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Hook's Lament
Hook's Lament
Jutilda


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Collection: March: The Illustrated Word
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: San Antonio, Tx
Date: Mar 13, 2008
Galleries: Animals, Overlays
Date Uploaded: Mar 17, 2008

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"I have often," said Smee, "noticed your strange dread of crocodiles."

"Not of crocodiles," Hook corrected him, "but of that one crocodile." He lowered his voice. "It liked my arm so much, Smee, that it has followed me ever since, from sea to sea and from land to land, licking its lips for the rest of me."

"In a way," said Smee, "it's sort of a compliment."

"I want no such compliments," Hook barked petulantly. "I want Peter Pan, who first gave the brute its taste for me."

He sat down on a large mushroom, and now there was a quiver in his voice. "Smee," he said huskily, "that crocodile would have had me before this, but by a lucky chance it swallowed a clock which goes tick tick inside it, and so before it can reach me I hear the tick and bolt." He laughed, but in a hollow way.

"Some day," said Smee, "the clock will run down, and then he'll get you."

Hook wetted his dry lips. "Ay," he said, "that's the fear that haunts me."

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

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07/29/2008 08:52:10 AM
Ominous & forboding! Nice!
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03/18/2008 11:12:02 AM
The smell of rot and fear
I move upon you very near

I'm a bone cruncher
Just a happy hard shelled muncher

No mercy, no soul
Taking you below, my goal

I'll twist and turn, you will drown
Into the depths we go down

Grim Reaper of water blue
Greatly feared without much ado

Primative yes, but I'm still here
I lay in wait and smell your fear

Message edited by author 2008-03-18 11:53:47.
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03/18/2008 03:58:39 AM
"Chilling perfection" indeed. I like this so much I am trying to write a poem for it, but it hasn't quite ripened.
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03/17/2008 03:18:01 PM
Wow, Judy, you've processed this with chilling perfection. Excellent choice of text, as well.
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03/17/2008 10:18:10 AM
Now that's one menacing looking croc! Love the red eyes and hint of red tongue! Excellent words to accompany the image, I half expect to see a bit of arm sticking out of the mouth :-)
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03/17/2008 10:11:06 AM
perfect treatment, sometimes crocs can look silly, like they're smiling, you
did a great job of making him look sinister.
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03/17/2008 09:59:41 AM
This is great! Love the evil glow.
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