Sunday, October 12, 2008

A Queen, a Painter and a Fish

Once upon a time, in a land not so very far away, a king and a queen lived in a castle. This King Chad and Queen Brenda decided that they wanted to paint their castle. Painters came from far and wide to help.
Now, there was a prince named Ian and he had a pet man-eating goldfish. This goldfish was kept in a tank in his chambers, but the tank had been relocated to the sink in the royal lavatory so that the prince's chambers could be painted.
The beautiful Queen Brenda was painting in the hallway when, suddenly, her shriek ripped through the air. "CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!"
"What troubles you, my love?!" the king asked anxiously.
"THE FISH!!! THERE'S A FISH IN THE HALLWAY!!! CHAD, HELP!!!"
The noble king, however, was on a grand adventure atop a towering ladder in the entryway and was unable to come to his dear wife's rescue. Helplessly, he cried out, "Is there no one to aid my dear queen?! Prince Lukus! Princess Emilie! Prince Ian! Go! Save your mother!" But, alas, the princes and princess were too far away and could not hear the desperate cries of their helpless father and distraught mother.
But a young painter, by the name of Lindsay, was painting in a room near the hysterical queen. On hearing the screams, she poked her head out of the doorway to see what the commotion was about. What she saw was the queen jumping up and down and flapping her hands crying, "SOMEBODY HELP ME!!! THERE'S A FISH!!!! CHAAAD!!! I HATE FISH!!! THERE'S A FISH IN THE HALLWAY!!! HELP ME!!! IT'S A FISH!!! I NEED HELP!!! THE FISH!!! IT'S GOING TO GET ME!!! HELP!!!" Casting her roller aside, the brave painter leaped into the hallway. She courageously stepped between the frantic queen and her attacker and, with a swift, mighty hand, scooped up the deadly fish and flung it back into the tank, saving the queen from a terrible fate.
Thus did the painter rescue the queen from the fish.

THE END

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hahahahahahaha! Why was I forced to retire from my humble work as painter before this dreadfully humurous (though altogether dangerous) event occured? Long live the Queen!

Brenda said...

Okay! I AM CRACKING UP!!!!
Yep!!! That is pretty much how it went. CCCCHHHHAAAAAAAAAADDDD!!!!! And oh my goodness...for about 1/2 a second I thought about touching it but thank goodness you were there! Ugh! Just gives me nighmares thinking about that silly thing floppin all over the carpet.

Lindsay said...

Would those nightmares have anything to do with the fact that the fish was...um...orange?

Brenda said...

Probably! It's not just orange...it's OSU orange!!!

Lindsay said...

Oooh, shudder.

So you would have saved the fish if it had been...say...red? You know, a prejudiced queen is hardly fair to her aquatic subects! They can't help what color they are!

Hannah said...

you guys are so funny! It's too bad I was down stairs for all this commotion. Oh well, i still got a good laugh.
luv ya guys!

Brenda said...

I'm sure you not only heard the scream from downstairs, I'm sure the whole neighborhood did since the windows were open.
I mean really....would you ever expect to walk down the hall and see a fish flipping around??? It's just not right!

Tammy said...

Man! I take the day off from Kingdom duty only to miss a chance to save the queen! Thus my demotion to painting baseboards!

Shane Coffman said...

All hail the brave young painter!

Why-for doest the fair queen who is afraid of fish allow them in her castle?

Danna said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Love you!

Unknown said...

For thou Queen loves her child so much that she allowed him to purchase these creatures and raise them for his own. Thou Queen hath no idea that the fish were so unhappy that they would try to plunge to their death in the great escape of paint fumes.

Lindsay said...

Thanks, Danna!

To the rest of you guys: You crack me up! :-)