How Frank Got Called A Dolt
At last he'd found it, and neither creature nor audience had seen him.
Quietly locating an optimal position, he pointed his camera where the appendage giving the projector beetle it's name, also pointed, in order to film a silent film of a Charlie Chaplain channelling ant, umbrella battling a raindrop, the screens' thin, unobtrusive body joining, rather than separating, the wing halves of the picture.
Later, back at the office, Frank interrupted his boss spooning cough mixture into her mouth.
After starring grimly at the filmed film, she snapped. 'You dolt. I asked for footage of a *Cinnabar* Moth .'
- Category: Fantasy
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Neville Hunt almost 4 years ago
Hahaha! Love it Jamie. I was taken in right until the end. I hadn’t expected it to be a shaggy beetle story!
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Jamie Clapperton almost 4 years ago
Thanks Neville. ;-)) Projector Beetles are shaggy but guess you probably know Cinnabar Moths are prettily real :-)
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Christopher almost 4 years ago
Ha! Well, I just looked up a cinnabar moth, never having seen one before, and I can't believe I'm typing these words but that's the prettiest moth I've ever seen.
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Jamie Clapperton almost 4 years ago
Lovely aren't They? Ever seen a Ruby Tailed Wasp?
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Christopher almost 4 years ago
I just looked it up. It doesn't even look real! It looks like that was painted on!
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Jamie Clapperton almost 4 years ago
Well if you think that was painted on , I have only three words to say . 'Golden. Stag Beetle.' ;-)
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Christopher almost 4 years ago
Oh wow. Yeah, those too.
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Jamie Clapperton over 3 years ago
Ta Drew. :-)
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VerityAlways over 2 years ago
I've never really looked at invertebrates this way, Jamie! You have a penchant and peculiar inventiveness!
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Jamie Clapperton over 2 years ago
Thanks so much verity. ;-)
