Some might describe His Lordship’s sense of humour as wicked. But, then again, many called him wicked. He told us it was art. We preferred the word revenge.
The sculpture, at the village entrance, of the donkey with its head in the sand were funny, no mistake. Except, we was the butt of the joke. Bugger had the whole settlement flattened and renamed Gone.
If only Maisie hasn’t refused him.
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Neil MacDonald Author 
Brilliant, Neil!
This made me laugh.
Sculpture of a donkey – really!
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Well it is, isn’t it?
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Excellent story – loved the voice!
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Thanks so much, Susan
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Bit unfair to blame it all on Maisie. After all, even if she hadn’t refused, I suspect is Lordship would have done the exact same thing. Nice interpretation of the prompt!
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Thanks so much, Ian. His Lordshp is a man of powerful passions and over-riding whims. It was only a matter of time. The village was spoiling his view
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Well that is about the most tangential take on the prompt we’ll see today. 🙂 Well done.
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Tangential? There’s a sign saying “Gone”. I was worried it might be too literal. Thanks so much, Sandra
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The donkey… I had to look for it.
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Dear Neil,
Wicked? Vengeful I’d say.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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You don’t cross His Lordship
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A weird sense of vengeance.
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Power has gone to his head
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I left the “donkey” alone because I really couldn’t imagine what it was, or had been. Brilliant. And poor, poor Maisie. There was no winning for her.
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Thanks so much, Linda
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I’m going to see that donkey in every post I visit now – thanks for a barrel of laughs!
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My pleasure. Thanks for laughing
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Some sculpture! Neat story 🙂
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Thanks so much, Liz
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Sounds like a real prince of a guy. May his bunions grow large, with no relief.
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That made me laugh
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🙂
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I love the identification of the ‘sculpture’ as a donkey – great spotting, Neil! Fun story in a fierce sort of way.
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I like “fierce”. Thanks so much, Penny
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Great take on the photo. I didn’t think of the sculpture, but now I see a donkey. Scary when the Lordships sense of humor is revenge.
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He is a scallwag
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Gotta admit, I had to look at the picture a bit to see the donkey after reading all the comments about it. 🙂 Nice story, although it sucks to live under that Lord.
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Tug your forelock enough and you’ll be alright
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you have a knack of seeing things i don’t see. so it was a actually the remains of a donkey after all.
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Only in his lordship’s mind
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Ah, yeah, poor donkey with the head in the sand and a penchant for causing misery to all because he feels wronged.
I got me a feeling we most of us know at least one someone who is focused on scorching earth and rewarding blind fealty. …
Happy Christmas, Neil. May better times soon unfold (and may the bad times be GONE!)
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Thanks so much
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Hahaha! Thanks for the laugh Neil! I would never have spotted the donkey in a million years 🙂
Happy holidays 😀
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I’m glad it made you laugh
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Humour is subjective. I found the story amusing all the same.
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I’m glad
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Brave Maisie to stand up to the wicked lord and refuse him. As for the donkey with its buried head – should be in Tate Modern.
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It’s on its way
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It kind of does look like a crude sculpture of donkey now that you point it out. I have the feeling his Lordship would have done that anyway. If not now, definitely later for some other trivial smite.
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I think you’re right..His Lordship always wanted to get rid of the village because it spoiled his view from the drawning room
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Some Jackas#es are smarter than others for sure. LOL! This was a hoot!
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I’m glad it made you laugh
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Lord he was a rum one. Perhaps he’d had to much rum, yet it is Christmas,
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An odd cove, I grant you
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Brilliant! All the way through from the donkey sculpture, to the butt of the joke, which I taking as a play on the other name for a donkey, the razed town being renamed Gone, to the dark streak running through the humor. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
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Thanks so much
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He sounds quite the capricious fellow. I pretty much ignored what I thought was a tree stump, but I see the donkey now!
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He will insist on having his way
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Ouch! Now that is some dark humor with emphasis on the dark AND the humor!
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Thanks for noticing both
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Oh dear! The donkey head is a great image but the slighted revenge is harsh. We’ll done
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*well*
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He is not a gentle man
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Good story Neil. Surprised he didn’t name his village Revenge. Enjoyed your take on the prompt.
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Thanks so much
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