Take two. I couldn’t resist the temptation to do another Halloweensie version as one of my Really Awful Rhymes. It was fun turning the mood around from the last line of the second stanza onwards.
It was the night of Halloween
The fiercest black cat ever seen,
Came strolling through the village square,
Scaring kids all gathered there.
Then they screeched in greater fear
When a witch, too, did appear,
Swooping from above, astride
Vacuum cleaner, long and wide.
‘Free rides for all,’ announced the cat;
‘Cackle! I have come for that,’
Said the witch, ‘so you can see
What fun to be a witch can be!’
Brave Tommy said, ‘I want to try!’
And soon they chased bats through the sky;
Then, waiting turns, the rest all sat
Through spooky stories from the cat.
© Colonialist October 2013 (WordPress)
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Look into the history of witchy broomsticks.
It’s quite racy.
“Flying ointment”
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Ha! I’m sure my cat has lots of stories, but she just won’t tell them. Fun story!
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I think a witch’s cat would be particularly good at spooky stories, but any cat would have good tails except a Manx.
Thanx!
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Love the vacuum cleaner-riding witch. What a great image!
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Still cackling at the mental picture of a witch riding around on a vacuum cleaner.
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I like the vacuum-riding witch. Clever!
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“Really Awful Rhymes”? What’s with that? Judging by this, I’m not sure you’re capable of “really awful”! BTW, thank you for trying to comment on my WordPress account, but I don’t actually use that account. (Except to comment on other people’s WP accounts!) You can find my entry here: http://michellehbarnes.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-witching-hour.html
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It’s a kind of trademark thingy of mine to describe my doggerel.
Trouble with using that account is that it takes people to the wrong base. Rather use a Gravatar with links?
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Great story…loved it.. 🙂
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Delighted to have you say so!
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Is the vacuum cleaner riding witch for hire? Because someone needs to sweep my floor every once in awhile!
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Maybe she could multitask while giving kids rides over Halloween? 🙂
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If that means I can sit on the floor without squashing a goldfish cracker, then I’m in!!
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Oh, a cracker! For a minute there, I thought your floor was SERIOUSLY messy!
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Funny you should say that, because I added the word “cracker’ right before I hit post to avoid any PETA concerns 🙂
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🙂
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Love the vacuum!
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Love is nothing in tennis. A vacuum is nothing in science. Eek! Your comment is an optical illusion! 🙂
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Haha, I like the way you think!
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Tee hee! What fun. I don’t dare rhyme, but I’m glad others do!
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Glad it’s fun,
but anyone
Can get into writing rhyme –
Lots of practice, all the time!
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Love the vacuum cleaner! So fun!
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It seems to have swept the boards as the post’s main attraction!
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What fun! Love the idea of a vacuum cleaner broom!
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I’m glad – would have thought a lot of people might think it sucks!
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I’d ride a vacuum cleaner! The spooky stories the cat might tell worry me a little, though 🙂
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Yes, there is a concern that they may not have been entirely suitable!
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Getting hold of a flying vacuum would be pretty awesome 🙂
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I’d like a complete deluxe model with TV built in.
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I think you are in the wrong business…. We all want one of those vacuum cleaner brooms!
Nicely done!
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Seems far more comfortable, doesn’t it?
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Might leave a smaller carbon footprint!
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I want one of those vacuum cleaner brooms. It would make housework so much ore fun. CACKLE!! 👿
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You do realise that you’d have to make sweeping changes?
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Hehehe. 🙂
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Love the vacuum cleaner! Fun entry!
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I thought it would be a good way of suddenly introducing a spirit of levity!
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now if Hallowe’en could be that much fun each year! I’d be all for listening to cat stories while waiting for a ride with a witch.
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Makes trick-or-treating seem a bit tame!
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Hahahaha…..Great fun.
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Glad the inner child approves!
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Liewe Heksie
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She still had oldfashioned transport!
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Very versatile 🙂
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🙂 I like.
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Yay!
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Brilliant….
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Too kind!
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LOL! Great fun!
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Goodie!
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I totally love this one,,,I guess you just can’t resist writing.:) 🙂 Lucky for us!
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I was quite surprised at myself for going for a second one – but the theme was too good to resist!
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Another Poem – don’t know how you can toss off these works of art so effortlessly !
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I think the ‘works of art’ is far too kind! ‘Doggerel constructions’?
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This is great! Love the rides on the vacuum and the spooky tales from the cat. And I don’t think it’s a “really awful Halloweensie rhyme” at all. 🙂 I really enjoyed it. Nice job!
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Thanks! Glad you liked it! All my rhymes are Really Awful, though. It’s what I do!
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Love the vacuum cleaner broom. A vroom vroom!
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Oh, that is fun. A broom with vroom.
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I can’t believe you did two. You are definitely on a roll. Fantastic!
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It is SUCH a fun theme, isn’t it?
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Oh wow, Col! Totally loving the witch on a vacuum cleaner idea! Very fun!! So glad you didn’t stop at one entry 🙂
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So glad you like the different approach!
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I think it’s a terrific rhyme!
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Thank you –
I hated to repeat ‘the cat’,
But I had little choice in that! 🙂
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You’re on a roll!
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Methinks I should now rest my case!
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