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- From: Robert.T.Warfield@dartmouth.edu (Robert T. Warfield)
- Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
- Subject: [C&H] & [Sus] Calvin finds a Happy Halfling
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.221056.10751@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 22:10:56 GMT
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- The three adventurers spent half the day searching for Happy
- Halflings, but there were none to be found. It seemed as if all the
- Halflings had left town. Calvin had all but given up hope of finding a
- guide to his favorite cereal when they passed a tavern.
- The tavern was a seedy looking joint on the edge of town. The three
- would have passed it by had they not heard a strange sound issuing from
- it. That sound was a high pitched voice crying "wheeeeeeee!" as if the
- body it belonged to was on a roller coaster.
- Inside the tavern was a strange sight indeed. The place was packed
- wall to wall with fighters and all the happy Halflings in town. Both
- groups were well on their way to getting drunk. There were bets being
- made on a most strange competition in progress. The party watched as a
- team of one fighter and one Happy Halfling walked up to a chalk line on
- one side of the room. The fighter then proceeded to pick up the
- Halfling and hurl him across the room. As the Halfling flew across the
- room he yelled "Wheeeeeee!" as loud as he could. The fighters were
- betting on how far they could throw. The Halflings were betting on
- vocal ability and landings.
- The contest was finally decided when one Halfling was thrown so far
- that he bounced off the far wall. The Halfling then did a triple
- somersault and landed on his feet. Never once in his acrobatics was
- there a break in his gleeful cry.
- Calvin shouldered his way through the crowd and approached the
- Halfling "Hey, that was neat!" he said.
- "Thank you" replied the Halfling.
- "I bet you must have had three bowls of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs
- to do that."
- "Actually, I had four bowls" the Halfling beamed proudly. He then did
- a double take. "How did you know about Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs?"
- "Where I come from, it's quite common. After all, it's fortified with
- nine essential vitamins and minerals. Unfortunately, I cannot get it
- here. So I'm on a quest for them."
- "Ooohh! I love quests. Can I come too?"
- "Sure, we need a guide to your island anyway."
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- ADMIN: Sorry it's been so long since the last Calvin. I've been
- suffering from a combination of a bad cold, a heave workload, and
- writers block.
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