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Untagged, but this looks like fun.
"Here are the rules: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal/blog along with these instructions."
8 The catcher wears a ___ on his face.
10 The batter stands at home ___.
(Children's Word Games and Crossword Puzzles--J's, of course)
Except oops, this is closer (though under an old monitor):
Looking down, he saw to his horror that all the whitewash was running out of the bucket. He felt the rope begin to mvoe again as the bucket got lighter, and then it shot past him again as he descended to land with a bump in the middle of a sea of whitewash.
Even then his troubles werent' over. As he tried to regain his balance on theslippery floor, he let go of the rope, and with a rushing noise the bucket shot downwards again and landed on top of his head, completely covering him.
Paddington Treasury, "A Spot of Decorating"
From which we learn that, um, I have too many kids' books lying around?
"Here are the rules: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal/blog along with these instructions."
8 The catcher wears a ___ on his face.
10 The batter stands at home ___.
(Children's Word Games and Crossword Puzzles--J's, of course)
Except oops, this is closer (though under an old monitor):
Looking down, he saw to his horror that all the whitewash was running out of the bucket. He felt the rope begin to mvoe again as the bucket got lighter, and then it shot past him again as he descended to land with a bump in the middle of a sea of whitewash.
Even then his troubles werent' over. As he tried to regain his balance on theslippery floor, he let go of the rope, and with a rushing noise the bucket shot downwards again and landed on top of his head, completely covering him.
Paddington Treasury, "A Spot of Decorating"
From which we learn that, um, I have too many kids' books lying around?