Sentence
The Threehundredandsixtythird
“Bramble bellowed
at sheeple,
Who bore the brunt
of his tongue,
Wherefore his words
were in majuscule,
And capitals poured
from his lung,”
and with that
irreverent thought. Roxy decided that the only way to exert some
control over this Bull of a man was to beard him and give back to him
what he gave to others – so she leapt at him, seized hold of his
beard with both hands and pulled sharply down; he roared, oh how he
roared, but she soon had him on his knees and putting her face close
to his massive left ear she yelled into it with all the volume she
could muster: “STOP, S.T.O.P. STOP!” and he suddenly went limp,
she felt the animal force drain from his body and she held him down
until he was quiet and meek and calm and then, still gripping his
beard hard in her comparatively tiny fists, she whispered into that
same ear: “I am going to let go, but if you raise your voice any
more, I will do the same again and my friends will post the
photographs of you on the internet and you will be the laughing stock
of not only the entire scientific community, but the whole world, and
I don't think you want that – it's all very well to play a buffoon
on your own terms, but not at the hands of a five foot woman, half
your size and age, am I right?” and she felt him nod and when he
spoke his words were soft and mild: “I'm sorry Roxy, truly I am, I
won't do it again, ever, anywhere,” and she let go of his beard,
stepped over to where Lizzie stood, still shaking after experiencing
the aggressive force-10-gale that had issued from the Professor's
mouth, and wrapped her arms protectively around the former Cave Woman
and told her that all would now be well, and Lizzie nodded
appreciatively and covered one of Roxy's hands with her own,
whispering a simple “thankyou, dear Roxy,” and the assembled
scientists, religious and family, all gave a sigh of relief and
applauded Roxy for her bravery in bearding the Lion in his Den!
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