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Flippersteps in the Sand
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YEA! I knew it was a prank Lisa! I just knew it! Very clever though.
Now, about this chapter....
It was FANTASTIC!!! Everything was so well written I don't even know where to begin. Of course the Rainbow Connection stuff was outstanding. I also loved Rowlf's part and Kermit bringing Melinda home to see the tadpoles hatch and meet the family and WOW! A history we didn't even know Kermit had! This is just so great and I just really can't wait for more.
Honestly Lisa, this is your best story yet. I know I say that everytime, but seriously, they just keep getting better and with this one you've added a whole new dimension or something.
All right, I'll stop rambling and ask for MORE! Please!
Now, about this chapter....
It was FANTASTIC!!! Everything was so well written I don't even know where to begin. Of course the Rainbow Connection stuff was outstanding. I also loved Rowlf's part and Kermit bringing Melinda home to see the tadpoles hatch and meet the family and WOW! A history we didn't even know Kermit had! This is just so great and I just really can't wait for more.
Honestly Lisa, this is your best story yet. I know I say that everytime, but seriously, they just keep getting better and with this one you've added a whole new dimension or something.
All right, I'll stop rambling and ask for MORE! Please!
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You know, I really wasn't planning on posting another chapter today. But, I just so happened to almost completely write one during some free time at religious school this morning. (I work first shift and hang out for second shift, so no, I was not skiving off of my duties.) And what that basically means is, I changed my mind. Here comes chapter four!
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Chapter Four
One Week Later
June 16, 1964
Kermit sat in the train with a hand on his banjo and an arm around Melinda. He watched her face as she stared out the window at the passing scenery. He squeezed her shoulder. She looked at him, smiled stiffly, and turned back to the window.
“Melinda?” Kermit said quietly. She turned to him. “Thank you,” he said, keeping his voice low.
She shifted her weight. “For what?”
“For coming to the swamp,” he said.
She looked away and shrugged. “It’s no big deal,” she mumbled.
He leaned closer to her. “We both know it is,” he whispered. “It means a lot to me.” She turned closer to him with a tiny smile. He stroked her hair and kissed the top of her head.
She grinned playfully up at him, put her hand on his head, and pulled him into a kiss.
Melinda wrapped her arm around Kermit’s neck and kept her face close to his as they strolled down the old dirt road. “Are we there yet?” she teased.
He smiled and shifted his banjo in his other hand. “No.”
“Are we there yet?”
“No.”
“Are we there yet?”
“No.”
“Are we there yet?”
“No.” By now he was scrunching his face.
“Are we there yet?”
“No.”
“Are we there yet?”
“Melinda!”
“Are we there yet?”
“Sheesh…” He wrapped his arm around her waist as she laughed. “Come on,” he said softly. “This way.”
He led her off the road and into the marsh grasses. “HI HO, EVERYONE!” he called out.
“UNCLE KERMIT!” A dozen little frogs hopped out of nowhere and tried to tackle him.
“Hi guys!” Kermit laughed. He knelt down and scooped up two of the young frogs in his arms, while a few others tried to hop on his back and landed on each other. He turned his head to look at them. “Are you okay? Be careful back there…”
“Hey, Kermit’s here!”
“Hi Kermit!”
A frog and a toad about Kermit’s age approached him. He released the younger frogs and stood up. “Hey guys, it’s good to see ya!” he said. He pulled Melinda closer to him. “I want you to meet Melinda. Melinda, this is Goggles and Croaker.” He pointed to the toad and the frog, respectively.
“Nice to meet you, Melinda.” Croaker shook her hand.
“Hi,” Melinda said.
“And let’s see, running around here we’ve got…” Kermit looked around at the younger frogs. “Ah, there’s Erik, Tom, Priscilla, Angela, Tammy, Max, George…” Suddenly his eyes were covered by another frog’s fingers. He scrunched up his face. “And that should be my sister Maggie behind me…”
“Dang it, Mit! How’d you know?” the voice behind him asked as the fingers vanished from sight.
He turned around to look at his sister. “Well Mags, you’ve pulled that on me about a hundred times too many,” he said. He put his arm around Melinda’s waist, where it belonged. “Maggie, this is Melinda, Melinda, this is my sister Maggie.”
“Pleasure finally meeting you, Melinda,” Maggie said with half a mock curtsy. “Now come on, Mit, Zachary’s having a heart attack waiting for you!”
Croaker slipped between Kermit and Maggie, offering the crook of his arm. He spoke quickly and quietly. “Escort you to the pond, gor- ooft.”
