Prompt Word: Odd
Minervie and Chip 73
The group, led by Cathy and Minervie stepped out into the clearing. Chip waved at Graendle from Minervie’s hip.
Graendle, voice like an old mill in a wind storm, spoke, “I recognize some of you, and others are new.”
Cathy responded, “I’m Cathy, and I have questions you might be able to answer.”
Graendle creeked more slowly, with less screetch and more groan, “Cathy, then, what are your questions?”
“Three month… moons ago… when some of these people were here the last, could you tell me what happened?” Cathy asked, starting with the most pressing question.
Graendle responded, “The angry man was yelling loudly, asking me questions, but then not listening to my answers. Then he started yelling, ‘Who is Chip?’ That is when a magic storm started.”
Graendle continued, “All of the other people ran off, one of them who wasn’t yelling, but was too close, I set into a tree on the edge of the clearing, as I did that the yelling man kept yelling. That is when the unicorn ran through, and then magic storm dissapated.”
Cindy nodded thoughtfully, “Did you cause the magic storm?”
Graendle responded, “It feels odd to talk and not be yelled at. But, no, I did not cause it. I don’t even have that much magic.”
Cathy turned her head toward Minervie and Chip, “What about…”
Graendle interrupted, “It was not Chip, I can feel his magic, but I do not know about the witch. It could have been anybody, or it could have been natural, storms do happen here sometimes.”
Cathy had turned back to Graendle, during his response, but turned back again, “Chip? How much of what Graendle said actually the truth?”
Chip looked confused, “I’ve never known Graendle to lie. He even told me when the yelling man wanted his help to hurt Gramma.”
Minervie grunted in surprise. Chip looked up, and back to to Cindy, “He even told me he wanted to help, and I told him no.”
Now Minervie turned an angry gaze toward the treant.
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