Gardeners Rest #18 (2023)

[Nicos]

…but she didn’t …what she did come out with though was something really really sparkly - something which had already caught the attention of the smiles….

[Florence Fennel]

Oh it's a tiara, it's a tiara, put it on me, put it on me. I look like a princess

[greenishfing]

"It's not a tiara at all, it's a medieval chastity belt, leave it alone", shouted a new voice from the doorway.

[Snoop Puss]

'Rary, you're here at last', they all said, closing ranks (more military stuff, thought Snoop) and standing on the plank with all the stuff hidden underneath it. 'Anyway, what would you know about chastity belts?', said Nicos. A thought that had also crossed the minds of the others, but which only Nicos had had the nerve to say out loud.

'It is indeed a tiara', another voice said. 'It's mine.'

They all turned to look at...

[greenishfing]

The ugly sisters who had suddenly appeared. The uglier of the two was examining the "tiara" now, while her sister started to bellow with laughter.

[Nicos]

“That’s part of JanieB’s grandpa’s rotavator” . Someone had clearly borrowed it, cleaned it up and then forgotten to return it
…and just at that exact moment who would walk in, carrying loads of Xmas decorations but Janie herself!…

[Snoop Puss]

JanieB was positively glowing. And the ugly sisters were not best pleased...

[greenishfing]

"We only came because we're in Cinderella at the village hall and wondered if anybody had a large pumpkin we could use", said one. "We heard there were some amazing gardeners here".........

[Snoop Puss]

They all looked at each other. The ugly sisters hadn't always been pleasant company at the GR in previous years. But it being the season of good will and all...

[rary]

They are definitely in the wrong place if they are looking for amazing gardeners, thought Snoop, desperately looking round for someone to palm them off to, Nicos she said in such a nice voice, could you

[Nicos]

“…mwwahf …Mahffff …mwafffff….” She ended up saying as Nicos shoved a mince pie into her mouth…then winked….

[Snoop Puss]

Seeing as Snoop was otherwise engaged, desperately trying to swallow a whole mince pie without choking on pastry crumbs, Nicos turned to Rary and said: 'Rary, I know you've grown some of those huge trombo squash this year. Probably make a nice matched pair with a chastity belt, ooops, tiara. Have you got one you could give the sisters and send them on their way?'

[greenishfing]

The "sisters" sashayed their way over to Rary. He backed out of the Gardeners Rest at speed and they followed with puckered lips.💋
" Time to party", said Nicos.

[rary]

Fortunately rary has a good turn of speed and soon was out of sight, he headed for his garden hut where he had a big bunch of keys, with which he could open a multitude of locks, then started back to the Gardeners Rest, he had only taken about ten steps, when he stopped, fumbled with the bunch of keys and removed what looked like a rather heavy key and returned to his hut, closing the door and putting the shutters up he began to trip over everything the he had left lying about, I really need to tidy this place up he thought, quickly hiding the key, actually by just dropping it on the floor, he headed back to the G. R. with the rest of the keys, and fortunately not crossing paths with the sisters, entering the Gardeners Rest he thought he better hide the keys so dropped them into his sporn, which it is whispered the idea of the tardis came from, so stepping forward he

[Snoop Puss]

stood inadvertently on one end of the floorboard that had been lifted up. And of course the floorboard flew up at the other end like a seesaw and smacked him on the head. He fell over, but not before seeing...