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The Forest of Time
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The Forest of Time |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
The Forest of Time When I was a little boy I lived in Kentucky with my Grandma, in a beautiful two story house with an enchanted full basement. We were right across from the Kentucky Derby and we could watch part of the races from the spacious roof. Directly behind my Grandma's house were her world famous concord grape vines, and a long alley that seemed to have no end. One day my brothers and two other neighborhood boys took an alley walk. As we walked down the alley that seemed to go on forever, we noticed that it was changing from a residential alley into a meadow, and finally as we walked on, a dark forest. Something told me and my brothers not to go into those woods, but the two brave neighbor boys ventured in. We waited about two hours for their return, but they didn't. There was a police and concerned citizens search for two weeks but they were not found. Two years later me and my brothers walked down the same alley, passed the same meadows, and as we approached the dark forest we spotted our two missing friends walking towards us. They were wearing the same clothes they had worn two years previous. The clothes still fit perfectly although they had grown a bit. We renewed old aquaintences and when we ask them where they had been, they replied, "We took a walk in the woods." Their mother was overjoyed, to regain her little boys. JamesLee April26 2005 It's only make believe. |
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adagio Member
since 2005-03-19
Posts 449Marrero, La. |
A wonderfull read. A delight adagio |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Ah, James...you had me goin' there. Good write. enjoyed. hugs, Chris  Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. |
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majnu
since 2002-10-13
Posts 1088SF Bay Area |
very pleasant read. however, it is prosaic and is no more than a paragraph with line breaks. -majnu |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
neat |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
nice read |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Wow James...you had me believing it was true! Good story. Hugs~Nancy |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you Adagio, Nightshade, manju, passing shadows, Lee J. and Enchantress for the nice responses... Enchantress, lots of this is true...some of it is fantasy...I did live in Kentucky next to Churchill Downs and their was a long alley behind my Grandma's house...And me and my brothers and friends took lots of trips down that alley...well thats enough...James |
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