Disclaimer: the poem is MINE! other than that, no owny.
Purely for enjoyment, folks. Don't ask. You don't want to know.
Chapter Twenty One
And Intermission in Which We Have, For Entertainment, Angsty Mice! Live!
"Halt!"
The two blue gremlins - the male and female ones from Ch. 19 - stared at the mousie who had said 'halt!'
"Halt!" repeated the mouse. "Sorry, I just like saying that."
"Uh huh." the female gremlin, who went by the name of Ikki-Ikki Batangzuwoon -
"Um, actually, it's Náessë."
Whatever. The female gremlin, who went by the name ofsaid dryly.
"Well." the mouse paused. "Oh yeah! To Enter the Concert Hall - otherwise known as the Inn of the Last Home - you must answer three questions. Not four, not two - except in the circumstance that you will then proceed to answer three - and definately not five. Five, thou shalt not answet. Gotcha?"
"Yeah." the male nodded.
"Ok - you, girl, will be first."
"Ok."
"What - is your name?"
She took a deep breath. "Náessë Telemnar Ánië Tinúviel Lúthien Culnámo Eärwen Nénmacil."
"What - is your quest?"
"To annoy the heck outa every living being on this planet."
"What - is your favorite color?"
"Blue."
"Ok." the mouse shooed Náessë Telemnar Ánië Tinúviel Lúthien Culnámo Eärwen Nénmacil along. Turning to the male, the mouse said:
"What - is your name?"
He likewise took a deep breath. "Maeglin Eressë Coamenel Nápoldë Eledhwen Tamuríl Tári Rúmil."
"What - is your quest?"
"To get in."
"What - is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
"Which one? European, African, or Krynnish?"
"Huh?" the mouse blinked. "I don't know that - AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
The mouse disapearred in a puff of orange smoke.
Maeglin Eressë Coamenel Nápoldë Eledhwen Tamuríl Tári Rúmil - who will be now known as just Maeglin, just as Náessë Telemnar Ánië Tinúviel Lúthien Culnámo Eärwen Nénmacil will be known as just Náessë - shrugged and followed Náessë.
Inside, the mice stand on a round table in a circle as the gremlins, blue or otherwise, kenlims, blue or otherwise, and kender, blue or otherwise, corwded about the table. A few mice are outside the circle and are playing instruments. Five step forward and begin with:
"Angsty mice have a hard, hard life.
They live and die in pain and strife
Most get their tails cut of my a knife!
Oh, us Angsty Mice have a hard, hard life."
The remaining mice begin dancing as three more mice step forward and the first five step back and look Very Important.
"We're Angsty Mice
And by the gods, we have a hard hard life!
We cry all day
And shriek o-hay!
Oh, us Angsty Mice have a hard, hard life."
A mouse swings by on a minature curtain suspended in midair and crashes on the table.
"We have a haaaaaaaaarrrrrddddddd hhhhaaaaaaaaarrrrrddddd liiiiiiiifffffeeee!"
More dancing; a mouse skeleton dangling from the local cat claps in tune with the rhythm.
"Such a hard, hard life we do have
Hamstrung by our little calves!
No, no, no, we get cut in half!
Oh, us Angsty Mice have such a hard life!"
A group of female mice hold up a picture ofa raindrop;another group, this time of males, hold up their mouse-sized sequined vests.
"It's a busy life being all angsty-"
Two mice of the group of three step back and the mouse who didn't step back steps forward - everyone got it? - and:
"I haaaavvveeeee toooooo crryyyyy aaaaa llllooooooooooottttttt!"
This time everyone began dancing as the music winds down. All the mice bow and run back into their hole before the Very, Very Bad Cat could get them.
"No, let's not go back to the old mousehole." a mousy, sqeaky voice was heard. "It 'tis a silly place."
"Yeah. And, after all, it's only a model."
The listening gremlins, kender, and kenlims, blue or otherwise, turned to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, then to eachother, then to the table, then to the mousehole, shrugged, and walked away.
Maeglin and Náessë's names came from an Elvin Name Translator. Type in Elvin Name Translator on your Ask Jeeves and it's come up. I don't own the names.
The gremlins, however, are mine.
Thanks for reading, and please review!
Note - I took out all the other lyrics 'cause I didn't want my account pulled. Sorry.
Maeglin and Náessë's names came from an Elvin Name Translator. Type in Elvin Name Translator on your Ask Jeeves and it's come up. I don't own the names.