... she tried to hide under a mushroom.(Elephants don't fit very well under mushrooms...)
The next thing she knew she was chained up!(trying to chew her way through those chains...
NOT good on the teeth Ella!)
FORTUNATELY... the prince showed up!Just as he always does...
He rescued our Fair Ella...
And returned her safely back to us!Uncle Grimbor & Ella
We all had snowcones to celebrate!The Uncles were glad we got Ella back safely - but they
just had to tease Mom about her choice of friends!
Mom said...
Blllllph!
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Soooooo... OFF Ella goes on the big silver bird that will take her away to ... her next big adventure in... HAWAII!!! Yes, she is on her way to see Quilly and OC... I'm sure OC is just thrillllllled about THIS development! LOL! I can't wait to see what she & Quilly will find to do! ( I just PRAY she doesn't fall in a volcano! ) .... i bet she gets to learn the hula ... I'm sO jealous!
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Krysti & her partner were eliminated in the first round of yesterday's debate! :( I asked her what went wrong and she said the opposition hit them with 2 disadvantages that they didn't have a solution for. I guarantee you this... THAT won't happen in the NEXT debate! LOL! Oh the joy of achieving brain wrinkles!
Labels: Ella
posted by Melli at
1:01 AM
13 comment(s):
Melli ! the day you retire write children books !! It would be a crime not to do it !!
You can already use this post as a starter !
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Ingrid, at
9/29/2008 1:17 AM
What a fantastic story!
Was this a park or putt-putt? I love those statues and that dragon - it's a great one.
By
Carletta, at
9/29/2008 1:36 AM
Love Ella's 'escapades'!!! The troll/tree photo is just darling.
Too bad about the elimination. Next time!!!!!
I did the 'hubby' meme of yours today. It WAS fun. LOL
By
Hootin Anni, at
9/29/2008 6:20 AM
What great pictures!! ..and such an adventure! It really does read like a kids book!!
By
DesLily, at
9/29/2008 7:48 AM
Hello and good morning!! I am so happy for your elephant friend!! Going to Hawaii!! If only it could be me and you!! smile!! What memes about your hubby!! I am not sure I should do that on Mike!! Smile!! What a story. You should be writing children's books!!
By
Ramblins of a middle-aged goddess, at
9/29/2008 8:31 AM
Hey again...to answer your question left in my comments...yes, he loves blueberry muffins. Any way he can get his hands on blueberries, he's a happy camper. :o)
By
Hootin Anni, at
9/29/2008 9:12 AM
What an adventure! Her prince looks like he could be distantly related to the Burger King in the commercials.
By
Anonymous, at
9/29/2008 10:03 AM
Uz too Funny, Melli! Sorry..been reading too many Lolcatz! You ought to consider children's books!
By
Aggiema (Michelle), at
9/29/2008 5:23 PM
I loved Ellas adventure. She touched a dragon egg. Wow! She was chased by a dragon and rescued by a Prince. Ella sure is lucky.
I hated it when the other team had disadvantages we hadn't thought of.
By
Dr.John, at
9/29/2008 7:02 PM
I'm telling you, we could have written that children's book about the Sammy the Ferret! It would have been a huge hit!
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Krysti, at
9/29/2008 9:28 PM
Wow... What a great and exciting adventure Ella had on her last days with you. I'll bet you're going to miss her... but Hawaii sounds pretty good to. Ella lives a very charmed life.
By
Raven, at
9/29/2008 10:29 PM
I don't know how I missed this post! IT is wonderful! Ella hasn't had any wild and crazy adventures here -- yet.
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Anonymous, at
10/16/2008 1:15 PM
Very Cute! Ella had quite the adventure. love the picture in the Egg. I should have invited Ella over to Clive, Claire and Ellyelle's Elephant house on November 8.
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HeatherK, at
12/13/2008 11:15 AM
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