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Lambing.
By BrianRobertNeal
28 May 2006
Final part of the story. (Other parts A Lambs Tale and Lammy's Tale.)

Lammy and Chrisare mutally infatuated and plan to live together. Sue, Chris's sister has worked a transformation and Lammy is no longer a dowdy duckling. Chris is enchanted.

She is now  to leave home and go and live with Chris.

Lammy and Chris retraced their steps back to the car. Chris unlocked the doors and she got in. They drove off in silence. Chris was dreading what was to come, but Lammy was looking forward to the confrontation. Thirty years of drudgery and abuse, were soon to be over. The journey took less than ten minutes and Chris found himself outside a drab terraced house.

The scene at Lammy's parents was traumatic. Her father had threatened her and she had hit him. Chris pulled Lammy off of her father and had told him to keep out of the way.

When Chris saw Lammy's shabby room and her sad little collection of soft toys, he burst into tears. There were no suitcases, so everything had to be packed into supermarket bags or put loose in the boot. Lammy's possessions scarcely filled the boot.


Her mother appeared and asked Lammy, " How can you do this to me, after all I had suffered to have you". Lammy gave her mother her front door key and walked out to Chris's car. Chris did a final check and under the mattress he found a small number of Erotic Books. He put them in a bag and thought, "We'll not need them any more; they'll go straight in the bin". They drove away in silence.


Chris's house was impressive. Lammy was entranced. She asked, "Where's the kitchen? and Chris took her through. She declared,"Right I'm cooking tea. Now you go and have a shower and come down in your dressing gown, slippers and nothing else. "


However he emptied the boot and took Lammy's things up stairs. He put her soft toys all round the bedroom. The other things he put into a cupboard to be sorted at a later date. He then did as he was told.

When he went into the kitchen Lammy was serving up tea. She was stark naked. "Well" she said, "I didn't want to get grease on my nice new clothes. So I've put them in the lounge. "
 
Chris giggled, "Aren't you supposed to wear your heart on your sleeve?

Lammy had rustled up a couple of omelettes. She ordered Chris, " Eat your tea up and then I'm sending you to bed."

"Have I been a bad boy" asked Chris?"

"No, but I'm hoping." They woofed tea down and then shot upstairs. Later that night Lammy sat in bed alongside Chris. One of the bedside lamps was on and gave a dim light. Chris was asleep. Agnes started to daydream, she hoped that she would be Lambing in about nine months: and if not; it would not be for the want of trying.

If she had a girl the baby would be called Christine after the child's father. But Agnes would call her Little Lammy. She hoped that the girl would have her build and Chris's blue eyes and blonde hair. If it were a boy, he would be called Christopher. She hoped that he would have Chris's build, tall and stringy and her auburn hair and green eyes.

She then started to wonder how many children she should have three or four? She decided on four. There would be two of each. Number one and three would be girls; two and four would be boys.

Chris, who had only pretended to be asleep, had watched her in fascination. Her face was lit up and her eyes sparkled, oh god how he loved her. "Lammy"he whispered, but Agnes was in a world of her own. "Lammy"he shouted, "Are you there?

"Yes why?"

"Well, please Miss I want some more."

 "More, you want some more", roared Lammy.

I'll let the reader decide what happened next. However after whatever happened next had happened Agnes thought to herself, if it is a boy I'll nickname him Ollie, short for Oliver!


Roughly nine months later, but certainly less than nine months on from her wedding day, Lammy was about to give birth to the first of her little flock. Lammy let Agnes take charge. For though the daydreamer, Agnes was also very business like. Agnes told Lammy that it would be very painful but not as painful as one of father's beatings. 

At the time of the delivery, mother and child were in total rapport. Agnes said, "push, push, push now relax", and Lammy and baby did as they were told. The Nurses were astonished at the ease with which the little girl was born.

When the necessary clearing up operations had been completed and mother and child had bonded, one of the Nurses said, "Come on Daddy meet little Christine", and put the swaddled child into its anxious father's arms.

Chris smiled and said, "Well C.A. say hello to Daddy. "

Lammy shouted, "We are not calling her Agnes. "

"No" replied Chris, "We are not."

He looked down at his daughter and told her, "Your mother is one of God's little lambs but you Christine are one of his little Angels. So as I was saying, before your mother so rudely interrupted; Christine Angelica, say hello to Daddy."

