Friday, July 30, 2004

New words in my block

The primacy affect is quite pronounced when it comes to learning words by Word Of the Day. The first few words are still quite clear. Flummery et al. are easily recalled, yet recent word acquisitions are not so salient in my mind. Anyhow, I am sure my story making is etching at least some of the words into my mind, like a lapidary quote on a ancient stone wall. Here is my latest mnemonic story:

The princess sat in the courtyard of the castle twiddling her thumbs, when suddenly her beau ideal for a suitor strode in. Her knowledge of charm and seduction was restricted to a sciolism of such skills observable in nursery rhymes and the folk-tales her mother told her as a child. So with a treacly song, she tried to ensorcell him.
 
On hearing her voice, his feet appeared to stick to the floor, as if glued, preventing his progress. He looked around to see her. She was jaw-droppingly stunning, and while his guard and jaw were lowered, his gaping mouth dried rather quickly. So he pulled a small bottle from his pocket and swigged from it twice.

The drink acted as a roborant, strengthening his machismo, and making his cheeks a bright incarnadine.
Momentarily, his advance toward her was halted in order to release an eructation of some note (a note much higher than you would expect). Then he came to her side and in a well-practice manouevre, reaching for her hand and kissing her from her wrist to elbow.

 
"What's a pretty princess like you..."
"Where can we go? We need a place where no-one will find us!" she interrupted assertively.
"To the aerie!" He cried. Lifting her over his shoulder, caveman-style, and ascended the stairs.

(to not be continued)

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