When everyone in my household is away and no one is watching,
my bookshelf comes to life. Books of all kinds open and characters clamber out
of their portals. However while the heroes of the stories are released, so are
the villains. Every night a vicious battle rages of good vs. evil (the neutral
people spectate but our stories don’t really focus on them).
The weapons used are various and many, teeth and claws to futurist
plasma cannons. There are the occasional nuclear devices and intergalactic missiles
but in general both good and evil look down upon them. The only safe zone is
atop the armoire in the abbey of Redwall. There, characters such as Benjamin Franklin
and Edmond Dantes discuss political issues and seek to understand the world.
The worst war zones are the trenches atop the strange
bed. Scenes change immediately from the
battles of Verdun to the forests of ancient Europe to planets in the vast and distant
future. War, terrible war rages on and
neither side can win. Strangely as reinforcements arrive for one side the other
is equally reinforced. The battle is
eternal, the wisdom indefinite, and the quest continues infinitely.
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