Reviews

Written by Ludlow_Bangs (15 comments posted) 29th May 2006
There's something about the narrative P.O.V in this that makes it seem flat. Also it creates a disjointed feel regarding the pacing, to be honest I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do here. These points aside it is well written, I probably should have read the first two peices to get a better feel for the characters, so if any of this seems unfair blame me for not doing my research.
Hi LB
Written by BrianRobertNeal (1195 comments posted) 29th May 2006
I tend to agree with you. It was originally written as one piece. The attempt to split it into three has not proven successfull. 
 
In a way it is an Adult Fairy Story, that went beyond the traditional "happy ever after" ending. 
 
You've made some very fair points, thanks for your time 
and comments, 
 
Brian. 
 
 
A new genre
Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3362 comments posted) 30th May 2006
It was good to get the final chapter. I thought it worked well as an adult fairy tale, though I suspect it would appeal to women more than men, It would be interesting to get another female vewpoint other than mine. I thought you handled it well with a nice light touch as befits a fairy tale. Though as in fairy tales there has to be a villain or orgre. the formula usually carries a moment of despair before the happy ending. I expected the parents to cause more trouble than they did and to really test the new Lamm;y, but I suppose she was not alone this time which helped. Also, for me splitting the story worked just fine and has a great tradition Thackery, Dickens etc. I remeber at school we were read the tales in segments; it's how you do fariy tales 
Anyway a great little story . I think you invented anew genre 
cheers BBS
Thanks BBS
Written by BrianRobertNeal (1195 comments posted) 30th May 2006
I must confess that I slid over the scene with the Parents. 
Children leaving home can be a traumatic thing for parents, particularly those whose self centred children have treated them shabbily.(This not Biographic as 2 of my 3 sons are still at home and the 3rd left to get married etc.) The parent's are always in the wrong. However they are in this case. 
 
Mind Lammy attacks her father and is pulled away by Chris. She despises her Mother and thus ignores her, just giving the keys back. 
 
We also hear that childbirth will be painful but not as painful as one of father's beatings. 
 
There is a moral, the Angelica motif connects form with function. The excitement and the ecstasy etc is merely the next generation's cunning ploy to ensure that they  
are conceived. 
 
Glad you liked it, I was getting worried as I'd only had one crit despite all the reads. 
 
Once again thanks for your time and comments. 
 
Brian

Written by alastair79 (47 comments posted) 30th May 2006
I’d admit that I was ready for the big show down after the last instalment, but felt a little disappointed that this was very quickly dealt with. However it was well written and paced just about right, next instalment must be the parents trying to see their first grandchild. 
 
Good stuff Brian. 
 
Regards. 
Alastair. 
Hi Al79
Written by BrianRobertNeal (1195 comments posted) 30th May 2006
Thanks for your time and comments. 
 
Lammy's parents are in their 70's and neither Lammy nor Agnes are cruel nor forgiving, Agnes can't forget the past and Lammy can only see the future.  
 
I suppose the final 2 scenes were the important one's to me and the "leaving home" an unavoidable interlude to be quickly got over. 
 
Glad you like it. 
 
"next instalment must be the parents trying to see their first grandchild"  
 
Is Agnes Day my Sherlock Holmes. Nothing for it, the next episode will be a trip to the Reichenbach falls. 
 
Once again thanks for your time and comments. 
 
Brian
Hi Brian
Written by jean.day (2283 comments posted) 30th May 2006
I did read the original of this story, Graze Safely Little Lamb, shortly after I joined the site. I checked it again now and it is still there. I enjoyed reading it then, but probably didn't review it properly, and have enjoyed it again. Personally I think it is straight out of a man's fantasy - I cannot see myself, no matter how desperate or smitten I was, cooking dinner for my boyfriend for the first time in the nude. Hot fat splashing is very painful. But presumably you didn't mean it to be a reflection of real life - but a funny and clever send up of early middle age lust. I liked the Agnes Day name - and expect most people caught the Agnus Dei pun.  
 
What more can I say? I think the fact that you had only one female reviewer before me shows that it is a story that appeals to men. Knowing your writing, one sort of expects it to be somewhat racey. Not that women don't like that sort of thing, but just maybe they are less likely to review it.
Thanks JD
Written by BrianRobertNeal (1195 comments posted) 30th May 2006
" Hot fat splashing is very painful"-  
 
She wore a pinnie while she was cooking, but took it off when she was serving up.  
 
I was wedded to the "heart on your sleeve gag". I wonder how many picked up the reference to an incident in part 2. 
 
Thanks for your time and comment, 
 
Brian.

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