happy birthday to me ^_^ [and my dad]
This story, Gentle Reader, is one of magic and adventure, and is quite filled to bursting with a great many long-ago and legendary creatures. Indeed, there are so many that, to keep you from confusing the whatnots with the what-have-yous, we have included such notes as we could. Professor Algernon Aisling's journal of the voyage was helpful, and Miss Cassandra Aisling's later writings, too, were very useful. We also consulted, as frequently as patience allowed, the Oldest Professor and the renowned Book of Answers (about these you will hear much more later) as well.
Now if you don't like a story with magic and adventure and extraordinary creatures, well then! There's nothing to do but close your eyes this instant and go right to sleep. Unless, of course, you'd rather clean out your closet or write one thousand times, "I prefer to be terribly, terribly, terribly sensible."
But, Gentle Reader, if a magical journey aboard a magical ship is to your liking, come along; there isn't a moment to lose...
"The magic just goes on and on," she said.
And that, Gentle Reader, is as it should be.
-- James C. Christensen
Voyage of the Basset
Now if you don't like a story with magic and adventure and extraordinary creatures, well then! There's nothing to do but close your eyes this instant and go right to sleep. Unless, of course, you'd rather clean out your closet or write one thousand times, "I prefer to be terribly, terribly, terribly sensible."
But, Gentle Reader, if a magical journey aboard a magical ship is to your liking, come along; there isn't a moment to lose...
"The magic just goes on and on," she said.
And that, Gentle Reader, is as it should be.
-- James C. Christensen
Voyage of the Basset