Kermit pushed him further into the swamp. “Well, we wouldn’t want to keep Zachary waiting, now, would we?” He glanced at Maggie, glared at Croaker, and led the whole group towards the pond.
One Week Later
June 16, 1964
Kermit sat in the train with a hand on his banjo and an arm around Melinda. He watched her face as she stared out the window at the passing scenery. He squeezed her shoulder. She looked at him, smiled stiffly, and turned back to the window.
“Melinda?” Kermit said quietly. She turned to him. “Thank you,” he said, keeping his voice low.
She shifted her weight. “For what?”
“For coming to the swamp,” he said.
She looked away and shrugged. “It’s no big deal,” she mumbled.
He leaned closer to her. “We both know it is,” he whispered. “It means a lot to me.” She turned closer to him with a tiny smile. He stroked her hair and kissed the top of her head.
She grinned playfully up at him, put her hand on his head, and pulled him into a kiss.
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Melinda wrapped her arm around Kermit’s neck and kept her face close to his as they strolled down the old dirt road. “Are we there yet?” she teased.
He smiled and shifted his banjo in his other hand. “No.”
“Are we there yet?”
“No.”
“Are we there yet?”
“No.”
“Are we there yet?”
“No.” By now he was scrunching his face.
“Are we there yet?”
“No.”
“Are we there yet?”
“Melinda!”
“Are we there yet?”
“Sheesh…” He wrapped his arm around her waist as she laughed. “Come on,” he said softly. “This way.”
He led her off the road and into the marsh grasses. “HI HO, EVERYONE!” he called out.
“UNCLE KERMIT!” A dozen little frogs hopped out of nowhere and tried to tackle him.
“Hi guys!” Kermit laughed. He knelt down and scooped up two of the young frogs in his arms, while a few others tried to hop on his back and landed on each other. He turned his head to look at them. “Are you okay? Be careful back there…”
“Hey, Kermit’s here!”
“Hi Kermit!”
A frog and a toad about Kermit’s age approached him. He released the younger frogs and stood up. “Hey guys, it’s good to see ya!” he said. He pulled Melinda closer to him. “I want you to meet Melinda. Melinda, this is Goggles and Croaker.” He pointed to the toad and the frog, respectively.
“Nice to meet you, Melinda.” Croaker shook her hand.
“Hi,” Melinda said.
“And let’s see, running around here we’ve got…” Kermit looked around at the younger frogs. “Ah, there’s Erik, Tom, Priscilla, Angela, Tammy, Max, George…” Suddenly his eyes were covered by another frog’s fingers. He scrunched up his face. “And that should be my sister Maggie behind me…”
“Dang it, Mit! How’d you know?” the voice behind him asked as the fingers vanished from sight.
He turned around to look at his sister. “Well Mags, you’ve pulled that on me about a hundred times too many,” he said. He put his arm around Melinda’s waist, where it belonged. “Maggie, this is Melinda, Melinda, this is my sister Maggie.”
“Pleasure finally meeting you, Melinda,” Maggie said with half a mock curtsy. “Now come on, Mit, Zachary’s having a heart attack waiting for you!”
Croaker slipped between Kermit and Maggie, offering the crook of his arm. He spoke quickly and quietly. “Escort you to the pond, gor- ooft.”
Kermit pushed him further into the swamp. “Well, we wouldn’t want to keep Zachary waiting, now, would we?” He glanced at Maggie, glared at Croaker, and led the whole group towards the pond.
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So far... so great. Loved the train ride and Kermit and Melinda arriving at the swamp... But you can't leave us hanging here at the swamp's edges... Come on, is it time for another chapter yet? Please? With a Holy Mosquitos and a cherry on top?
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I can, shall, and in fact must leave you at the swamp's edges, if I'm going to finish this reading for English class. It's on persuasion. Maybe it'll help me persuade you to nag me less... Of course, I don't expect that to happen until the Earth circles the moon. More likely, it'll help me to nag- er, I mean, persuade other writers to continue their stories. <Cough.> Dusty in here...The Count said:
Anyway, five thirty tomorrow morning is going to come way too soon, and when you take homework and play practice into account, plus that "sleep" thing, I'm not promising a chapter for tomorrow. But only time will tell. Meanwhile, see if you can't pick out a little something in chapter three that no one seems to have caught yet. It's just a small little nod, but it's there.
You like thinking, do you? And you like Kermit/Piggy cuddling? <Silly little grin> Speaking from the vantage point of someone who knows almost the entire plot line, allow me to highly advise you to keep reading as I keep posting. You're gonna like this story.Leyla said:
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I can't say enough times how much I am loving this story Lisa! I can't wait for updates and I'm sucked into every chapter from the first line! This is SO good. I want to read more!
