Category: Snoop

The Heart of Magic...

2/2/2018

“Atian, it just isn't so!" said Granny Flare. "Just because you figured out the Baroness' secret that I have been trying to keep, doesn't make you the expert! Yes, a baby Dragon is a challenge, but I am sure we can come up with a solution to keep him undiscovered until we are ready to let the Village know.”

"You are right about not letting the Village know, Granny, but you should have told the Council," Atian replies with a small shake of his head. "The Council should be a part of this process of helping the baby Dragon."

"You are right. The Council needs to talk to the Dragon," conceded Granny.

"Do you mean he can talk too? Baby Dragons talk?" hollered Atian.

"Don't yell at me Atian. You wanted to know all about him. What are we going to do?"

"What 'we' are going to do, Granny, is tell the Council now. But how and who should be first to know... I don't know?"

Off in the bushes, trying not to be seen, Snoop was doing what he is best known for - Snooping. "I wish I could get closer to hear more of what they are saying," he thought. He could only hear parts of their conversation, but enough to know they were talking about Dragons.

"That's it! Granny has a baby Dragon! No wonder Atian looks worried. That also explains the strange way the Baroness had been acting. This has got to go to the presses for today's edition of the newspaper... wait, who is that coming? It looks like Hunter. The King of Shadows hardly ever leaves his realm..." smiled Snoop. "I might as well get comfortable and wait to see why he is here."

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Snoop starts snooping...

1/3/2018

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"What is the Baroness hiding I wonder?" thought Snoop. Just having left her tea parlor, Snoop wasted no time in starting his ‘snooping’. "Maybe if I visit Atian he can see what clues I might be missing.

"We shall see… We shall see...” he thought. "After all, he is a fellow council member and the Village Historian and I am going to need help solving this mystery of what the Baroness is hiding."

As Snoop starts his walk to Atian's hut, Atian already has a visitor, Granny Flare. She yells out the front door as he is sitting in his favorite reading spot, the oversize mushroom in his yard.

"What else do you have on dragon's?" Granny asks. "Since you are the Historian, you might as well be the Librarian. You are the only one in the whole village with a decent collection of books." Not waiting for Atian to respond, she continues, "Do you have anything on the care and maintenance of a baby dragon?"

"Try the second stack behind the door. Towards the bottom," replies Atian. Granny soon finds them at the very bottom of the indicated pile. "If Atian was a Brownie he certainly would be much more organized than this, that's for sure," Granny thinks to herself.

As Snoop nears Atian's hut, he sees the Historian sitting on the large mushroom and reading one of his books. "Yep! Nothing strange here... Atian always seems to have his 'nose' in a book", Snoop thinks smiling to himself.

Granny sees Snoop coming up the walkway through a small window of the hut and decides she had better get out of there. "All I need now is Snoop snooping around and asking questions I don't want to answer," Granny decides.

"Atian, I am going to borrow a few of these books and will return them to you later in the week. Is that is okay with you?" Again, not waiting for Atian to answer, Granny sneaks out the backdoor of the hut with the books in tow.

"Good morning Atian, my old friend," greets Snoop.

Before looking up from his book, Atian mumbles to himself, "My day started so much quieter before all my friends started dropping in".

As Atian peers over the top of his book he replies, "Hello, Augustus (aka Snoop). I predicted from the way Granny Flare was just here that you would also be showing up soon."

"How would you know that?" responds a startled Snoop.

"It is all in seeing the patterns of history. That is my specialty after all. Now, how can I help you? You usually have some bee in your bonnet (or top hat) when you come to see me."

"I just finished having tea with the Baroness and I know that she is hiding something. She was twitching, nervous, and appeared like she was trying not to tell me something."

As he listens to Snoop's theories, Atian starts putting together recent events and some of the things that Granny Flare said while she was hunting through his books. Ideas started floating around in his head. Crazy ideas they were indeed!!!

"Snoop, Granny Flare was just here and she did mentioned that the Baroness had received a letter today from her grandfather, the Baron. This might be part of the mystery of why she was so twitchy and anxious as she told Granny that she had to leave town suddenly because of it."

