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Wed, 20 Jan 2010
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 The Water Sprite, well just the first bit, the rest is in the castle with Seligor.
 THE WATER
SPRITE
written originally byLjuba
Stiplova
Billy loved water. Whenever he was
left to himself at home he would always find his
way to the bathroom, and that usually meant the
ceiling ended up drenched and the floor always
flooded, in fact it usually got so bad that the
water escaped out the bathroom door and onto the
landing. The taps on the bath had always fascinated
Billy, he just loved turning them on until the
water gushed out and even then he would turn them a
little bit more even if it forced
them.
One day he did exactly that, he overdid the turning
and whoosh! one of the taps flew off like a bullet
and a fountain of water shot up into the air, there
was water everywhere. Billy stood there, his eyes
wide open staring into the water spout. the
suddenly, without any warning a little creature
popped up from the torrent right in front of Billy.
It looked slimy and very wet and it sat crouching
in the corner of the bath rolling its eyes at
Billy.
Billy
stared back, "Hm, could be a frog!" he thought. But
it wasn't. "Maybe it's a funny type of fish!" But
it wasn't. Then all at once Billy remembered a book
he had been reading and he then knew what the
curious, little, creature was, with its watery eyes
and its floppy ears and its tatty coat. It was a
WATER
SPRITE!
Then standing back, away from the bath a little he
shouted, "Hey you're a water sprite! But the sprite
didn't answer he just squirted Billy full on, till
he was drenched from head to toe. Billy didn't want
any-more of that and in a flash he was
through the bathroom door, slamming it behind him
as he left. Then he stood there , very scared, but
at the same time he wondered what the water sprite
might be up to. He listened hard pressing his ear
against the door to see if he could hear anything
bad.
But sad for
Billy the water sprite was up to a great deal. He
had collected all the things in the room, soap
dish, flannels, sponges, tooth-brushes and paste,
the mugs, nail brushes, father's best shaving brush
and shaving soap, and thrown them all in the
bath and was using them as ships, and to help them
sail he sang this cheeky little
song.
'I'm happy to be a water
sprite,
I'll live in the bath instead of the
pipe.
I'll soak just everything in sight,
So
don't disturb me or I'll strike!
This seems like
a wonderful place to stay,
I think I'll be very
happy here to play
Forever more here I shall
reign
Fed by the wonderful water
main1'
"What? Stay here in my home for evermore,"
Goodness me, where shall I bathe? Billy was now
very frightened, he could hear the noises coming
from the bathroom. Poor Billy he was almost near to
tears. Then he calmed himself down and ran down the
stairs to ask the housekeeper if she would help
him.
He ran as
fast as he could, shouting all the time that there
was a horrible water sprite in the bathroom going
berserk.
But alas, the housekeeper laughed at him saying,
"Oh Billy, whatever will you think of next! Water
sprites don't exist."
Oh
please, please come and see," Billy cried, tugging
on her apron. And so she went upstairs with him.
All this time the water sprite was having a real
treat, he was having a great sea battle, so when
the housekeeper opened the door, he gave her such a
squirt that she also was soaked from head to toe.
Then with a spin of her heel she was back on the
landing, slamming the door behind her. She turned
on Billy and cried out, "You little rascal, how
could you make such a horrible
trick!"
"But it wasn't a trick," Billy protested. There is
a water sprite honest, look he wet me through as
well."
But
the housekeeper didn't want to know, go back in
please, please," he begged. But it was too late, by
the time the housekeeper relented and went to go
back in the door was locked.
"You see, it is the
water sprite!" Billy shouted triumphantly.
But
the housekeeper still thought that it must be
another of Billy's tricks and told him to go at
once and get the locksmith, he will know how to
deal with
this.
"A locksmith to deal with me!
Ha, ha, ha, excuse me for laughing." The water
sprite laughed,he didn't seem at all worried, in
fact he felt so happy that he began to sing
again,
"Water, water,
isn't this fun,
Both hot and cold I can
run.
In so much water I can wallow
It's fresh
and clean, tasty to swallow
It's such fun being
a water sprite
Don't disturb me or I'll
strike.
Forever more here shall I reign
Fed
the the great, big water
main!"
"A
water sprite? You can't be serious" The locksmith
spluttered before roaring with laughter when Billy
told him. "I think you will find the handle is
jammed, but don't worry, come on let's go and see
if we can get that door
open."
Meanwhile
the sprite was still having a grand time . He had
sunk his third ship and was just about to sink the
fourth when the locksmith wrenched the door open.
He was so annoyed he squirted the locksmith right
between the eyes before drenching him completely.
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