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Yeah, I want to read more, too!
...Er, wait... Um...
All right, seriously- well, as seriously as is realistically possible, anyway- as expected, I have too much homework to post more tonight. I'm sorry! But, I will be taking short breaks, and in those breaks, I would be happy to answer semi-random questions, and otherwise chat. So I'll be skimming through the thread looking for those semi-random-yet-to-be-answered-by-me-questions that I've been meaning to answer, as well as various comments I've been meaning to comment on. Starting with this one from Beth:
And speaking of accurate history, looking a bit- okay, looking a lot into the future, I don't suppose anyone could tell me if the tribute the Muppets did for Jim took place in the theater? MuppetWiki didn't mention a setting, last I checked, and I don't think it's even mentioned in The Works. Thanks in advance!
Break time! Next:
...Er, wait... Um...
All right, seriously- well, as seriously as is realistically possible, anyway- as expected, I have too much homework to post more tonight. I'm sorry! But, I will be taking short breaks, and in those breaks, I would be happy to answer semi-random questions, and otherwise chat. So I'll be skimming through the thread looking for those semi-random-yet-to-be-answered-by-me-questions that I've been meaning to answer, as well as various comments I've been meaning to comment on. Starting with this one from Beth:
Patience, patience, the pig will come, but we've got a bit to get through, first. I'm trying to keep as close to the actual history as possible, while mixing The Muppet Movie in when the time comes. And the time will come in... aw, shoot, I forget if it's '73 or '74. I think it's '73. I'll have to check. Anyway, have I thanked The Works yet? And MuppetWiki? This whole "accurate history" thing would be so much harder without those two.redBoobergurl said:
And speaking of accurate history, looking a bit- okay, looking a lot into the future, I don't suppose anyone could tell me if the tribute the Muppets did for Jim took place in the theater? MuppetWiki didn't mention a setting, last I checked, and I don't think it's even mentioned in The Works. Thanks in advance!
Break time! Next:
A vague reference, sort of. I think I had that in mind when I picked the title, but I was really more thinking along the lines of the sands of time. See, each part of the trilogy- or series, or whatever you wanna call it/ whatever it ends up being- will have the word "Flippersteps" in the title. This one's "Flippersteps in the Sand," next is "Flippersteps of Dance," and after that is "One Flipperstep at a Time." I'll explain the significance of those titles when we get to them. If I were to explain now, it would give too much away.Leyla said:
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I'm just gonna sit here with a silly little smile of my own for a while I think. 
Speaking as a person who has been catching up on all your stories, I know I'm gonna love this story. Yay! I am such a happy girl right now! I won't begrudge you having a life outside of writing since mine is keeping me from writing too. But vacation's coming up fast! Then it'll be back to slaving over a hot keyboard. I hope you find yourself in the same boat as well. In the meantime, I'm just thrilled to bursting that you, the fantastic author of Swamp Call and Summer in the Theatre and ... sigh... I won't keep raving, but I could...you are still writing! Squee!!!!!
I like your trio of titles, nearly as much as the thought of a trio of stories from your lovely brain. Hmm... let's see if I can think of something coherent to say. Uh...Flipperstep may be the cutest word ever, for the record. Oh, and your screenname makes me start humming the song, and that's a good thing too.
You are a brave soul to take on the wild melange of Muppet and Henson history as Muppet continuity is a hard thing to track just on its own. I'm so excited to read your stories!
(I'm not half as crazy as I'm sounding right now.)
Oh go ahead, say it, "she's twice as crazy!"
Everyone's a critic.
Speaking as a person who has been catching up on all your stories, I know I'm gonna love this story. Yay! I am such a happy girl right now! I won't begrudge you having a life outside of writing since mine is keeping me from writing too. But vacation's coming up fast! Then it'll be back to slaving over a hot keyboard. I hope you find yourself in the same boat as well. In the meantime, I'm just thrilled to bursting that you, the fantastic author of Swamp Call and Summer in the Theatre and ... sigh... I won't keep raving, but I could...you are still writing! Squee!!!!!
I like your trio of titles, nearly as much as the thought of a trio of stories from your lovely brain. Hmm... let's see if I can think of something coherent to say. Uh...Flipperstep may be the cutest word ever, for the record. Oh, and your screenname makes me start humming the song, and that's a good thing too.
You are a brave soul to take on the wild melange of Muppet and Henson history as Muppet continuity is a hard thing to track just on its own. I'm so excited to read your stories!
(I'm not half as crazy as I'm sounding right now.)
Oh go ahead, say it, "she's twice as crazy!"
Everyone's a critic.