Just for fun …. our very own Mt. Oly Folly!
Nov 12th 2009
Karen HawkinsOn Writing!
My kids and I used to play this game when they were younger. We called it Spot. I’d begin with “Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a fairy princess who–SPOT!”
My daughter would pick up the story with, “–who loved to eat lasagna. She’d eat and eat and eat lasagna until she was sick and–SPOT!”
And then my son would chime in with, “–and she got a rash, but that was ok because her father, the King, was also a doctor. One day the doctor told his fairy princess daughter that she couldn’t have any more lasagna and–SPOT!”
And off we’d go on round two. We had so much fun with that game that I thought we could play it here today, although with yelling SPOT at the end.
Yup! We here on Mt. Oly are a group of readers and writers all blessed with amazing amounts of creativity. We’re going to put that creativity to use and write our very own Mt. Oly Folly!
I can’t WAIT to see what you guys come up with! I just know our story will be big, dramatic, full of fun twists and turns!!!! As if you guys could write anything else!
Here are the rules:
1) surprise yourself!
2) have fun! Be wacky, fun, dramatic, exciting!
3) keep it g-rated, please. Some of our blog readers have children who read over their shoulders.
4) leave ‘em hanging so the next person has to work a little to keep up!
Ready? Set? Here we go!
There once was a fairy princess named Sabrina Jeffries (tee hee!) who lived in a castle perched high over a land called Mt. Oly. Princess Sabrina was a gentle and well-loved princess who was just about perfect, except for one little problem. Every time a suitor came to court Sabrina, her evil stepfather, King Bluto, would—–?
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59 Responses to “Just for fun …. our very own Mt. Oly Folly!”
JJ on 12 Nov 2009 at 2:22 am #
King Bluto would demand the aspiring dude to perform a feat of great worth and if said dude failed, then his head (and left pinky) would be forfeit.
Naturally, hot Princess Sabrina did NOT care for this rather archaic way of dealing with the whole ’suitor issue’ and so she — ???
Karen Hawkins on 12 Nov 2009 at 2:24 am #
(Aspiring dude! **snicker** Nice detail, JJ!)
Trini on 12 Nov 2009 at 4:17 am #
…. she was still smiling, singing and dancing happily for all the castle, and not even the heads of their aspiring dudes ones, that were hunging in the room of the trophies, were able to disturb her unaware happiness. And this way the days goes on…. and on… an on… until one special day. She was gathering flowers when she hear a noise…. she looked around and then….. she saw the most extraordinary specimen she never seen… so she (once recovered of the faint)————–?????
Judy F on 12 Nov 2009 at 4:55 am #
she realized she was staring at a lovely frog. Would a kiss awaken this prince stuck in a frogs’s body. Sabrina leaned in close to kiss the frog when suddenly…
MizMacgyver on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:07 am #
The frog spoke saying don’t kiss me woman i am not your average frog and i am not putting my head in jeopardy by kissing you. I have a whole harem of she-frogs and I like it, let me hook you up with my brother the prince of frogs and you can see if he will kiss you, if not……..
Cail on 12 Nov 2009 at 6:44 am #
well, Sabrina, was undeterred. She knew that if she coached this special frog, she could have him pass the test. She sneaked back home and arrived at the lake with a huge net perfect for catching frogs…
Freedom Writer on 12 Nov 2009 at 6:55 am #
This net was the internet. Sabrina Googled “catching frogs,” and Google referred her to Wikipedia, and Wikipedia said “To catch a frog…”
Trini on 12 Nov 2009 at 7:20 am #
….and how to turn a frog into a high, muscular and attractive prince…. who save his life of the tyranny of the King Bluto and his foolish rules (in addition the hunging heads smells really bad and it was very disagreeable)… so Sabrina….
