Wascana Centre; Google Maps. Image by Xinan Lui
Deep in a hole beneath the ground
lived something unusual that made not a sound.
What was it, what was it, tell me quick.
Was it a snake?
A goffer?
A troll?
A stone?
Nah, none of these things, my goslings. T’were a bone.
T’were a bone of a beast, a gigantic colossus,
four hefty legs and a long proboscis.
It was a rhinoceros?
Nay. Nay-nay-nay-nay.
T’were a bone of a trunk-tooting flummoxing lummox.
A bone nigh as big as a bloody great planet.
A bone of a great lumbering mammoth.
And I’m telling yer now, it weren’t alone.
This piece of nonsense was written for What Pegman Saw: Saskatchewan, Canada
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crispina kemp 
I love it! It has all the earmarks of a fairy tale passed down through generations! Brilliant!
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I might be going mad, cos I’m sure I’ve already replied to this. Yet I found it lurking amongst the unanswered. So, I thank you for your lovely comment. Yes, it has that feel, hasn’t it. 🙂
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😎😉
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Dear Crispina,
“‘The time has come,’ the walrus said…” This has a great Lewis Carroll feel to it. 😉 Fun. You made me laugh. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle. 🙂 You know if I can do it, I’ll come up with Fun
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Did you know that the city of Regina was first named Oskana, or Wascana, in English “Pile of bones” Creek? The natives harvested buffalo bones and piled them there to be shipped off and made into fertilizer. So, no behemoth, just a buffalo. 🙂
The behemoth bones,were crushed and buried deep in the ground; we’re mining them as potash now.
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I didn’t know that. I’m amazed. Usually I’ve done my homework first. But I’d just been watching a video about the supposed mass extinction of mega fauna at the Younger Dryas… but the mammoths continued in some places until into the current era. So I figured, get rid of the Laurentide ice sheet, maybe the mammoths would have moved in. 🙂
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I love this. You brought a smile to my face. Momma Goose sure told a good tale.
The goslings are sooooo Cute!!!!!! ❤😊
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Thanks, Jen. Wasn’t sure I was going to do this one. We can thank Tolkein. In a hole in the ground… 🙂
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I’m glad you did! Great job! 😊
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Thanks, Jen. 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Another nibbled up by the spam-bin. 🙂
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I’m lucky “Knock on wood” I don’t get spam. Only the occasional pending.
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Do you check it? 🙂
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Yes frequently. Even more lately. 🙂 Still nothing 🤞
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You’re so lucky.
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I know. But I’m worried now I’m talking about it LOL
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Yea… you’ll talk it up.
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Talk what up? 🤔😁
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The spams
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Oh that! I don’t talk about that. But we can if you want to 🙄
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🙂
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I know.
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🙂
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What a fun take. Nonsense on the nonsense!
And, ironically, I watched Ice Age last night because it was on and I am still a kid at heart who loves Disney and Pixar et al.
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Eh, I love all the kids stuff. I actually watched Polar Express the other day. It was so hyped when it came out that I avoided it.
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It played right after but I got sidetracked and ended up missing it. Dang… I can’t remember if I’ve seen the whole thing or not.
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You’d remember if you saw it, I was surprised how strong the plot
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The Polar Express is my go to movie when I need a lift. I watch it all year round.
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I’d not seen it till the other day. Yea, good movie. Though my go-to movie is Surf’s Up.
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I think I told you about the movie. But it may have been months ago. I’ve tried to find Surf’s Up, then gave up
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Sorry Jen, recovered this from Spam. Bit late in replying.
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Wow! That was “Deep in a hole”. I have to admit I did wonder about it
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Always pays to check the spam 🙂
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I do 🙂
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Then you are indeed lucky. Though mostly my spam-box gobbles up spam, at least one comment a month ends up in that place that doesn’t belong there.
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I used to have the same problem. I just checked all three of my site. ZIP! Nada!
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Grumps. Huh. No ads for male appliances? For prescription drugs, for hair pieces. I wouldn’t mind if these spammed ads were relevant to me.. But they’re not.
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Too bad. I agree it would be nice. I don’t even get choices LOL
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🙂
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Well Crispina, I thoroughly enjoyed your piece of nonsense! 😀
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Thank you, Deborah. 🙂
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What a clever little rhyme! Really enjoyed this one 🙂
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Thank you, Karen. It nearly didn’t happen. But then… the Tolkein in me stirred, and I saw a hole in the ground…
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What a clever idea, to have the storyteller be Mother Goose, telling tall tales to the children gathered ’round. And like all good fables, it has talking animals and is based on something true. What fun!
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Thanks, Joy. Sometimes inspiration bangs loud on the door. Other times she whispers so softly we must strain to hear her.
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Delightful whimsy 🙂
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Thank you. I enjoyed the writing 🙂
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Not alone? With the dinosaurs or a smilodon, perhaps?
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Sabre-tooth cats, giant sloths, and some kind of weird creature whose name I forget.
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