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“Run babies, run babies, run.” The farmer’s wife studied the cat crouched over its kill, tail twitching. She disinfected her carving knife with a rag. “Two down, pussy,” she purred. “One to go.”
This weekend, for its 33rd edition, Trifextra is asking for 33 words that use the Rule of 3 in some way.
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Another super-cute retelling of a classic story. Seems to be a sub-theme people have jumped on, possibly based on the origins of the rule of three. Great as usual? 🙂
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I am sorry, I have no idea Joe or why a link to any post on my site showed up here! It isn’t from anything Trifecta related at least!
It’s comment luv! It’s a good thing. It’s a plug in I use to help me return people’s visits. Essentially, when you input your URL into the form, the Commentluv grabs your most recent title and drops it in there. It also gives commenters a little plug by way of thanks for visiting 🙂
Yes, and I TOTALLY admit to being inspired by Anabelle. She got my attention with Cinderella, so my mind went straight here when I saw the prompt!
Oooo… chilling! Heart.
Glad you liked it. Bet it would have been worse to see how they ran.
I love this! Very well done!
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Thanks! Much inspired by Annabelle on this one.
Okay. I love the writing, but I have to ask: is this your knife? Did you set it up as a prop? Did you actually cut something bloody with it?
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Giggle. yes, the knife prop is mine. I painted it with the kids’ watercolors, which I had to steal from a school-skipper (she’s got a free pass if they are showing movies, which she can never handle) who was busy painting rainbows on seashells. She watched me intently, then said, “so that’s their tail blood, right. Cool.” Yet she couldn’t handle whatever feel good movie the kids earned as a reward this afternoon. go figure.
That picture makes it so much creepier! And the farmer’s wife purring? Made me shiver.
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Yes! And I have your Cinderella to thank for the inspiration. She was absolutely in the forefront of my mind when I read the prompt.
3 Blind mice perhaps? I love the spin and it’s so delightfully creepy.
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See how they run? See how they run? I have always imagined the farmer’s wife as a frantic woman who was like trying to make dinner or something in an old old kitchen, screeching and accidentally chopping off the tails. But then I thought, “What if she was something else entirely?”
That was great – sort of creepy, especially with your bloodied prop!
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{insert evil laugh} It was even more fun getting my husband’s input about which knife I could bloody up and how.
Ooh, another classic re-spun. WIcked farmer’s wife!
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Muahahahaha. I just couldn’t resist.
Ewww. This gave me the creeps — which I’m pretty sure was the intent. 🙂
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Very much so. We’re still over a month out, and I’m already heading into Halloween mode.
Fabulous for Trifecta. The blood, eeewww, looks so real, and the retelling of the familiar tale is crisp and wickedly funny! Good one, hon. Amy
http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/09/14/black-sheep-a-tale-of-three-sisters/
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Haha! It’s totally water paint. But it was SO fun to put on. I’m glad it looks real enough!
Ok. I admit, I’m deprived. I don’t recognize this story. But, I enjoyed this anyway! Btw, the name you were thinking of is Crystal Cathedral.
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YES! Crystal Cathedral. That’s EXACTLY what your story brought to mind. It’s three blind mice, but don’t worry. It’s more fun if you don’t get it, probably. (Said the evil author)
Like how you recast the farmer’s wife. This is imaginative and well exceuted. good work, jes.
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Thanks, Lance. She seems like a fun piece of nasty work.
Twisted, graphic take on the nursery rhyme. The knife creeps me out, but I knives creep me out anyway.
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When I blipped through the office asking my husband, “Honey, do we have a carving knife I can make look all bloody?” you should have seen the reaction I got.
At least you didn’t have the knife in your hand and ask him to ‘borrow’ some blood 🙂
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I’ve always thought the song/nursery rhyme were quite creepy. I always felt bad for the poor little blind (now tail-less) mice. Great job on your story, though. Makes the lady seem like a real whack job!
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Yes, they’re really quite pitiful. And that farmer’s wife? Boy, I feeeel for that farmer.
Wonderful writing
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Thanks! As we get closer to Halloween, I’m afraid I’ll only get more gory and alarming. (Gleeful laugh)
Woohoo! Loved the story and the knife, what fun!
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Yay! So glad you enjoyed it. I will get even more dark as we count down to Halloween.
Oh I love a story with endless possibilities! 😀
Nasty lady. Can you disinfect a knife with a rag or just clean it?! ;
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Much enjoyed!
This is how I imagined the nursery rhyme really happened. Deliciously gruesome.
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Hey Jess!! Yea, so teenage SON accidentally had a baby(!) and the girl GAVE him to us to raise! To tell you the truth, I am oddly thrilled by the whole thing. He is the coolest baby ever 🙂
OK, so I liked your story and the bloody knife is gross/awesome…grawesome!
Oh WOW. Yes, actually, you’ve got the maturity to raise the baby. Congratulations and love the hell out of that kid. Your son will grow up with his son right there, and you parents will get another chance at parenthood. It’s probably pretty awesome. Not that I’m hoping to be in a similar position, but Scott and I watched Sam working the room at ballet today and Scott said, “We are going to be VERY lucky if we aren’t grandparents by the time we’re in our early fifties.”
Ok, that is cool prose and a really creepy photo… yikes!
And uh Well Done!
Oh, god, creepy. And amazing. Talk about resetting the whole tone of the song (which is, honestly, creepy enough to begin with). I can hear it playing in the background, on a little toy piano.
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Knives creep me out but I’ve had mice in a house before. The run in pairs so if there’s one, then their pal is near by. Therefore, I think the farmer’s wife needs to keep that knife sharpened!
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So creepy…I’m ready for Halloween now.
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