Alicia on 12 Nov 2009 at 7:23 am #
“….you must put on your hottest cocktail dress and highest stilettos. Saunter, ever-so-slowly, to the frog. Toss your hair back and the frog will catch YOU!” Sabrina decided to try it, thinking “What the heck could it hurt? Though that seems to be a lot of trouble” She sauntered up to frog and he—
TomJacks on 12 Nov 2009 at 7:39 am #
“” snapped out a froggy tongue which stuck to the tip of her nose. Sabrina was caught offguard by the wet ‘SWACK’ and was pulled toward the pond. She dropped her net and fell in. She stood up dripping wet and miffed. The frog looked up from his lily pad and said –
Karen Rose on 12 Nov 2009 at 7:51 am #
“What part of no did you not understand? Royalty these days… they think they OWN you. For the last time, GO AWAY you stalker chick!” Sabrina trudged out of the pond, her daydress dripping with slime and really gross things. But undeterred she …
TrishD on 12 Nov 2009 at 7:57 am #
… picked up her net and said to the frog “What would you rather have, your head on the king’s wall or your legs on my plate?” The frog looked at princess Sabrinia and decided….
LoriHandeland on 12 Nov 2009 at 8:01 am #
He liked her plate a lot. It was the best plate he’d seen in years. So he . . .
Amy Scott on 12 Nov 2009 at 8:15 am #
So he jumped in her net. As the princess strolled back to the castle, the frog was frantically thinking how he was going to escape this hot but crazy princess, when all of a sudden…
Karen Hawkins on 12 Nov 2009 at 8:17 am #
… he stuck out his tongue again, onlyTHIS time, he aimed for a tree. His sticky frog tongue caught a high, high limb on that tree and, using his incredible super frog-tongue-muscles, he yanked himself way up, up, up into the tree, far away from where any dripping wet princess with her internet net could hope to catch him. Of course, what the frog prince didn’t realize was that …
Karen Hawkins on 12 Nov 2009 at 8:18 am #
(tee hee! Oh, you guys are goooooood!)
SuzyQ on 12 Nov 2009 at 8:30 am #
. . . the branch he landed on was right outside Princess Sabrina’s bedroom. He hopped through the open window thinking he was scot free when the door opened and . . .
TrishD on 12 Nov 2009 at 8:30 am #
… Princess Sabrinia was a champion tree climber. So, she shucked off her shoes, lifted her skirts and started climbing. Suddenly the King appeared and bellowed….
Angela on 12 Nov 2009 at 8:55 am #
What is that frog doing in your bedroom? I have a strict no frog policy in the castle.
What is the princess and her frog to do? hmmm…
Pesky on 12 Nov 2009 at 8:56 am #
“It is the whim of the king that he have frog legs!!! I hear they taste just like chicken!!!” The frog froze in mid hop and did a frogja like move to get away from the hungry king who immediately gave chase.
“STOP!!!” yelled her royal drippiness, “Daddy, you cannot have frog fricassee tonight! For he is no ordinary frog! He is the frog I love!”
“Well then! That puts a different light! I have found your slimy sex god in your bedchambers and now he must be put to the boyfriend test!”
“Hokey Smokey!” startled Frog, “I am indeed in a tight spot! Tis time to call in THE MASKED AVENGER!!!”
da da da dummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….
Sabrina Jeffries on 12 Nov 2009 at 8:58 am #
So the frog changed into a big prince, figuring that it would keep him from being thrown out or killed. Instead, the king said, “My, my, you have the perfect build to be my bodyguard. All you have to do is
Judy F on 12 Nov 2009 at 9:02 am #
be able to go a full day without tellin a lie. Oh man the frog said that is going to be tough. But he knew that his friend Snuggles the fish could think of a plan. So off he went to find Snuggles at the pond but instead he found…
TrishD on 12 Nov 2009 at 9:07 am #
… his brother, the king of frogs, and he was mad. “Where have you been? Princess minnow has been looking for you.”
The frog prince sat on a rock and said….
dbrown3400 on 12 Nov 2009 at 9:08 am #
his friend, Kermit, who was busy singing, “It Isn’t Being Green,” to the lily pads. The big frog said, “Hey, Kermie, I need your help!. These crazy royal people want to make me into a bodyguard for the princess. What ever shall I do?”
