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"Art, Like Cookies for the Soul" ~ Nancy Lee |
Chapter 6
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Author Jen Anne
Once Upon a Time
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Photographs are copyrighted by Jennifer, shared here with her kind permission.
~ Story written by Jen Anne of Penwith (UK) in June 2009 ~
Graphic design, editing and website coding by Nancy Lee Moran of USA
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Money Makers
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Ashley and Demelza are in disgrace. The telling-off by Gardy has reduced Ashley to tears. Demelza is made of sterner stuff, and she has made a great effort to explain to Gardy that it was all her fault, that Ashley only went to the fair because she did not want Demelza to go alone.
Gardy may be impressed by Demelza's honesty. Also she is distracted by Demelza's request to borrow a book that was lying on the desk.
"Gawain and the Greene Knight? Well, yes, of course. But you won't understand that text. It's in a Middle English dialect. Let me find you a translation. You know it was written hundreds of years ago."
"It helps to know how Gardy ticks," Demelza explains to Ashley as they go back downstairs.
Nevertheless the upshot of the girls' escapade is that they are docked three weeks pocket money. And this just before the big Golowan weekend, when funds are definitely required. A plan must be hatched to make money.
Demelza called a meeting round the kitchen table (Cook Mrs. Blazey had the day off). "Ideas?" she asked briskly. "I have one I'll mention right away. I suggest we get hold of Mrs. Blazey's famous brownie recipe, make some, and sell them in Morrab Gardens."
"But what can we use for ingredients?" Ashley asked. "We can't just take them from the kitchen for ourselves. That would be dishonest."
Demelza clicked her tongue in exasperation. "Well then, perhaps Esme and Chloe can contribute. We'll make it back and then some."
Esme didn't mind, but Chloe protested loudly at the prospect of raiding her stash. She was overruled. |
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It was not an unqualified success!
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Esme said she had a better idea. She would print up some of her poems, Gardy would surely let her, and then she would sell copies in the street.
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At first she would not go far from the garden gate. But at last she was persuaded to go and stand outside the Acorn Theatre.
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There were still not many takers, but at last a woman came out, and bought one.
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She liked that one so much that she asked to read more and sat on the steps to look at them. Then she asked Esme whether she would like to read one at Tongue Pie that evening. (Tongue Pie was the first event of Golowan, an opportunity for local story-tellers to entertain an audience from the Acorn stage).
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The Asian BJD (ball jointed doll) is Elfdoll Ryung dressed Gothic style in clothing by Ospirit in Japan and by Elfdoll.
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Chloe announced that she fancied doing some busking near the Market building in the town centre. She would put on a show of singing and acrobatics, and people would throw money into a hat.
"Don't talk rubbish!" scoffed Demelza. "Who in their right minds would pay to see that?"
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She started off near Esme at the Acorn Theatre. But there were no more talent spotters about now!
So she moved on to the prime pitch in front of a mildly interested Humphrey Davy whose statue graces the front of the old Market building, and looks down Market Jew Street.
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No shrinking violet, Chloe!
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She had put some bright chocolate money in her hat to encourage the audience. The other girls hovered in the background.
"This is the most embarrassing moment of my life," groaned Demelza as a crowd formed. But a few minutes later: "Is that a pound coin in her hat?"
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Chloe gave the Cornish anthem "And shall Trelawney die?" a lot of wellie, and the coins showered down.
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"Surprised you, didn't I?"
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On Sunday evening a rather nervous Esme, armed with a smart folder provided by a proud Gardy, entertained a receptive audience with three of her best poems including one about her visit to Madron Well.
"Very nice," said one kind lady afterwards. "Much nicer than those young men, with their swearing and talk of drugs."
There had been two other poets with a more cutting edge style, amongst the older regulars with their tales of the past in heavy dialect.
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Note from Nancy Lee about Jen's doll stories:
Jen's dolls go into each setting of the story, in real life! No Photoshop tricks or faux backgrounds! Jen likes the challenge of taking the dolls out into Cornwall, where the scenes and emotions of the stories become real to her as an author.
Credits for doll clothing:
Chloe and Esme wear outfits by Ulla Designs.
Chloe's red-silk performance outfit is from doll.creations, while Esme wears a Hankiecouture dress for her poem reading.
Ashley has a Boneka creation from Dollworks.
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