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Monday 4 February 2013

#158 day sixty-four and an improvised wedding cake


Luckily, the grocery blimp was coming that morning and when Miss Wu heard it approaching she rushed outside and started signalling to McCluskey in semaphore with two handkerchiefs. C-A-V-I-A-R -&-C-H-A-M-P-A-G-N-E-&-A-W-E-D-D-I-N-G-C-A-K-E. And, again luckily, McCluskey had some spare caviar and a magnum of champagne, although he didn’t have a wedding cake on board. 
Meanwhile, all the guests went directly from the dining-room to the exotic garden and gathered in front of the Wishing Well, where Admiral Spicerack had a hair of the dog and then also took his place. Winterbottom was also there; he was the wedding steward. Skates the hotel bellboy brought in a harmonium on his luggage cart and started to play some suitable matrimonial music. 
Miss Wu, with Wildmouth’s help, quickly finished in the kitchen and they dashed over to the garden. Capt. Cookie and Ron did some quick diagnotics and re-setting in the airship and also dashed over to the garden, where the ceremony was just starting. 
Apart from the moment when Admiral Spicerack fell asleep, everything went smoothly. Tears were shed, including by Chops, who was still in the net. Tusks had rolled it around to the Wishing Well, and now he was drying the dinosaur’s eyes with a king-size hankie. BHAWHAWHAAAW! it bawled.
Then everyone went back to the hotel for the reception and scoffed all the caviar and swallowed all the champagne. There were some speeches and then Wildmouth told a long funny story that never seemed to end. In fact he was playing for time while Miss Wu and Skates the bellboy made an improvised wedding cake out of marshmallows, meringues, nougat and chocolate fingers. The lion kept the guests enthralled with the range of his thespian antics until finally the cake was brought in. There was a big cheer. HOORAY!! The enormous, elaborate cake was demolished in a matter of seconds.
Tusks had rolled the captive dinosaur into the dining-room and released it from the net. It sampled the cake with some dried parsley on top.
Then everyone piled into the airship, except for the newly-weds, who went with Admiral Spicerack in his yacht. The two craft took off and headed for Aerobot.

© David Severn 2013

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