Amy Scott on 12 Nov 2009 at 9:21 am #
“You shall become a royal guard” said kermie. He knew defying the king would lead to the pond they lived in being drained by the tyrannt king.
“I don’t want to be a guard, I want to come back and live with my frog brothers” The frog prince was starting to panic. In the distance he could hear….
Margaret on 12 Nov 2009 at 9:25 am #
you will just have to find a human prince. I think your chances of finding a sap willing to put his head on the line for you are just about nil. It seems to me you have pretty much decimated the prince ranks. Perhaps you should set your sights a bit lower and trying kissing a….
Lisa H on 12 Nov 2009 at 10:09 am #
Pirate Frog…and just then Captain Jack Bull Frog appeared. He was a largish frog dressed in pirate garb and swinging a saber that could easly turn a fine frog into a French appetizer. “I say my fair Sabrina…kiss me and I will make all of your dreams come true.” He procurred a distincive compass from his pocket and just as Sabrina lowered her lips, the compass…
Trini on 12 Nov 2009 at 10:19 am #
…. fell to the ground with a great noise and Sabrina open his wonderful eyes and look around very disturbed and said: “oh my god, I’m really desperated if I dream with a pirate frog…. indeed, I NEED a man, a hHOT and real man…” So she wake up, put his best dress and call his friends Lady Lori, Lady Karen and Lady Kim and tell them with a big determination….
Claudia Dain on 12 Nov 2009 at 10:39 am #
“I am going to find a man, be he frog or prince, but the I would prefer it if he had the muscles of a professional bodyguard.”
“A bodyguard?” said Lady Kim. “Why, my dad has just hired the most spectacular looking man. I was saving him for myself, but in the name of true friendship I’ll…”
TrishD on 12 Nov 2009 at 10:55 am #
.. “I’ll let you look at him while you find your man.”
Sabrina sighed, knowing that Lady Kim would hang on to her bodyguard with all her might. “If only I could find someone who is strong, loyal, handsome and sees past my stunning physical beauty to the true person that lies within.” She crossed her room and sat in her window seat. “Where can I find a man like that? Maybe a man in uniform? I wonder if…. “
Judy F on 12 Nov 2009 at 11:05 am #
Sir Hugh Jackman is back from the war. He left a young man I am sure he is hotter looking now… Sabrina turned and there he was….
Leslie on 12 Nov 2009 at 11:06 am #
At the sight of Princess Sabrina he burst into song…
SuzyQ on 12 Nov 2009 at 11:08 am #
“Don’t even think about it”, said Lady Karen. “You know Lord Hugh is mine!”
Sighing, Sabrina looked at Lady Lori and said . . .
amy1242 on 12 Nov 2009 at 11:14 am #
…can’t we share? Just this once?
Karen Hawkins on 12 Nov 2009 at 11:49 am #
“No,” Lady Karen said. “No, no, and no.”
Karen Hawkins on 12 Nov 2009 at 12:30 pm #
So, it was back to square one . . . or rather square twenty-nine and the pirate bull frog and his startlingly noisy compass.
Lady Sabrina eyed the frog with disdain. “If I were not forced to this by my eeeevil stepfather, I would never speak with you, you — you bull frog you! However, since I AM forced to it, we might as well become friends.”
The bullfrog cocked his jaunty little pirate hat to an even jauntier angle and eyed her with mistrust. “Really? You really, really mean that?”
“Sure. Why not? I mean, my stepfather’s chased off all of the really hot dudes from the neighborhood and Lady Karen (the witch!) has selfishly kept Hugh to herself once again, so that leaves you.” She held out her hand. “Let’s be friends.”
The bull frog nodded and held out his little webbed hand where upon Lady Sabrina grabbed it, flipped over into a waiting pan of beaten eggs, rolling him a heavy coating of flour spice with oregano and pepper (which made him sneeze), and then ….?
