Monday, November 29, 2010

Microfiction Monday #59: The Misunderstanding




No, King Charles,
you misunderstand.
The fair maiden Heather is NOT for sale.
What I asked was, 
“How much are you willing to spend
per HEIFER?”


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Micro-fiction Monday is a fun, weekly meme hosted by Susan over at Stony RiverShe provides the photo prompt and we provide the "micro-fiction", which is limited to 140 characters total. Please check out the link for some truly phenomenal stories and prose. 

25 comments:

Brian Miller said...

hehe...i can see wgy the confusiob...lol

SouthLakesMom said...

Are you sure her name isn't "Vanna"?

This is funny! Well done!

Cheryl said...

Cute one!

hope said...

Silly, deaf old Kings, thinking they can have everything. :)

Nice one!

kaykuala said...

It was a distraction rightly corrected. He could have ended up shorter by a head if he was not careful.

Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler said...

Lol.How much does he want for that leopard pelt?

Strummed Words said...

The king has his mind on other things than oxen! I had a similar take on the prompt.

Anonymous said...

LOL! Excellent! :O)

gaelikaa said...

A fun approach to the prompt. Heather/heifir. Great LOL

Peggy said...

Very nice and clever.
Have a nice week ahead!

Sylvia K said...

Oh, great one for the day! I love it! And a great laugh to start the day! Enjoy your week!

Sylvia

SparkleFarkel said...

Nothing's goes better with my morning coffee than a good cow pun! <--A Breakfast of Champions and I thank you!

SF~~~~~*

izzy said...

That is a good take ! thanks-

Kay L. Davies said...

Very good one. (And I like the "King Charles" part, subtle, but funny.)
-- K

Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

Susan Fobes said...

I'm glad Heather is not for sale!

Liz Mays said...

That made me giggle like crazy!

Jinksy said...

I like it - Heather the Heifer could go far...perhaps she would decide to hoof it?

quilly said...

Well, I totally understand the King's confusion since the young lady does appear to be leading bulls.

Dominic de Mattos said...

LOL ... King Charles needs his ears de-waxed

Nice take!

:Dom

G-Man said...

Pollyanna... :-)

Also I SO downloaded your Snuggy Pic...hehehehe
It may come back to haunt you!

Bill ~ {The Old Fart} said...

Now this was good. And would she be Camilla?

faith said...

Funny! :)

Anonymous said...

The king must have wondered why she was along for the sale?

Diane said...

Great twist on words. Cute one :O)

Kathleen said...

Oh my goodness! So clever! Now I really must go back through all of your archives because I know I missed a lot during The Move.

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