Saturday, July 19, 2008

the play's the thing

I've mentioned that our friends are visiting. They have a seven-year-old daughter who gets along fabulously with my daughter. They are having a great time having a weekend of sleep overs. We are having a great time enjoying them getting along so well.

For instance today, they got into Raine's dress-up clothes. First, we were treated to a fashion show. Now, you may imagine a couple of cute little girls dressing up in princess outfits and fairy wings and high heels. You would be wrong. Raine doesn't do girly. They had green horns, or green scaley hands. They had knight's swords.

The fashion show wasn't enough, though. They had more ideas... and a play was born. The princess had been cursed by the evil witch and captured. Her father had to rescue her, which, since he seemed to be married to the witch, he was able to do when he stole the key to the cell. Still the princess was cursed to have evil green horns.

In the next act, the princess and the rescuer had to fight off a dragon. It was a good thing that the princess kept a sword hidden under her robes. Together they killed the dragon and escaped the witch's clutches.

The final act found our princess bemoaning her lonely state until a prince came, and they found happiness despite her green horns and could live happily ever after. After the play, another dragon appeared, who ate the spectators and fought with the actors welding their mighty swords. It was one of the best very amateur productions I've witnessed in a long time. Unfortunately, you may not expect this play to come to your town any time soon.

PS Yes, there are some pictures, but they will have to be developed.

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