LJIdol 3 Strikes - Week 4 - "The axe forgets; the tree remembers"

[hwango]

Oh, it’s you children again. I assure you, this is perfectly innocent gardening, and I am not burying a body. I would hope you would give me more credit than to think that if I murdered someone I would be foolish enough to dispose of their body by burying it on my own property. It would be even nicer if didn't suspect me of murder in the first

Comments

[banana_galaxy]

What a spectacular tale! I LOVED the ending, though I like to read a different meaning into it. The effort that goes into covering up your misdeeds can often lead to discovery and punishment anyway.

[hwango]

Thanks! I think that's a reasonable lesson to take from it - I did nearly do the whole "the lesson to be learned here is..." thing before I remembered that this one was supposed to be a myth, and I needed to tweak things a bit. = )

[mollywheezy]

Very well=written as always! I love your style and always look forward to what you will write next! :)

[hwango]

Thanks, it's nice to know that there are people looking forward to the next one. = )

[viagra]

Excellent work as usual! You'd think those children would learn, but maybe they like these stories. I know I do.

The line, "After all, if he’d had a good reason for killing whoever it was, then it wouldn’t have been murder at all, but justice, which is the term we use for killing people when popular opinion says that the person deserved it," really got me. :)

[hwango]

Thanks! They are weird kids, for sure. As a former weird kid, I applaud them for this, of course. = )

[tonithegreat]

Ah justice served, and by the very definition given in the story, too. This was excellent! I shall now imagine myself doing a good idol entry happy dance. Please feel free to imagine such a thing!

[hwango]

* * imagines * * My goodness, I didn't know human limbs could bend that way! = )

[murielle]

Brilliant!

Absolutely brilliant!

Aesop is turning green in his grave. :-)

[hwango]

Now there's a lovely image. = ) Thanks!