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It Happened In Burnley, part 2
By martcoops
09 April 2008
I'd like to say it would help to read part one. I would like to say that, but I don't think it's true! It wouldn't help anyone!

Anyway, enjoy! xxx

It happened in Burnley... part 2


I climbed aboard his houseboat not knowing what to expect. There was an overwhelming stench of hot hotdawgs. I could see, in the kitchen, a high pile of finger tea-cakes and a jar of relish. 'I bet he'll relish that', I remember thinking rather inappropriately.
"Well Polly, do you realise what you've done?" he asked me as he opened his can of shrimp water. "Do you realise the extent of what you've done?".
I began to panic. The breath escaped my lungs rapidly like a deflating bouncey castle. I knew the extent of what I'd done all too well. It's common knowledge that murdering an Anne Bolyne Octopus is one of the greatest animal crimes in the land. In fact, the only animal crime carrying a longer sentence is killing an Icelandic pink-skinned watermonkey. In southern states of America, that's the death sentence. In Texas, they hit you with a flagpole until you are dead.
"Please... it was an accident", I begged, flicking a cat biscuit across his fold away dining table. "I thought it was your tie rope". Mistake number two.
"Why were you trying to find my tie rope? What were you fondling my knots for?"
What was I supposed to say? 'I wanted to come aboard and watch you weld through the window.' I don't think that story would stick. It might make me look a bit weird.
"I erm... I wanted to check that your knot was correct. It's part of my Duke of Edinburgh bronze award. I need to check the knots of all of these boats." It sounded plausible.
Jonathan sat, quietly eating his Snack-a-Jacks. 'Crunch' went he. He raised an eyebrow. Then the other. Then the other.
"Fine. But if I promise not to tell anyone about this, you've got to promise something to me."
"Anything", I replied. "Anything you want. I'm too young to go to prison. Besides, I don't know how to get there."
"Every night you will come here to this boat and work for me", Jonathan said, tinkering with his nuts. "You'll need to wear something tight fitting and something you don't mind getting dirty."
"Will my Christening dress be ok?" I asked. He burped and blew it at me.
"Whatever... can you swim?"
"I've just won my 25 metre badge if that's what you mean."
"That's exactly what I mean!" he replied, smiling a smile so broad I could see cheese and onion crisps in his dentures. "And what washing powder does your mother use?"
"Smack tablets... why?"
"I  want you to bring the string bag she puts the tablets in. You'll need it. Tell her you'll replace it with a better one. She'll love you more for it."
I sneered and sneereed with distain. What did this crazy freak want from me? What diabolical scheme did he have up his shrunken sleeves. And what was that noise I could hear. It sounded like a helicopter going around and around and around and around and...... so on.

TO BE CONTINUED.... WHEN I GET TWO MINUTES. GOD ALMIGHTY.

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Hi martcoops
Written by Bagheera (679 comments posted) 9th April 2008
I know that a lot of people consider the theatre of the absurd to be a special form of comedy, but I'm afraid it just confuses me. 
 
This reads more like a 'storyboard' that a "Script". Have a look at some of the work already posted under the "scripts" tag and you'll see what I mean. Somewhere or other there's some FREE downloadable software called "Scriptsmart" and I know a lot of GW writers say it's good [personally I lose patience and revert to doing my 'own thing' after a while!! :grin
 
Character names in CAPS, aligned left, and a regular "indent" for the speeches should make it look more like a script ... I also tend to use Italics for stage diredctions, but that's just a personal preference. 
 
Welcome to the site ... you might want to have another look at this piece with some Script formatting in mind!
Thanks Bagheera
Written by martcoops (3 comments posted) 9th April 2008
It's not meant to be a script, it's a short story, but I thought putting it in with the normal short stories would horrify everyone! I thought it was safer in the comedy section. Hope you liked it if it wasn't too odd for you! xxx

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