On
the Eleventh day of Christmas Lefty gave to me…Eleven pieces of Rope!
Inside the Duck once again, Anne
was pulled aside by Lefty, the Inglesman. Another employee of Jasper
Trustworthy, Lefty knew nothing of his background other than one day Jasper had
found him in the streets and made him his assistant of some sort. Lefty’s
reasoning for his being English was that he spoke what he called “Ingles” and
therefore he must be English. However, Anne and most others, couldn’t help but
wonder at Lefty’s nationality when he spoke Spanish and spoke with that
particular accent.
“Anne Drew!” Lefty bounced up and
down and Anne had to put a hand on Lefty’s shoulder to keep him still. “Want to
see a trick?”
“All right.” Anne agreed with a
little bit of misgiving. One could never tell what Lefty was going to do when
he started one of his magic tricks. He was a very apt magician and the children
gathered round to see what he was going to do.
Lefty started out by producing
eleven pieces of rope. “We are going to have to tie you up!” Anne, despite her
misgivings, let Lefty knot the ropes around her arms and legs. The children
murmured among themselves and giggled as Anne made faces and tried not to get
nervous as she lost movement abilities.
“Now what Lefty?” Anne tried to
keep her voice civil. Lefty finished the last knot near Anne’s ankles and
stepped back.
“I run away now!” He grinned and
scampered off. The children erupted into laughter and Anne was at a loss as to
how to fix the situation due to the fact that Lefty had also tied her wrists
together.
Fin.
Sorry about the delay. Life got in the way again and I haven't been able to post until now. I guess I'll be finishing a day late, but I'm going to stick with this and get this challenge done!
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