7 Word Game

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crane - clown - ladder - mud - shoulder - tickle - mountain

Once upon a time, there lived a clown named Troilus. He lived on a muddy mountain with his wife, Criseyde. They had been having some financial trouble for months, but lately it had gotten to the point where they could barely afford a piece of bread.

"You need to get more money. We can't go on like this. Especially since I'm pregnant." Criseyde exclaimed as she clutched onto her belly.

"I know, I'm trying. But I don't know what else I can do. No one will take me." Troilus replied sadly.

"I know you won't like this but it's the only thing I can think of," Criseyde started, "go to the market and trade our crane for some zeny. It should go for a good 500k zeny."

"But Criseyde...you love the crane! That's what we spent all our money on to keep you company while I was out in the fields." Troilus said.

"Yeah but I will have a child soon, so I do not need the crane's company anymore. So go to the market and come back with 500k zeny! Do not trade for anything foolish. I'll be waiting." Criseyde said as she pushed the crane and Troilus out the door.

At the market, Troilus saw lots of other animals for sale. He wanted to buy them all but he knew that his wife would be furious. As he was headed for an empty spot, he bumped into an old creator named Seyran.

"Ooh that's a nice looking crane you got there. How bout I trade you for this magic ladder?" Seyran asked.

"I can't. My wife wants me to trade for 500k zeny and nothing less." Troilus said.

"Oh but this magic ladder will extend all the way to the top of the heavens and in the Heavens, lives a giant who has a lot of items and food. If you get up there, you'll be gaining way more than 500k zeny."

"Really? Hmm..." Troilus scratched his head and looked at the crane. "I suppose it won't hurt. This is the better deal anyway."

Then Troilus left his crane with Seyran and walked home with his new magic ladder.

Once he got home, Criseyde was furious.

"I told you to bring home 500k zeny! What is this? We can't even eat it!"

"But Seyran told me that it would lead to the heavens. I'll show you."

Then Troilus placed the ladder on their mountain and watched it extend up to the heavens. His wife stared at him skeptically and watched as he climbed the ladder.

At the top, Troilus noticed that he was indeed, inside the home of a giant. There were giant tables and chairs and giant breads that could last a lifetime. He went to grab the bread but then he heard a noise.

In came a giant woman. "What are you doing here? My husband will be back soon! Quick! Hide in the cupboards!" She shoved Troilus inside the cupboards by his shoulders.

"Fee-fi-fo-fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman,
Be he alive, or be he dead,
I'll have his bones to grind my bread." shouted the giant man who came into the room.

While the wife was trying to distract the giant man with pork chops and turkey, Troilus crept out of the cupboards and down his ladder with a giant bread as fast as he could!

When he came home, his wife was pleased with the bread. They ended up living on that piece of bread for the rest of their lives and poverty never tickled them again.

The End.

Note: That was a parody (or rewritten) version of Jack and the Beanstalk, if you guys didn't notice. -smiles- I hope you enjoyed it!

New Words:

magic - speaker - devil - sorry - rip - marker - stalk