Sir Delphos wrote:
in http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ehroleplayers/
The Cat and The Caterpillar
The spring floods moved through the woods, washing away dead branches and cleansing the bitter cold from the spirit that dwelled within the heart
of Tanglewood. She had been reawakened by a dark call from beyond
imagination...
An ancient name spoken in a time long forgotten, in folk and fiery tales.
The very same name that had brought a Queen to her knees now spoken on the winds throughout the Hills and even into the Woods themselves...
ALICE...!!!
Little to nothing was actually known about Alice, only what some had been
told and their elders had read in ancient books long since lost to the
ravages of time.
This particular rain, brought with it more strange creatures and different characters than had ever been seen by those residents of the Hills who attended...Most peculiar creatures indeed...
Off a not so taken path, near a not so running stream, on a not so large
mushroom, sat a very large Caterpillar...
Oh, you might think it most natural to see a Caterpillar in the woods...yes?
But one of such size, would be a strange sight by any rights. And yet, there he was... or was he...???
Some bold adventurers... who had gathered together to find and capture these strange beasts whichhad been reported to the Kingdom Guards...
Well they could not seem to find the Caterpillar.
In their travels, they instead met a Smiling Cat...along the not so taken path...near the not so running stream.
"Is there a Path...???" asked the Large Red Wolf leading the brave party.
"I do not see a Path." replied the Cat with a Smile.
"But, you could go that way..." the Cat points down the path to the right...
"or you could go that way..." he points to the left...
"or you could go that way..." pointing in the direction the adventurers had come from.
"But that's where we came from..." said the very confused wolf as he tilted his head to one side.
The Cat continued...
"Now you should go that way..." pointing to the right,
"or you could go that way..." pointing to the left,
"but that would take you over there." said the Cat as he circled his paw
around to the left.
"But where is this Caterpillar we've been hearing about?" asked the Wolf.
"If I can't see the Rabbit... You can't see the Caterpillar..." The Cat
exclaimed!
The Large Red Wolf, still holding his head to one side simply gazed at the Cat in wonder and confusion.
"What?" he asked...
To that the Cat replied...
"you could go that way..." the Cat points down the path to the right...
"or you could go that way..." he points to the left...
"or you could go that way..." pointing in the direction the adventurers
had come from.
"Now you should go that way..." pointing to the right,
"or you could go that way..." pointing to the left,
"but that would take you over there." said the Cat as he circled his paw
around to the left.
Now the Wolf was really confused...
Sitting down, he scratched his ear with his back foot and looked again at
the Cat.
"You said we 'should' go that way?" pointing to his left.
"No, I said...
you could go that way..." the Cat points down the path to the right...
"or you could go that way..." he points to the left...
"or you could go that way..." pointing in the direction the adventurers
had come from.
"Now you should go that way..." pointing to the right,
"or you could go that way..." pointing to the left,
"but that would take you over there." said the Cat as he circled his paw
around to the left.
By now the Wolf's eyes had glazed over with bewilderment...
his followers had begun to push and prod him to lead them away from this
Cat who seemed to make no sense at all.
"But what about the Caterpillar...???" the Wolf howled...!!!
To that the Cat simply said...
"If I don't see the Rabbit... You can't see the Caterpillar."
Confused and dismayed...
the brave adventurers urged the Wolf to lead them to the path on the
right...
near the not so taken path...
across the not so running stream...
The Cat soon disappeared...
leaving only his Smile behind to greet any more bold travelers.
On a not so large hill...
along a not so taken path...
near a not so running stream...
Sat a Cat, near him...
on a not so large mushroom...
sat a very large Caterpillar.
To be continued...???