You never know what will bubble up when you poke around the interweb. I was browsing about, a bit blurry after couch snoozing all morning, and stumbled on a writing contest that tickled my fancy.
It’s funny how an idea can spring to life nearly fully formed after being seeded with an idea.
The seed that fertilized my mind was the current contest on the Trifecta Writing Challenge. The challenge went thusly:
This weekend we are challenging you to write 33 of your own words to build upon the following:
On the count of three…
You can choose to include those words if you want, but they do not count toward the 33 words of your own.
What suddenly bubbled up in my brain was this:
On the Count of Three, the Rabbit Fur Cloak looked just right, no more, no less. The Count of Four had tried it, but it hadn’t suited him well at all. He was just too big; on him, it looked more like a cape. The Count of Two had tried it on first, but clearly it needed to pass to Three. The Count of Five was sitting right outside (having a smoke), so he never got the chance to try it on.
Now that they’d sorted out who should wear the Cloak, they were ready to go before the Holy Hand at his palace in Antioch and lobby for aid to fight their foes. They only hoped they would be able to distract him from his current obsession: measuring the air speeds of birds, especially swallows.
This little tale brought to you by some sleeting, fleeting Inspiraton particle that intersected with one of my brain cells.
And now across the room I hear, a couch calling my name, so softly, so seductively.
“Stay bubbly my friends!”
Logos con carne 
October 13th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Hahahaha dammit now I wanna watch Monty Python 😛
October 13th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
“Three shall be the Count…” 🙂
October 13th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
You really are a word warrior! Thanks for the glimpse into your brilliant mind. 🙂
October 13th, 2012 at 7:40 pm
Very original take on the prompt. I love great thinking. Thanks for a very humourous read…..my favourite so far in the Challenge.
October 14th, 2012 at 10:24 am
Well, thank you! It was one of those weird moments where, as soon as I read the prompt, it just popped into mind as a way to take it.
October 14th, 2012 at 10:22 am
[blush] Wow, that’s very flattering (and I warn you, flattery will get you everywhere with me)!! You do want to be sure to avoid the dark and twisted parts… road crews have posted signs…
October 14th, 2012 at 10:46 am
haha! We all have dark and twisted parts – you are not alone there!
October 14th, 2012 at 10:56 am
So true! And areas where we have to post “Beware of Dragon” signs! I just wish that, as I get older and older, I didn’t have to post so many “Bridge washed out” signs!
October 14th, 2012 at 12:29 am
My mind started in a similar direction, but then I took a detour into a different kind of weirdness.
October 14th, 2012 at 10:26 am
That’s the great thing about weirdness… so many paths!
October 14th, 2012 at 5:57 am
That was great! I loved that… so original and well done. You will win this contest… I’m convinced.
October 14th, 2012 at 10:25 am
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! But let’s not count our chicken dinners while they’re still in those little white round things!
October 15th, 2012 at 11:12 am
The ones where you just *know* what to write are such a delight, eh? Great story!
October 15th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Thank you. Yes, when the Universe hands me an idea, I just go with it! 🙂