Sabrina Jeffries on 12 Nov 2009 at 12:39 pm #
She tried to cook him, but he was too fast for her and leapt from the pan, hopping off to find his army of pirate frogs. Since she was VERY hungry, she decided to set a trap for the whole army. After all, having grown up in the swamplands of Louisiana, Princess Sabrina was VERY fond of frog legs. Unfortunately, while she was looking for a net…
Amy Scott on 12 Nov 2009 at 1:00 pm #
She tripped over the root of a tree, and hit her head, sending her spinning into darkness….
Gwynlyn MacKenzie on 12 Nov 2009 at 2:15 pm #
. . . facedown into the pond. Seeing her, the decided to let the hungry, duplicitous princess face her fate. Frog legs, indeed. The pirate frogs were annoying, but at least you EXPECTED them to lie to you.
Still . . . She hadn’t been a vacuous idiot as a girl. Perhaps, she adopted that persona to as a defense or to fool her evil step-father.
Curiosity, being his besetting sin, drove him to know. He flicked out his tongue, touched her neck. A pulse. Good. But lifting or turning her would be the work of a hundred frogs.
“But only one man,” his insidious conscience whispered.
Well, wasn’t this a fly his tongue could already taste but couldn’t reach. Squaring his round shoulders, he closed his eyes and pursed his lipless mouth . . .
Trini on 12 Nov 2009 at 2:55 pm #
… to say a prayer…. “please, dear God, send me a horseman of shining armor and with an enormous… sword… oh, and please, please, please… tell Lady Karen (the witch) that she has to learn to SHARE Lord Hugh…” and in those thoughts was, when….
Judy F on 12 Nov 2009 at 3:21 pm #
smoke and lightening filled the skies. Out of the mist came a hero..and his name was.
Trini on 12 Nov 2009 at 3:37 pm #
Mr. Potatoe!!!!! (oooppppssss no, I’m sorry… it was a lapse because I’m hungry now…)
…. and his name was…..
Lisa G on 12 Nov 2009 at 3:46 pm #
Yes, that’s me, “Mr. Potatoe Head!” Who else would you wan to rescue you when you have a froglegs! Whoops, I mean Frogs”. “I here to save you but we do have one problem, my arms are made of plastic!” “So now what do we do”, asked Lady Sabrina? Why, who else…Ghostbusters!
Karen Hawkins on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:04 pm #
Mr. Potato E. Head quickly opened his super duper sluether extra limb carry case (conveniently located in his left thigh) and removed — (insert 007 music here) — a cell phone!
(Ok, that wasn’t all that exciting, but what do you expect from Mr. Potato E Head?)
He quickly dialed Harold Ramus (who starred in AND wrote Ghostbusters), “HELP! WE NEED A PLOT DEVICE!”
Harold yelled back, “Gotcha, but gimme ten. I just got a new PC and this Windows 7 takes for-evah to load!”
So Mr. Potato E. Head waited … when, all of the sudden, after a loud Microsoft start up chime, came a loud crackling noise. A bright light grew overhead, coming closer and closer until WHAM! right in front Mr. Potato E. Head was the answer to all of Princess Sabrina’s problems, none other than the original, sexy, able to swashbuckle the evil stepfather King Bluto into submission, CAPTAIN JACK!
nancyg on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:06 pm #
However, the Ghostbusters, long since retired and celebrating their 25th anniversary release on DVD, were unavailable.
Being the plucky princess she was, Sabrina pulled HERSELF out of the mire and muck. While wiping the accumulated pond scum from her cheeks, she noticed its rejuvinating properties and…
nancyg on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:06 pm #
(lol @ Karen) whoops!
Gwynlyn MacKenzie on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:18 pm #
Jack took one look at pond scum covered Princess Sebrina, (apparently unimpressed by the potential rejuvenating properties of aforementioned scum) as said, “You’re kidding me, right?”
Highly indignant, our offended princess glared at him, opened her mouth, and . . .
Karen Hawkins on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:23 pm #
(Teehee! Nancyg, I like yours much better!)
