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It Was a Dark and Stormy Challenge... (The Lines)

by BARomero

It was a dark and stormy night.

Suddenly, a shot rang out!

A door slammed. The maid screamed.

Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon!

While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury.

Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.

A light snow was falling, and the little girl with the tattered shawl had not sold a violet all day.

At that very moment, a young intern at City Hospital was making an important discovery. The mysterious patient in Room 213 had finally awakened. She moaned softly.

“Stampede!” the foreman shouted, and forty thousand head of cattle thundered down on the tiny camp.

Two men rolled on the ground, grappling beneath the murderous hooves.

A left and a right! A left and another left! An uppercut to the jaw!

The fight was over, and so the ranch was saved.

The young intern sat by himself in a corner of the coffee shop. he had learned about medicine, but more importantly, he had learned about life.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. It Was a Dark and Stormy Challenge... (The Lines)

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Are those all really from Peanuts? I’d only remembered the ‘dark and stormy night’ line. I’ll have to come back to this one.

  2. It Was a Dark and Stormy Challenge... (The Lines)

    BARomero's Buddy Icon BARomero

    Posted 9 months ago

    I believe, although I’m not 100% sure, that each line has seen itself in a Peanuts strip at one point or another over the years. They are all collected in the song, “Great Writer” from the musical, Snoopy. and here’s a link to those lyrics…

    http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/snoopy/greatwriter.htm

  3. It Was a Dark and Stormy Challenge... (The Lines)

    OrangeOreos' Buddy Icon OrangeOreos

    Posted 9 months ago

    Man, I love Snoopy and the Peanuts!

  4. It Was a Dark and Stormy Challenge... (The Lines)

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Whee, that was fun! I consider myself honored to follow in the keystrokes of Snoopy. Thanks for the challenge.

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