Prompt Word: Desert Minervie and Chip 37 “Thomas Parnell? He died.” said the professor. “Oh, I’m so sorry,” Minervie said. The professor added with a bit more cheer, “They named this building after him when it was completed a few years back.” Minervie was definitely having a lot less fun with this now. Getting back to her main story, “I heard there was a pitch demonstration to see, do you…”...
Prompt Word: Park Minervie and Chip 36 Having taken a Brisbane River ferry to the St. Lucia ferry stop, Minervie walked with purpose through the university campus until she stood upon the Great Court. It along the rest of Queensland University had been built on the former land of Victoria Park, but of course even that had once been Barrambin, “The Windy Place”, in the language of the Turrbal people. To her left was her target, a fairly recently built building....
Prompt Word: Excuse Minervie and Chip 35 Peter and Chip were sitting together at the breakfast table giving Mindy a bit of a headache. Peter burped, followed by “excuse me.” Then Chip burped a little longer, followed by “excuse me.” Then Peter burped longer still, “excuse me.” Both kids were snickering. Mindy decided that this wasn’t a battle she had energy for, so she picked up her coffee and went out to the parlor....
Prompt Word: Pitch/Firm Minervie and Chip 34 Minervie said, “You’ll be staying over with Mindy and Peter for two weeks, it’s my turn to go to Queensland.” Chip replied, “What are you going to queeze-lan for?” Minervie was packing, and not being careful in her reply, “Oh, it’s a long running joke, but one of us always goes to make sure nobody sees when the pitch falls.” Chip was excited, “I want to go see the baseball game!...