The Lotht Thimble - Prologue
Lucy Satterthwaite began frantically threading her embroidery machine as the footsteps drew nearer. Her ancestry had prepared her for this moment, but she had hoped it would never arrive.
A quick pass through the eye of the needle, then load the computer program.
Sliding the CD back into its storage slot she heard a dull “Thud” as the one-eyed dwarf misjudged his distance from the workroom door. Muffled curses preceded the intruder into the back room of the dry cleaners.
Staring blankly at each other, Lucy finally broke the silence.
“You’re supposed to ask me where it is.”
”Where what is?”
”I can’t tell you.”
”Then why would I ask you?”
”Don’t you work for the albino that’s trying to obtain the secret?”
”No, I’m just here to get some pants altered.”
Lucy shuddered, knowing this would involve threading another machine.
Cool! A serial sewer.
That sounds wrong.
Cool! A Seamstress Series!
Cheers,
Mitch
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Actually, Mitch, "sewer" might be the better term for this piece.
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Thanks! Finding good fitting pants IS an epic tale!
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Does it wear a little robe and perform musical numbers for tips? Might be a different squirrel.
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Sounds like a conspiracy to me.
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That's one theory.
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