Tuesday, August 26, 2014

They were not known to be nice

                                                                                              Attribution: Angela Elliot
Image: Courtesy of Mindlovemisery's Menagerie

She was going to her grannie’s
Not wearing red nor with a hood
Delicately dressed a little risky
For passing through the woods

Brought along reinforcements
Her sister and the neighbor’s girl
To be safe but not a requirement
Were two lunch-boxes of edibles

No adults to accompany them
Nor any weapons as a defence
A resolve to reach their destination
Hoping bad wolves not marauding

If wolves were to approach them
They were then in for a surprise
Neighbor’s girl a karate exponent
They were not known to be nice

For Mindlovemisery's Menagerie
Photo Challenge #23  -  lunchbox and
Kerry's hosting at Open Link Mondays
at Real Toads

13 comments:

  1. Those wolves will get a karate chop and their plan would flop

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  2. That made me laugh! She'll go all Ninja on those wolves,

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  3. Love the O Henry type of ending ~ well penned ~ Happy Week to you!

    artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)

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  4. ha smiles... good that they're capable of some karate tricks - that can come in handy for sure at times

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  5. Oh, and she looks so sweet. You go ninja girl. Love this

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  6. A fascinating take on this image Hank. Made me think.

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  7. Great verse Hank, good to read.
    Yvonne.

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  8. ha. its always good to bring along bad up as you go through the woods...a karate chopping neighbor...for sure...lol

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  9. really...good for the girls then ~

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  10. Nice doesn't always win out, need a little bad here and there

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  11. that ending is so cute and I love the red riding hood reference

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  12. Too cute. The picture itself is priceless

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  13. This was a wonderful twist to a traditional tale --- love the clever use of "modern" but ancient defenses --- I'm thinking of the potential for "ninja karate warriors" here - and chuckling away.

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