"Did she say anything more?" asked Snoop.

"Granny did say she was being left in charge, but as to what, she wasn't sharing those details. Could this have something to do with the books she was asking about regarding baby Dragons? We all know about the Dragons leaving the Village and how that brought down the decline of the Village, but you are wanting to know more... Am I correct? There is a pattern here that the two of you are weaving regarding the need to know about Dragons."

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Tea Party for 2 ... or is it?

11/15/2017

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"More tea?” asked Dragonia as she stood before the Earl of Grey ready to pour. “Please, the little red speckled sandwiches are sweet and the green teacakes are salty,” she continued before he could answer.

“Thank you Baroness, I will have a little more,” ignoring the offered pastries. As she poured into his cup, he continued to look around at the small tea parlor they both were sharing for the moment. “I wonder why she has invited me to tea?” he thought, “Over the years, patience has been a virtue he has learned in his quest to ferret out hidden truths. He smiled politely to Dragonia. “How may I be of service to you, Baroness?”

"As you already know Snoop, I have placed the announcement for a council meeting in your newspaper. In the absence of my grandfather, I wish to speak to the council concerning the sad state of the village. The village needs to be revitalized.

Since Dragons have departed from here leaving a dragon nest egg shortage, these lands have not been as prosperous as before. I would like to see that changed,” replied Dragonia.

Nodding his head and peering over the top of his glasses, the Earl paused a moment before speaking. He noticed that the Baroness was fidgeting slightly and appeared a touch nervous.

Could he get her to reveal what was making her act so? “I don’t know if a meeting is really necessary. We all know it is a hopeless case without the Dragons' revenue so what is there really to talk about?” he slowly replied. Snoop watched her purse her lips before she answered, “Aahh, she does have something to hide” he realized.

“Perhaps I have a way to improve our situation Snoop,” she said “but I want to present the possibility to all of the council at once.”

Again, pausing to see if she would reveal more, he waited to see if she would continue. When she did not, he realized if he was to find out more he would have to ‘snoop’ around for himself. “I will be happy to hear your presentation at the meeting of the council Baroness, but now I must be going. Many things to do and people to see before the next edition of the paper goes to print. Have a pleasant day.” Pushing his glasses back from the bridge of his nose and donning his hat, he arose to take his leave.

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What happens when the Earl loses the family jewels?

11/5/2017

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Now Snoop is quite the character. He is the Earl of Grey. The title is as old as the hills and I heard through the Historian that it came about due to something of saving a ship load of the King's Tea.

But that ship has long since sank. He is now an impoverish Earl meaning he may have the title but not the fortune. So what will that make him look like?

He does own the Village newspaper which is his only source of income... or at least that is all that we are aware of. He certainly has the nose for sniffing out a good story.

It isn't like he doesn't want to know about everything and everyone in the Village, but being an Earl, he does have a certain level of snobbery and aloofness to maintain after all.

So from the top of his top hat, to his frayed cuffs and the patch on his pants, and finally to the bottom of his spat shoes...

I hope you enjoy meeting Augustus, the Earl of Grey, otherwise known as Snoop.

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An Invitation to a Tea Party... What shall he wear?

11/4/2017

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Snoop, (or as my hubby likes to call him, Augustus) has been invited to tea by the Baroness. Does she know what I still have to do to get him ready for the party?

It doesn't take a tea reader

...to know that I still have to get some clothes on him and spruce him up if he is going to be having tea with a Baroness.

I certainly don't want him getting cold...

about going.

After all, he is an Earl and has been the highest ranking official in the Village for awhile... even if he is down on his luck. Ever since the Mayor's ship load of tea sank, things just haven't been the same.

Time to dust off the ol' hat and see what I can pull together for him.

By the way... do you want a little gossip? I hear that Herself (aka Lesley) has been anxiously awaiting news on the arrival of her granddaughter. They don't call me Snoop for nothing.

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The Heart of Magic...

Snoop starts snooping...

Tea Party for 2 ... or is it?

What happens when the Earl loses the family jewels?

An Invitation to a Tea Party... What shall he wear?

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