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The story of the sabertooth, the beetroots and the stingy nettles :
Once upon a time, a very long time ago there lived a vegetarien saber tooth. He loved all the small and big grass eating animals around him and he don`t want to eat them. His favorite food was beetroot.....................
......Which he ate so much of that his hide turned purple. The herbivores grazed and frolicked all around him, and knew he would do them no harm. But the poor beetroot were terrified of his ginormous gnashers. so they got together and devised a plan............................
........They decided to roll around in stinging nettles, since they were immune to them, hoping that old sabre tooth would soon realize beet root is not to be trifled with. . . .
.....But they wanted to make sure the stinging nettles would go along with this plan, so they needed to send a messenger. Since beetroots live in the ground, they asked if any of the butterflies would bring their request to the stinging nettles. "I'll go!" said the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly. "Great," said the beetroots. "We'd be very grateful if they'd help us out!" The Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly knew where the stinging nettles grew because when the butterfly was a tiny larva, it loved to eat stinging nettle...
...As an astute reader might have guessed, the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly had a cunning plan of her own. (In fact, it was as cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University.) While posing as a messenger from the Beetroots, she would deposit her precious tiny eggs all over the Stinging Nettles so that her larvae, when they emerge, could enjoy the same feast she once had. With that plan in mind, she headed straight to the Mother Stinging Nettle and her offspring. Unfortunately, two arrogant young butterflies, the girlfriends of butterfly superstars named Peacock and Red Admiral, had had a similar idea only two days ago and, to Mother Nettle’s horror, vandalized three of her more tender offspring. The Mother Stinging Nettle hadn’t seen it coming then, but now she was prepared. She asked the dandelion to send a messenger to the Formidable Mr. Wasp...
Now Mr Wasp was something of a hipster trendsetter. His gaudy striped clothing was designed to attract as much attention as possible and, naturally, he believed that organic was the only way to live. While the dandelion and stinging nettle fitted his ethos, could he be convinced that the Beetroot was worthy of his assistance...
So far so goodBut what did Mr. Wasp wants to do ?????
Since Mr Wasp and his friends Mr Bee, Mr Hornet and Mr Big Stingy Mosquito Thing were all stingers they had a lot in common with the nettles so all agreed on a cunning plan. They went to the local supermarket and purchased a couple of kilos of Cheddar Cheese., molded it into the correct shape and then painted it purple so it looked like a pile of beetroot....................
And the sabertooth discovered that he really, REALLY liked the cheese a lot! So he decided that forevermore he would mostly eat cheese, sparing the terrified beetroots! But he would very occasionally give them and the turnips a haircut by nibbling their green tops, which just tickled them a bit. So everyone was happy! [emoji5]
Except for Tidgy's Dad who was mots annoyed the supermarket had sold out of Cheddar.
Good mornooning all of you amazing people!
Good morning, roommates! Happy Thanksgiving to friends in the US!
Here’s a postcard of Christmas lights in Roskilde. Just because it’s so pretty.
Here’s a postcard of Christmas lights in Roskilde. Just because it’s so pretty.
Happy Thanksgiving!
These cuties asked to be adopted. I hope nobody has any objections.
Good morning all and Happy Thanksgiving to our US friends
I’m off to scout Black Friday deals for tomorrow and to buy my TORTOISE a present.
I have just uploaded a photo of Brighton's burned out West Pier (I think).
It might not work.
It did
View of Brighton from i360
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View of the West Pier when it's nearly dark
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I absolutely love your pictures Linda [emoji5]
One can't beat sunset or sunrise photos....add some sunrays, sparkly stars, scattered clouds, water or better yet a wave or two, coupled with some wild life, sandy beaches.... All very nice. Peaceful. Relaxing. Restful.
Here's a quick pix of our morning visit to Anastasia Island, Florida, last week.
Here's a quick pix of our morning visit to Anastasia Island, Florida, last week.
Once upon a time, a very long time ago there lived a vegetarien saber tooth. He loved all the small and big grass eating animals around him and he don`t want to eat them. His favorite food was beetroot.....................
......Which he ate so much of that his hide turned purple. The herbivores grazed and frolicked all around him, and knew he would do them no harm. But the poor beetroot were terrified of his ginormous gnashers. so they got together and devised a plan............................
