An odd and very short story...

It's been a while since I've updated anything, but don't worry, I am still alive. Finals and the ICF Christmas party/outreach has kept me pretty busy these past two weeks in Seattle. I am home now back in Wenatchee, though, and it has been great joy and delight to be with my family -- those whom I love the most (i.e. Christine... there are you happy?! Oh, sorry, Rebekah.... you too...). Anyways, the three of us Milnes girls were sitting at home this evening waiting for our brother to come back, and while we were waiting, we decided to be creative. Enjoy.

Once upon a time, there was a day in the farmyard when pigs and cows thought that you could find treasure by humming the tune of “Yankee Doodle.” The dogs ate spaghetti while listening to Bach’s musical masterpieces, as the cows mooed to Charles Parry’s “Jerusalem.” This was a most eventful day indeed, for the horses danced to the tune of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” and the goats ripped shirts with their teeth to the tempo of the “Irish Washerwoman.” The chickens pecked to the tune of Handel’s “Messiah,” and the geese quacked “William Tell’s Overture.” The cats meowed to “Melody in F” by Rubinstein, and the sheep tangoed to none other than Albeniz’s “Tango.” The ducks walked in circles in time with Pachelbel’s “Canon in D,” and the pigs performed ballet in the barnyard to Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz from Swan Lake.”

The farmer could only watch.

A short story by Emily, Rebekah and Christine… who are on an academic break right now.