The Boiler Room
The day the pump in the boiler room broke most of the castle was flooded with water. It trickled out everywhere. Ducks wattled down Wall Street. Buzz Lightyear ran all around the castle screaming “TO INFINITY AND BEYOND” The car of choice became a new Porsche. Yesterday’s super hero became the latest stock fraud. The stench from the bulls was everywhere.
Stuckholders volunteered to man the walls. Ballistae were hoisted up upon the parapets. Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus was hauled out from the castle keep and the lid was lifted off. Rumbling sounds seemed to emanate from the coffin. A cloud of smoke filled the air. Mirrors appeared out of nowhere.
“Hold on the 10K are coming”
“Those that stand before me will live. Those that stand with their backs to me will perish.”
All the people manning the walls turned around and looked at him.
“Does he mean us?”
Then suddenly a roar went up from the guard at the gates. “OPEN THE GATES.” “OPEN THE GATES” Four horses pulling a carriage entered the castle at full speed, drove around the sarcophagus and came to a stop at the Palace gates. Was this not the Bishop himself? No one was sure. Though there had been rumors that he would alas save the day. Surely if it was him he had gained some weight which he would need to shed in the future at a much dearer price.
Jubilation spread once more through the crowd. Pigs were slaughtered for the feast. A comet was seen to pass above the Palace in the sky. Brimstone hailed down upon the nay sayers.
“Hear Piggy Piggy Piggy.”
“We are going to get you now Piggy Piggy.”
Out in the fields among the Bastions of the Bedeviled many bemoaned the plight of their bondage. A number of them gathered near the Rock of the Allthing near the Waters of Forgetfulness.
“I don’t think its worth it.”
“I don’t think they have even half the weapons they claim.”
“It is all just over rated junk.”
“This little pigs wants ice-cream"
“We would need trabucets, towers, ballistae, pikes and sappers.”
“Maybe if we just march around the castle walls three times the whole thing will just fall down. I’ve heard of others who have had luck with that plan.”
“We could huff and puff and blow the place down.”
“Look you idiot when they were passing out brains your mother must have thought they meant pains and said you didn’t need those.”
“I’m hungry. What’s for dinner?
“Cooked books....”
“Ah thats, Ah thats, Ah thats all folks”
