CHIVALRY
It was a dark and stormy night when Sir Lilliput, King Arthur’s smallest knight requested shelter at the country inn, though he admitted “I fear I have no coin to pay.”
Being a dwarf, he’d had the blacksmith forge a child-sized suit of armor, but was too small for a charger. Instead, he saddled and rode a huge Flemish Mastiff.
A regular customer asked why the innkeeper fed him and his mount, and complained that he always demanded cash on the barrelhead of them.
“Look at the weather outside. I wouldn’t send a Knight out on a dog like that.”
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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
Archon's Den 
Ha ha, nicely twisted, very clever 🙂
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Other than some rewording to make it fit, I wish I could take credit for it. Ah, we always need a little chuckle. Glad you liked it. 😆
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Well done, Snoopy.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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You (kiddingly, I hope) chastised me for using that ‘dark and stormy night’ line to begin a writer’s block excuse submission a while ago, but I saw that photo, and just couldn’t resist using it again. I’ll try to get back to real fiction prose next week. 🙂
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I once used the same line to start out a writer’s block story. But then there was your punchline….they’re only old if you’ve heard them. 😉 All in all, I got a big kick out of it.
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You need an ironic trombone sound to play at the end. Very punny.
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A couple of times, FrankAngle has sent me a rimshot sound effect. Maybe I could dig it up and slip it in at the end. 😛
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An old joke, well told. LOL.
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It was new when I first made it up. Lilliput and I used to share flagons of ale at that inn. 😉 😕
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I love a sweet silly shaggy dog tail.
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The daughter studied as a veterinary assistant, and is deeply involved with house-pet animals. I must have drawn from some deep unconscious, obtained by mental osmosis. I only researched Flemish Mastiffs after I’d posted this story – and was amazed to find they actually exist. 😯
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i’m chuckling
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Then I’m happy. 😆
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Laughing… fun stuff!
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Sometimes I’m serious, but I try never to be gloomy. Fun stuff is always good to go to. 😆
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Absolutely
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Awww…. Poor Sir Lilliput. And why is a dog a lesser creature than a horse?
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Only in size, and he got to come inside and was given warm stew, something a horse would not be allowed. 😯
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Hilarious, Archon. Great twist at the end. Well done. 😀 — Suzanne
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You should have a look at my shaggy-dog story file. If you’d like, here’s one I published a couple of years ago. It’s hard to stretch one out with only 100 words. The son has a matched-set of two. The first one isn’t funny, but the second one has the punch line to the first which is a groaner. 😯
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Groan.
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