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the third Thingymyjig gave them a chill right down their spine. The joke
he told was a good one but the direction was spinechilling. "Head for
that peak over there" said the Thingymyjig, "the one they call
'The Mountain of Doom'". |
With trepidation in their step, they headed for and arrived at 'The Mountain of
Doom'. Almost immediately they saw the dragon puffing away nonchantly at
a stick of dynamite. With The Great Ori-cle's words ringing in their ears.
they let rip their first joke.
When do squirrels have their daily snack?
Crunchtime!
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No affect. "Oh woe is me" said Princess. "Try another
one".
Why did the mouse cross the road?
It was the chicken's day off!
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no affect. "Woe betide me", said Princess dispairingly.
"Our jokes are just like Shakespeare - really 'bard'. Hit him with the third and final joke and let's hope beyond hope
that this is the killer".
How do you make a milk shake?
Give it a fright!
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Again, absolutely no affect. "Woe, woe and thrice woe",
Princess said woefully, her face noticeably ageing by 20 years in the last
5 minutes. "What do we do now", said Prince. "We need a
miracle" and out of thin air popped The Great Ori-cle.
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"Tell him this one" hooted the owl, and whispered the joke in
Prince's ear. "It gets him
everytime" and with that The Great Ori-cle disappeared just as quickly
as he had appeared.
Did you hear about the bird that fell into the chocolate river?
It truffled it's feathers!!
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Right on the nail! Spot-on! The paper dragon folded, creased and crumpled with laughter. They eagerly
rushed past him to the shimmering, shining treasure
chest. |
Princess opened the chest up so impatiently that she nearly ripped the
lid off it's hinges. "Urghhh! The chest is full of worms and centipedes. Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. Where's the diamond
encrusted tiaras, the opal bracelets, the necklaces oozing with precious
stones etc., etc."
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"Hang on there though", she said with a glimmer of hope in her
eye. "There's 2 golden envelopes in here as well. One says 'Open Me'
whilst the other says 'No, Open Me!'"
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noticed some instructions that were written on the chest lid. She read
them out loud. "Only open up one envelope, otherwise you're doomed,
doomed I say". Princess flitted her eyes from one envelope to the
other, prayed and then settled on the brightest, shiniest most goldenest
one out of the two. |
Inside was a message which read 'Kiss the frog Prince under a star'.
She quickly and deftly made an origami star and kissed her husband.
Nothing happened. "Oh, woe is me again. You're supposed to turn into a handsome prince.
That's what always happens in fairy tales", said Princess rather
disappointingly. "Read the other envelope then", Prince replied.
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Again, there was a message inside which she read out. "Urghhh, you
kissed a frog. Rather you than me. Anyway your treasure lies within your heart".With a
dispairing tone to her voice, she said, "What's that supposed to mean.
I wanted gold, diamonds, rubies - the full works. Oh woe, woe and more woe. We'll never pay off our debts".
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no treasure here, so let's get off this crummy island now. That Great Ori-cle
has lead us on a wild goose chase", Princess angrily stated. They hurried past the dragon who
was still creased with laughter, only to be confronted by a pteradactyl. |
"Who are you?" they both exclaimed. "I'm Terry the
Pteradactyl. Pete the Pegasus got bored of hanging around for you, so I'm
here to fly you home. Hop on". On their journey home they passed many
birds and butterflies.
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With a deep sigh in their hearts, they returned home and opened the door to
their house. Ronnie, their pet rhino greeted them with an envelope in his
mouth that the postman had popped through the letterbox that day. "Not
another bill to put us into even more debt. We'll never be able to buy that
dream sailboat now. Oh, woe, woe and even more woe", said Princess
suicidely.
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to a life of debt, she opened up the letter and with aghast she looked at
it disbelievingly. 'Congratulations', the letter said. 'You've won the Mr
+ Mrs Luurve Show. The other couple who beat you into 2nd place were
fraudsters passing off as a married couple. It's your lucky day and by now
I bet you're jumping for joy and hopping around the room like a kangaroo'. |
'You've won a house, a 24 carat gold ring, an antique chalice cup and a
personal jet.
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"But we've already got all of those. They're no use to us. I want
something more, like my own personal Santa Claus who will give me presents
every day ", explained the ever so grateful and ungreedy Princess.
"Well, we can sell those prizes on Ebay and pay off all of our debts",
replied Prince.
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