........They decided to roll around in stinging nettles, since they were immune to them, hoping that old sabre tooth would soon realize beet root is not to be trifled with. . . .
.....But they wanted to make sure the stinging nettles would go along with this plan, so they needed to send a messenger. Since beetroots live in the ground, they asked if any of the butterflies would bring their request to the stinging nettles. "I'll go!" said the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly. "Great," said the beetroots. "We'd be very grateful if they'd help us out!" The Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly knew where the stinging nettles grew because when the butterfly was a tiny larva, it loved to eat stinging nettle...
...As an astute reader might have guessed, the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly had a cunning plan of her own. (In fact, it was as cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University.) While posing as a messenger from the Beetroots, she would deposit her precious tiny eggs all over the Stinging Nettles so that her larvae, when they emerge, could enjoy the same feast she once had. With that plan in mind, she headed straight to the Mother Stinging Nettle and her offspring. Unfortunately, two arrogant young butterflies, the girlfriends of butterfly superstars named Peacock and Red Admiral, had had a similar idea only two days ago and, to Mother Nettle’s horror, vandalized three of her more tender offspring. The Mother Stinging Nettle hadn’t seen it coming then, but now she was prepared. She asked the dandelion to send a messenger to the Formidable Mr. Wasp...
Now Mr Wasp was something of a hipster trendsetter. His gaudy striped clothing was designed to attract as much attention as possible and, naturally, he believed that organic was the only way to live. While the dandelion and stinging nettle fitted his ethos, could he be convinced that the Beetroot was worthy of his assistance...
.... But in real life every cool man has a wife that is much more cooler than him and often more helpful. When Mrs. Wasp heard that the beetroots need help he stung his husband with her sting and shouted: "When they need our help, we will help, or you will get no sleep until the problem is fixed, I promise you my dear ! "
So the hip Mr. Wasp ask all his friends what to do to help the beetroots and they have a good idea:
Since Mr Wasp and his friends Mr Bee, Mr Hornet and Mr Big Stingy Mosquito Thing were all stingers they had a lot in common with the nettles so all agreed on a cunning plan. They went to the local supermarket and purchased a couple of kilos of Cheddar Cheese., molded it into the correct shape and then painted it purple so it looked like a pile of beetroot....................
And the sabertooth discovered that he really, REALLY liked the cheese a lot! So he decided that forevermore he would mostly eat cheese, sparing the terrified beetroots! But he would very occasionally give them and the turnips a haircut by nibbling their green tops, which just tickled them a bit. So everyone was happy!
......Which he ate so much of that his hide turned purple. The herbivores grazed and frolicked all around him, and knew he would do them no harm. But the poor beetroot were terrified of his ginormous gnashers. so they got together and devised a plan............................
........They decided to roll around in stinging nettles, since they were immune to them, hoping that old sabre tooth would soon realize beet root is not to be trifled with. . . .
.....But they wanted to make sure the stinging nettles would go along with this plan, so they needed to send a messenger. Since beetroots live in the ground, they asked if any of the butterflies would bring their request to the stinging nettles. "I'll go!" said the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly. "Great," said the beetroots. "We'd be very grateful if they'd help us out!" The Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly knew where the stinging nettles grew because when the butterfly was a tiny larva, it loved to eat stinging nettle...
...As an astute reader might have guessed, the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly had a cunning plan of her own. (In fact, it was as cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University.) While posing as a messenger from the Beetroots, she would deposit her precious tiny eggs all over the Stinging Nettles so that her larvae, when they emerge, could enjoy the same feast she once had. With that plan in mind, she headed straight to the Mother Stinging Nettle and her offspring. Unfortunately, two arrogant young butterflies, the girlfriends of butterfly superstars named Peacock and Red Admiral, had had a similar idea only two days ago and, to Mother Nettle’s horror, vandalized three of her more tender offspring. The Mother Stinging Nettle hadn’t seen it coming then, but now she was prepared. She asked the dandelion to send a messenger to the Formidable Mr. Wasp...
Now Mr Wasp was something of a hipster trendsetter. His gaudy striped clothing was designed to attract as much attention as possible and, naturally, he believed that organic was the only way to live. While the dandelion and stinging nettle fitted his ethos, could he be convinced that the Beetroot was worthy of his assistance...
