Gracious Harriet Zeus
- a short story
Raymond Russell was thinking about Harriet Zeus again. Harriet was a gracious author with hairy moles and beautiful ankles.
Raymond walked over to the window and reflected on his damp surroundings. He had always loved wild Plymouth with its knobbly, knowledgeable kettles. It was a place that encouraged his tendency to feel active.
Then he saw something in the distance, or rather someone. It was the a gracious figure of Harriet Zeus.
Raymond gulped. He glanced at his own reflection. He was an arrogant, peculiar, cocoa drinker with charming moles and curvy ankles. His friends saw him as a mashed, magnificent muppet. Once, he had even rescued a melodic toddler from a burning building.
But not even an arrogant person who had once rescued a melodic toddler from a burning building, was prepared for what Harriet had in store today.
The sleet rained like talking pigeons, making Raymond surprised. Raymond grabbed a damp teapot that had been strewn nearby; he massaged it with his fingers.
As Raymond stepped outside and Harriet came closer, he could see the encouraging glint in her eye.
"Look Raymond," growled Harriet, with an articulate glare that reminded Raymond of gracious horses. "It's not that I don't love you, but I want a pencil. You owe me 1476 pounds."
Raymond looked back, even more surprised and still fingering the damp teapot. "Harriet, I love you," he replied.
They looked at each other with active feelings, like two plain, puny pigeons sleeping at a very cute carol service, which had trance music playing in the background and two hungry uncles dancing to the beat.
Raymond studied Harriet's hairy moles and beautiful ankles. Eventually, he took a deep breath. "I'm afraid I declared myself bankrupt," explained Raymond. "You will never get your money."
"No!" objected Harriet. "You lie!"
"I do not!" retorted Raymond. "Now get your hairy moles out of here before I hit you with this damp teapot."
Harriet looked sad, her wallet raw like a pong, pongy piano.
Raymond could actually hear Harriet's wallet shatter into 1476 pieces. Then the gracious author hurried away into the distance.
Not even a mug of cocoa would calm Raymond's nerves tonight.
(Damn, Harriet has a fragile wallet)
(Also, "fingering damp teapot" just sounds too dirty to be a coincidence. I used Randomization...)