Day 7

Vignette noun: a brief evocative description, account, or episode. 

Today we were focused on a type of writing known as a Vignette.  To start off we learned about the process of creating a Vignette with 5 easy steps.  And below are some that I created.  WARNING MAY CONTAIN TERRIBLE RHYMING, PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Brown Bear:

Billy the Bear is big as a bolder but soft as a llama

Brown as the earth and tougher than steel

By standing, he’s a tower of power.  Ferocious, I hear

But there is a secret this bear doesn’t hide

Billy, you see, invented the bear hug!

Bungling bears (most are) try and fail

But their victims get scooped up in a pail

Bear hugs are harder to master it seems

Brown bear Billy can give you a most pleasant squeeze

By chance you see Billy in the woods

Be sure to ask for a bear hug, if you could

By way of advice, I ask you to know its

Billy the Bear as others may not let you go.

Gosling Feet

Sally:  Hey!  Have you ever thought about a gosling’s feet?

George:  Really? No, not recently.

Sally:  Their feet are webbed.  They are as webbed as a Darwin’s Bark spider’s home?

George: Wait, wait!  I read that web was 82 feet across and no goose is that big.

Sally:  All right, I exaggerate.  But the gosling’s webbed feet make it a terrific swimmer.  They can even beat Michael Phelps in a race!

George:  More hyperbole, I presume?

Sally:  OK, smart guy.  What do you notice about the goslings?

George:  You know, they remind me of penguins, because they can’t fly either.

Sally:  Makes sense.  Actually, they remind me of velociraptors, because they don’t have their wings yet.

George:  Technically, they do have the wings of the youth.  They just can’t fly.

Sally:  Technically!  Technically?  You do belong in the STEM school.

George:  OK, I buy that.  But I do have a softer side.

Sally:  Prove it, if you can.

George:  The gosling’s best feature is that adorable beak.  Small , but not too small to be astonishingly cute.  How’s that?

Sally:  For me it’s the tiny brown feathers I like so much.  You do know why the feathers are such a deep, dark brown?

George:  No, why?

Sally:  Because they don’t stop fertilizing the earth, except to sleep.  One fat worm shaped goose poo at a time.

George:  But, I think you’re forgetting winter when they migrate south.

Sally:  Sidewalks, my friend.  I present the prosecutions Exhibit A…  Look down, what do you see?

George:  Whoa.  How did we get from fertilizing the Earth to Dayton sidewalks??

Sally:  Geese fly to Dayton to winter annually, right?  And they poo on the sidewalk turning them brown and fertilizing the area.  I rest my case.

George:  I’m sure there is no winning this argument.  Goodbye!