.... But in real life every cool man has a wife that is much more cooler than him and often more helpful. When Mrs. Wasp heard that the beetroots need help he stung his husband with her sting and shouted: "When they need our help, we will help, or you will get no sleep until the problem is fixed, I promise you my dear ! "
So the hip Mr. Wasp ask all his friends what to do to help the beetroots and they have a good idea:
Since Mr Wasp and his friends Mr Bee, Mr Hornet and Mr Big Stingy Mosquito Thing were all stingers they had a lot in common with the nettles so all agreed on a cunning plan. They went to the local supermarket and purchased a couple of kilos of Cheddar Cheese., molded it into the correct shape and then painted it purple so it looked like a pile of beetroot....................
And the sabertooth discovered that he really, REALLY liked the cheese a lot! So he decided that forevermore he would mostly eat cheese, sparing the terrified beetroots! But he would very occasionally give them and the turnips a haircut by nibbling their green tops, which just tickled them a bit. So everyone was happy!
Once upon a time, a very long time ago there lived a vegetarien saber tooth. He loved all the small and big grass eating animals around him and he don`t want to eat them. His favorite food was beetroot.....................
......Which he ate so much of that his hide turned purple. The herbivores grazed and frolicked all around him, and knew he would do them no harm. But the poor beetroot were terrified of his ginormous gnashers. so they got together and devised a plan............................
........They decided to roll around in stinging nettles, since they were immune to them, hoping that old sabre tooth would soon realize beet root is not to be trifled with. . . .
.....But they wanted to make sure the stinging nettles would go along with this plan, so they needed to send a messenger. Since beetroots live in the ground, they asked if any of the butterflies would bring their request to the stinging nettles. "I'll go!" said the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly. "Great," said the beetroots. "We'd be very grateful if they'd help us out!" The Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly knew where the stinging nettles grew because when the butterfly was a tiny larva, it loved to eat stinging nettle...
...As an astute reader might have guessed, the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly had a cunning plan of her own. (In fact, it was as cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University.) While posing as a messenger from the Beetroots, she would deposit her precious tiny eggs all over the Stinging Nettles so that her larvae, when they emerge, could enjoy the same feast she once had. With that plan in mind, she headed straight to the Mother Stinging Nettle and her offspring. Unfortunately, two arrogant young butterflies, the girlfriends of butterfly superstars named Peacock and Red Admiral, had had a similar idea only two days ago and, to Mother Nettle’s horror, vandalized three of her more tender offspring. The Mother Stinging Nettle hadn’t seen it coming then, but now she was prepared. She asked the dandelion to send a messenger to the Formidable Mr. Wasp...
Now Mr Wasp was something of a hipster trendsetter. His gaudy striped clothing was designed to attract as much attention as possible and, naturally, he believed that organic was the only way to live. While the dandelion and stinging nettle fitted his ethos, could he be convinced that the Beetroot was worthy of his assistance...
.... But in real life every cool man has a wife that is much more cooler than him and often more helpful. When Mrs. Wasp heard that the beetroots need help he stung his husband with her sting and shouted: "When they need our help, we will help, or you will get no sleep until the problem is fixed, I promise you my dear ! "
So the hip Mr. Wasp ask all his friends what to do to help the beetroots and they have a good idea:
Since Mr Wasp and his friends Mr Bee, Mr Hornet and Mr Big Stingy Mosquito Thing were all stingers they had a lot in common with the nettles so all agreed on a cunning plan. They went to the local supermarket and purchased a couple of kilos of Cheddar Cheese., molded it into the correct shape and then painted it purple so it looked like a pile of beetroot....................
And the sabertooth discovered that he really, REALLY liked the cheese a lot! So he decided that forevermore he would mostly eat cheese, sparing the terrified beetroots! But he would very occasionally give them and the turnips a haircut by nibbling their green tops, which just tickled them a bit. So everyone was happy!
Thanks to all our authors for that funny story.
Ends good... all good.
Good morning, roommates! Happy Thanksgiving to friends in the US!
Here’s a postcard of Christmas lights in Roskilde. Just because it’s so pretty.
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THANK YOU!!!
SO lovely!!!! 
