Neither Drat nor Dree knew it would be the last time they were to see her again. "The Queen is sending me on an important mission that is going to take me into places unknown," Meen realized as she listened to the flutterby message again. "She even told me to pick someone to serve in my place as her chief, but who should I pick that will do as good as a job as I do?" With that thought, Meen continued hopping towards the Shadows' Queen's castle to pack for her journey. Meanwhile, Meen was not the only one packing... "Don't forget the spoon and my favorite shoes," Goodie2shues told her sisters.
"Hurry sisters. My vision told me that we must catch this next transport if we are to be timely. If you don't have time to pack it, we will just have to find another when we get there," Goodiegood told the others. "What about the stuff we have to leave behind? What's going to happen to that?" asked Goodie4u as she finished filling her traveling case. "I have taken care of that. Someone who the door guardian knows well will be in charge of the cottage for us," answered Goodiegood. It was then that the knock sounded at the door and the door opened wide letting in the Borrower. "Hi Arnie. Take a seat and we will be finished shortly. I already poured you a cup of that pumpkin spice tea you like so much," Goodiegood said as she resumed packing. As Arnie sat down, Goodiegood and her sisters started for the door with their traveling bags. "Sorry, we don't have time to chat, replied Goodie2shues. "And we can't tell you why but please consider this cottage your home," Goodie4u told her as they all left. "I can only tell you that what we have to do is important and it is taking us to a unknown place," and closed the door leaving Arnie by herself in the quiet cottage.
"This is a strange place," thought Arnie as she looked at the circular tangle of sticks that was slightly moving (as if breathing) hanging over the entrance door. She then pulled out her favorite keys and locks as she thought of new places to hide her treasures in this cool looking cottage.
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"Of course they were happy to fill in like that as we are all one big happy family here in the Realm of Wymsy... well most of us are but then that isn't anything unusual in a family as large as ours." "What happens next is a day of sales Lesley says and a tasty luncheon where she will get to meet other doll lovers from across the country. This shows a lot of determination by so many interesting Outies to get here to Missouri as many had to overcome the chaos that happen at what Outies use to fly in called airplanes. How much easier it would have been if they could have befriended a Dragon."
"Maybe if I stand real still and stay quiet I can learn more about what is going on," Allspice decided. "After all, I do like to travel." "Do you have packed the things we need for our trip?" he hears Lesley ask the Hubby. "No. We still need to get Allspice packed," he replied. "You are suppose to bring along the doll you submitted for the juried part of the three part qualification phases you have been going through for membership with ODACA, remember?" "I wonder what ODACA* means," muses Allspice. "Oh yeah. We need to pack him good with bubble wrap as I am out of baby diapers. Those preemie diapers are so great for wrapping around a doll's head," answered Lesley. "This is going to be a long trip heading to Kansas City, Missouri, and another state we get to check off our 'States We Have Visited' list. I think it is going to be pretty warm this time of year, so don't forget to pack also our hand held fans." "Got them and the laptop so we can keep up with your posting. Wouldn't want you to miss out on your Facebook time," replied the Hubby with a smirk.
"They should try hanging out with a Dragon on an ambrosia hangover as he burps and belches fire all over the place," shuddered Allspice just thinking about the last time it happened. "I wonder if I should go pack one of my trunks for the trip? If we run into any Wish Dragons, we will need some ambrosia just in case. They are so busy packing their stuff, I don't think they will notice if I disappear for a few minutes to get mine. If all else fails, I got to have my magical mixers with me..." (*ODACA - Original Doll Artist Council of America)
Dulbbe had not been king long, but in the short time of holding this new job, he had learned to trust his First Minion. "Yes, but remember what actions you do will reflect on the Troll Kingdom and myself." After another thought, Dulbbe added with a smile, "and don't get caught." If the King had not smiled, Drat would have almost felt offended. "Don't get caught indeed," quickly scampered through his thoughts, but then he realized that the king was right. "The Gooblin King doesn't keep dungeons as he doesn't keep prisoners," Drat remembered. "They cost money to take care of," Hir'aeth, the Gooblin King, had been overheard saying once and everyone knew how ruthlessly efficient he ruled his kingdom. Shuddering, Drat started out to where he knew he had to go. Quickly he was out of the Shadows' Queen's library and was leaving her palace. There might have been a quicker route to where he was heading, but Drat wanted the extra time to work his plans out as he traveled. "No, that won't work," he decided as he rejected several options but always he came back to the main part. He would need to convince Dree that this was for the best. "The question is," Drat asked himself, "best for us or the Dragons?" Soon Drat was outside of the caves and just as he started to enter realized that he could hear another voice besides that of Dree's coming from inside. "Hello Drat. On some errand for the Troll King?" Meen asked smiling.
"I realized that you looked like you were thinking something important the way you were distracted and that it had to do with the Dragon's and I knew that sooner or later it would have to involve Dree. So here I am." Slightly annoyed at being so transparent that even a Pyksee could figure out what he was up to and even more so for failing to see how smart Meen really was, Drat quickly decided that maybe this was for the best. Meen had been one of Dree's first friends while he was still a Wish Dragon and might be able to help convince the Dragon of his plan. "Meen, I am glad you are here. I need your help. We need to persuade Dree to help us find a scroll." "You mean like finding a hidden treasure? That is one of my favorite games!" answered Meen. "Dree always liked playing games with me... It shouldn't be hard to get him to play it with us." Drat smiled... "This might work out after all," he hoped.
"I see where you are looking for new creative expression" Madame said. " Well yes," I tell her. "I have finally gained some control over the size of dolls I want to sculpt in. I just did three different sized heads to determine what it is that I need in the clay so I get the size I want in the porcelain." One does always seem to tell a fortune teller more than they wanted to know *lol*. Part of the math of working in porcelain is keeping in mind that porcelain shrinks from the original size sculpted in clay by at least 20% when baked in the kilns. I have been working in a comfort zone with my dolls but now, by having more control of knowing what I create will come out in the size I want it to be, will free me up to be more creative. Not having to worry how to work with the whatever size the sculpted head came out when finished really gets those fun inspirations flowing again. Taking control of the cards again Madame Llesenia continues with "I see traveling for you in the near future." I shake my head in amazement. How does she see this stuff? "Yes," I validate for her. "I will be traveling this month to a doll show that is part of the third phase of my competition for judging on one of my dolls." It will be exciting because again like the last show I just went too, it will be in a State I haven't ever visited before. Though Missouri in July could be a challenge as they have been getting a lot more of that hot summer heat than we have been getting in Montana.
At first the normal reaction is --- will I be staking him out on the lawn? Will people be asking me where I buried his body? But no, this will be a fun I decide. For my hubby is a great supporter of my dolls and has helped me in many ways with them. He even inspires me on occasion and challenges me on others. Having some help with some of the mundane stuff of dollmaking and selling will really be freeing me up and opening my creative portals. So yes, this will be a good thing. As so often for me when I have a reading, it is usually ends up about the energy I am in and experiencing more so than the future. But you know I rather not know what is in the far future as that is part of the fun of discovery as I walk this path. It is nice to know though that someone does watch over me, for otherwise how would they know what is even going on in my life unless they were watching me *smiling*. If you would like to see if Madame Llesenia has any words of wisdom for you, why not drop over to the Magical Fun section and let her draw a card for you. All in the sense of fun and playing with our inner child to keep young at heart.  |
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