SuzyQ on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:28 pm #
“Wait!” running over the hill was none other than Lady Lisa (that’s Lisa H). “If Lady Karen gets Hugh all to herself then I claim Captain Jack for myself!”
Sabrina rolled her eyes. Great. Just when she thought she couldn’t get a break today . . .
Trini on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:45 pm #
…. she saw his company ladies fighting for Lord Hugh, Mr. Potatoe E. Head, Captain Jack…. so she decided to go to a spa and maybe, she could find a hunk masseur to relax herself and….
Lisa G on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:51 pm #
…besides all that mud and muck did a number on her nails. She needed a manicure and she knew where to get one…
Trini on 12 Nov 2009 at 5:58 pm #
(LOL- LOL- LOL … I can’t resist it, I can’t stop to laug, I’m obsessing with the story… please Karen, tell me that I have to stop to write or I’ll spend the night talking with my computer….)
Leslie on 12 Nov 2009 at 6:59 pm #
… out of the dusk there was the sound of an engine. A deep growling that stopped everyone in their tracks. Princess Sabrina turned just in time to see a 1974 Ford Mustang being driven by Nicolas Cage. Hey screeches to a halt and flings the door open. “Need a ride?”…
nancyg on 12 Nov 2009 at 7:22 pm #
Sabrina looks to Nick Cage and the car with a questioning look.
“Eleanor?” The car revved her engine seemingly in reply.
She turned to Nick, gazed into his liquid blue eyes and purrs, “Never thought I’d find a ‘girl’ hotter than me, but no thanks, I’ll walk”…
Sabrina pivoted away from the duo in her heels, no mean feat by this time, and…
Karen Hawkins on 12 Nov 2009 at 10:28 pm #
(BWHAHAHAHAHA! From a frog prince to Mr. Potato Head to Nicholas Cage! My gosh, what a DELICIOUS cast of characters! You guys have had me cracking up all day! I knew you guys would be good at this, but oh, you excelled even my expectations. You guys are incredible!)
Tina on 12 Nov 2009 at 11:01 pm #
stomped back to the castle, muttering about frogs as she went. Mud and scum flying off her dress.
Sabrina decided to go to the castle library to research the locations of other potential heros. Upon opening the door of the library, Sabrina discovered Sir Sean Connery sitting in front of the fire reading a book.
Perfect she thought, if I explain the situation to him, Sean can help me make a new plan…..
Patricia Barraclough on 13 Nov 2009 at 12:24 am #
(I’m too tired to add anything to this meandering story, but it has been a hoot to read.)
Angela on 13 Nov 2009 at 10:57 am #
Sir Sean is looking at the book of Heroes. He rises when Sabrina enters the library, offers her a seat and patiently listens to her explain her dilemma.
Sir Sean decides that they should look at the book together and make of list of requirements for Sabrina’s hero. What we really need is an immortal man who cannot be killed by the removal of his head.
That pretty much leaves anyone who is human out of the loop. Sorry Hugh!
Let’s try Hercules! He is immortal and a hunk besides…
Karen Hawkins on 13 Nov 2009 at 11:55 am #
And because very good story needs an ending …
Sabrina knew what she must do. She thanked Sir Sean and, using her massive frequent flier miles (thank goodness Princesses, Inc allows all of their princesses to keep their miles garnered from their appearances), she booked a flight to Greece. Once there, she made her way to lovely Mt. Oly where, with the help of the other goddesses and wonderful Handmaiden Kim, Hercules was summoned from where he was vacationing in Bermuda.
Looking marvelously fit and tanned, Hercules agreed to go back to Sabrina’s Home Castle and be her bodyguard and protect her from the swarms of suitors (even frogs) so that she could get back to work writing her wonderful books that promised all of the Mt. Oly reader goddesses years and years of reading pleasure.
And so, once again, with the help of Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage, and Mr. Potato E. Head, Princess Sabrina returned home to live Happily Ever After!
The End.
Whew! I need a drink! Thanks, guys, for playing! It was SO much fun!