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“Dummy!”
Melissa swung her eyes round.
“Dummy, here!”
It took an effort to move her head. She wasn’t doing that till she knew who was calling. “Who are you?”
“I am the Mighty Quin.”
She laughed, though she kept it inside. How embarrassing if she cracked. “The what… Quin? What’s that?”
“That is my name.” He sounded offended. “Quin son of Conn.”
“Oh, you’re of Irish making?”
“You sound surprised.”
“I thought you more likely Chinese.”
“Quin son of Conn of the House of Mannequins.”
85 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Mannequin
crispina kemp 
Love this lighthearted tale.
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Thank you, Sadje. I saw Mann-e-Quin. So obviously he was the Mighty Quin, a Man-Quin
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Cute.
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🙂
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That was a fun and lighthearted take on “Mighty Quin”, the “Mann-e-Quin” 🙂
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Thank you, Dale. Inspired, it just flowed into my mind 🙂
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That’s always fun when that happens.
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I’m so deep into writing & edits, that I have to be swift on these prompts, otherwise the work wouldn’t get done
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Ahhh… What are you working on now?
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The Hare & Adder. Hope top publish mid summer 2023
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You are so very prolific, my friend!!
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Thank you. I’m about to start promoting Roots of Rookeri for pre-order (e-book only so far)
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Busy bee!!
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Too busy. I’m not getting time to relax. Though I do insiSt i take a break ffrom Twitter in the afternoons/evenings…. except for a hot dm
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Of course you are not giving yourself time to relax… Hot DMs are always acceptable.
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DM’s gone. Deactivated. Time to relax.
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Good. If that’s what you need to do!
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But Sir Knight remains (from summer 2020), he’s become a very caring, loving friend.
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That is wonderful 🙂
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So, that answers the WHY??? that was my chant at the time.
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🙂
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🙂
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So of course I had to go listen to the Manfred Mann version of the song.
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I remember liking that song! 🙂
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I love this 🙂
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Thank you, 🙂
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I liked the wordplay with the prompt. Very clever!
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Thank you. I enjoyed the doing! 🙂
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Interesting take. Nicely done, Crispina.
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Thank you, Bill 🙂
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