1.
Now it came to pass in the days when many
toddlers ruleth, there was no dearth in the land, for it had brought forth
blessings in abundance. And a certain man of Saint Cloud-le-hem, even one
Sherwood, once of Oviedo and all his tribe, did continue to camp in the land
round about that city, near the Lake of much bass and air boats.
2.
And this people did build a patio of much bricks
made of mud and straw, and seeing the building thereof, they did rejoice and
invite-eth many to make merry upon the patio of mud and straw. And they did
make merry, they and all those that did come to rejoice.
3.
And the name of the man’s wife was Linda and she
did write much of her people’s doings both with mirth and much laughter, also
making stories of her own imaginings, which being called fiction she did
publish in abundance on a place, it being called Amazon.
4.
And their tribe did increase. Wherefore some did
journey forth out of the land of much bass and air boats, both to Texas and to
Ohio to bring forth their own righteous purposes.
5.
The Lorances did tarry in Texas, their father
even T. J. once of Titusville, going forth to the oil rig to work. And he did
telleth the youngest of them, even Boone, that should he not be good whilst his
father worketh; he, that is to say Boone, would go forth to the rig to becometh
a rig baby.
6.
Boone then sayeth, “Nay. Nay. I want not to be a
rig baby.” And Boone’s sisters did laugh much at the jest.
7.
To the north, the Zerns of Ohio, did delight in
the goodness of the land as Aric and Silas brought forth both pumpkins and
tomatoes and cabbage and cucumbers until his goodly wife, Lauren, didest say,
no more, for our cupboards be full. And Silas did ask his mother to go forth to
see “the guns, the goats, and the boys” in Saint Cloud-le-hem. And she did
sorrow to explain that this would be a trip requiring many days and much
planning.
8.
So the Stahles brought forth their youngest son
and calleth him Ender after the character in a book of like name.
9.
And the other sons did play much upon a hill of
sand at the abode of the Poppy and the YaYa, bringing forth from the ground
much and varied creations made of trash; forts and bases and castles and
kingdoms. Then Kip did make report that he and the others, being the many
children found upon the hill of sand, did “dig and dig and dig, until they
could not dig anymore.”
10. At
present, the sand hill fort boasteth both a cannon and a moat. And the children
doth count the minutes and the days that Poppy should come forth and play
“Monster,” it being a game of hide and seek in the dark of night that oft doth
leave the Poppy breathless and with leg crampage.
11. The
Zerns, Adam and Sarah and their four daughters, which did abide in the land round
about Saint Cloud-le-hem adopted for their tent a dog, his name being Rowdy. He
being a retired racing dog from the land of the east, being both tall and
skinny.
12. And
the tribe did continueth in this way, worshipping their God both in word and
deed as they brought forth many to their Sunday dinner table to both eat of the
good of the land and to talk over the many strange and curious happenings of
these the last days.
13. And
all these were the doings of our tribe in the land southward as we did scratch
our heads and wonder aloud what God must think of the silliness that the world
embraceth when left to itself. And with eagerness we did look forward to the
drama and challenge and excitement of the year which is to come, even 2020. And
I make an end. Amen.
