Each week Raven Views From Raven’s Nest gives you 10 words/phrases to create a 10 Word Challenge and then up to about 8 words/phrases to do a Mini Challenge. The object is to create a paragraph using all 10 words/phrases and then the 8 or so words/phrases to do another paragraph called the Mini Challenge. Then if you want you can do a Mega Challenge by using all the words/phrases. It’s all up to you. If you click the picture above it will take you to Raven’s instructions. Post them on your blog and then make sure you drop by Raven’s Blog and put your name on the Mister Linky so the other particpants can visit you. You can even win A Dragon Award 
(Dragon’s Lair)
Ten Word:
The doctor was a very meticulous character. Every time he entered the operating room all the tools of his craft had to be in a certain place, in a certain order and in a certain pattern. He had been like this since his graduation from George Washington School of Medicine. There was no explanation as to why he insisted on this and everyone on the surgical team knew, that if they weren’t he would be in such a state of apoplexy it would make Attila the Hun look tame.
Well on this very day, a brigadier general was on the table. He dove into the shallow end of the pool, which was a perfect parallelogram, on a bet with a fellow officer and it didn’t go well. They had fifty dollars riding because of his greed. You see there was a slumber party that night for the children and everyone, young and old, had gathered around the pool to watch the event and all present saw the horrific accident. When he dove into the pool it wasn’t as smooth as a hummingbird flies, but more like splashing mustard quickly on a hot dog and bun. There was nothing casual about this dive.
Mini Challenge:
Looking down at the poor slob on the table, the doctor thought of the last words he heard from his wife before leaving to work this fine day. She told him
“Honey, Edna and I were driving down Mount Olympus Blvd. You know the one surrounded by all the birch trees? Well she was reading an article to me from the newspaper that included portraits of the arsonist that is on the loose and all of a sudden BANG. The car backfired or something. So we stopped the car and got out. Something was not in place, not in order, not in it’s pattern. We couldn’t find what was wrong and then Edna continued that car needs a needs a new muffler I’m sure of it. So would you please stop by Midas sometime today and have that checked?”
How could he have forgotten to check his tools?
Mega Challenge:
Lifting his head and taking his eyes of the contorted sole, he looked over to the nurse, who’s eyelids were now fluttering with worry at the speed that a hummingbird flies and said
“Stella. Who put out tools on the parallelogram tray?”
Stella, now feeling like she had just been put on the hot seat that an arsonist lit on fire, struggled for a casual answer. Her voice crackling as she spoke and sounding like that car needs a new muffler said,
“Why doc… doc.. doctor, it … it …. was … was … me.”
She knew her stammering wouldn’t cut the mustard with him but with all the portraits quickly running around in her head of prior misplacement of the tools and fear of his apoplexy, the words just didn’t flow out correctly. And to make matters worse, her daughter was attending the slumber party hosted by the doctor and his wife. Had seen the whole event happen in the shallow end of the pool and ran off to hide behind the birch trees next to the pool when it did. She didn’t want her greed to get the best of her, but all she wanted to do was be home with her husband to help console her poor daughter.
The doctor smiling under his mask calmly said
“Stella. It’s as if you have climbed Mount Olympus and obtained your calling. The tools are all in a certain place, in a certain order and in a certain pattern. Now, let’s proceed on the brigadier general.”
Stella, being relieved, and smiling as well, responded proudly
“Yes doctor.”
I love the way you linked all three together.
A man has to have his tools in the right place!
Thank you very much. I struggled with the words…that car’s muffler through me for a loop LOL. Thanks so much for stopping by.
Three stand alone stories that make one great story. Who could ask for more?
Well done.
Mahalo and much appreciated that you came by.
I liked the linking of the stories. I liked the surprise ending of the tools in place.
Thank you…that came at the last minute. I was going to have him explode!! LOL But glad I didn’t.
Ahhhh! Great LINKAGE here Thom! I’m so glad Stella got it right!
Thank you very much Melli
Great job. Entertaining. I’m glad Stella did well.
Mahalo Raven. Me too
I see those dragons got here ahead of me.
I really like your writing three stories that made one story. Given these words that’s not so easy.
Well done as usual.
Thank You very much Dr. John. It was difficult this week I thought.
I love the way you described the dive – very creative!
Thanks Dianne…and thanks for stopping by.
Very well done! Bravo!
I don’t think I could do it, this is far more complicated than a three word challenge. I struggle with three words, let alone this?
Yes but my Belgian Bombshell these words are much easier. Except for if you noticed, Quilly gave Raven the words for next week and they are slightly more difficult
Figures!
Great story this week Thom. Oh, by the way, I fixed the link to Raven’s site.
Thank you Rich…glad you got it fixed…I hate when I do shit like that.
Thom — I miss Devon!
That said, you have an excellent imagination. I read about the try of tools and knew it was going to be wrong. My tummy got all tense and upset and I was worried right along with the nurse — and relieved right along with the nurse when all came out well. Whew!
What the hell does Devon have to do with this story? LOL…he only comes out and rears his ugly head on Thursday. Well it almost didn’t turn out like that but then I thought I’d best change what I wanted to do and make her get it right
I, too, like how you connected your sections into one story. But I also like how you humanized the characters. The doctor might have a god-complex, but he still has to think about things like replacing car mufflers.
Thanks Cherie…I had to figure out how to make him come back to reality…Have a good one and thanks for stopping by.
Hi Thom. Great job bringing all three stories together, and making it into a happy ending. I really enjoyed the reading. Thanks so much for your visit and comment to my post this eve. I left you a comment there too.
Mahalo for stopping by Alice and the very nice comment. I’ll stop by your place and see the comment
I found the words hard this week. You did great. Love the different view points.
Thank you Nessa. I think they were hard also for some reason.
oh, you made me sweat with the poor stella!
glad you went for a happy ending (but was it so for the general as well?)
Until I just read this I didn’t even think about him. Dang…Where was my head
Oh I know, probably getting it banged with Quilly’s non-working camera 