Down The Rabbit Hole

There now! Wasn’t that a lovely little tumble?? * Dusts off her skirts and tucks a curl behind one ear* 

I’m SO glad you came.… I always do enjoy it immensely my own self, but it’s twice as much fun with company (; 

Do come along, now…. Just one more corner to tiptoe around, and we’ll be there!! Only, WHICH corner you tiptoe ’round will make rather a big difference in where we end up, you see, and consequently, where “THERE” is….

What’s this you say? Are you absolutely certain we must tiptoe, Emi? Is this really so critically important? Why exactly can’t we just walk in like well-behaved-and-brought-up individuals?? Well now…. 

To be perfectly honest with you, I don’t know ‘xackly what the real reason is myself! But I’ve always thought it safest to stick to the rules all the same…. Because “something might happen, it’s hard to say what”, you know!! And besides, it’s fun (; 

But back to the corners, and which to go ‘round!! We really must choose one, y’know, or we’ll just never get anywhere…. And, while that might be fun if we’d thought to pack a picnic, too many hours stranded without so much as Raspberry Soda are never overly pleasant!!

Now, I know I’ve got a map with me here someplace, let me check my pockets…. Ahhh, here it is!! So…. Just holler when you see the right place, ‘kay?  Ahem. It says here that two lefts and a quarter turn will take us directly to the Scribbler’s Snug, which is always a glorious place to play Rainy Day in…. *Continues reading aloud* Double back 3 paces and peer over your right shoulder, (or just turn around, that works too!) and you should see a darling bit of a cottage, all crimson-splashed and vine-wreathed…. The pride of all Wordingly Lane, it is! 

Or at least, if we are to believe everything the map says. It seems to be an extremely detailed sort of a thing, doesn’t it? Must be about half GPS, too, from the looks of it. Anyways. Carrying on!!

“Merrily Yours”…. Jeepers, now what do you suppose that means?? Could be just about anything, looks like, just so long as it’s jolly! Shall we hazard a peep?? It’s just back through that little gap in the picket fence over yonder, the map says, across the meadow…. See, where all the little Fairy Glass rainbows are oh-so blithely dancing! Oh, I feel precisely like a Wise Man (er, girl. Of less-than-monumental wisdom. But still!!!)  following a star, don’t you?? Provided, of course, we decide to go that way.

It looks like it is to be a toss-up between these three…. Because the rest of the map appears to have bathed luxuriously in over-steeped tea at some point, and the ink has run…. All except where the kitten walked first on my still-wet-with-ink scribble, and then on the map, as a matter of course. That part is bee-yoo-tifly clear. (And that incident, by the by, is also why we named him Smudge)

Of course, one must always keep in mind that there are a very great many side tunnels and nooks-and-crannies that even I haven’t deeply explored yet, and there IS always the delicious possibility we could get lost…. Just a little bit lost, you know, because we’ve got the map, but we can always sit on it and play Pretending!

But regardless, now is the time for action!! We must simply choose a route, and sally forth with both courage and appetites whetted for adventure. Are you ready? Well then, press the red button!! No, wait. Actually, pardon me, it’s a blue button… Slip of the tongue ;p

But the instructions remain the same! 

Here, you may borrow the map (;

The Scribblers Snug

721 Wordingly Lane

Merrily Yours

Dear me🫢 I just counted, and there are quite literally more than half a dozen quotes, references, and nods-to-literature here…. 

In this Deciding-Where-To-Go place alone!! I knew I was bad, but I didn’t know I was THAT bad…. However, dreadful as that really is…. Let me know if you spot any of them (; Like Julie before me, I adore comments the way most girls love chocolate….