Captain Jack and the Teapot of Doom
February 14th 2007 07:42
Hal 2007 copyright
This is another short story from the depths of my writers group and we had to include a teapot, maneating plant and the third item escapes me, so enjoy.
Captain Jack and the Teapot of Doom
It was the night before Christmas and Mrs Dudley was getting everything prepared for when her family visited the next morning. Although looking around her kitchen, it resembled the scene from the food fight in the movie Monte Carlo or Bust as there were used cake tins, pudding mix bowls, flour, empty packets scattered all over the table and work tops.
But as Mrs Dudley always said ‘You can’t make a pancake without breaking a few eggs or was it an omelette? Oh she always got that muddled up she thought to her self with a chuckle. But she was looking forward to seeing her granddaughter again as she always had the most outlandish tales to tell and had such a vivid imagination, so usually after dinner Karin would tell them her latest story. Mind you there was that time when something strange happened at her school which involved her friend Erin and someone called the Doctor?
Mrs Dudley shook her head ‘kids they have such fun at our expense’ she thought with a smile.
Just then she heard a noise like the cat flap door banging shut, but it couldn’t be her cat as he passed away a few months ago.
‘Well I’ll be blowed’ she exclaimed upon seeing a black teapot sitting on the kitchen floor. Now this is strange Mrs Dudley thought as she didn’t own a black tea pot.
‘Oh it’s one of the neighbour’s children playing a joke on me she realised.
Hmmm don’t need another one, so I will put it in the bin she decided but then just as she touched it with both hands, its colour started to change to a swirling hypnotic pattern and Mrs Dudley found she was unable to look away.
‘Yes of course I will’ Mrs Dudley answered in a flat monotone voice, an expressionless look on her face as she placed it upon the kitchen dresser where the light seemed to be absorbed by its surface.
Mrs Dudley stood staring at it until she suddenly said ‘I obey’ and left the room, turning out the light as she did so. The room was dark for a moment, then a bright beam of green light shone out from it, passing through the kitchen window and into the green house, bathing the tomato plants in an eerie green glow for a few moments before it ceased, leaving the kitchen and green house in darkness where it waited until morning.
The next day Mrs Dudley got up and had the most shocking headache ‘oh my, I’d better take something’ she thought to her self, paying no attention to the teapot that sat on the kitchen dresser as she pulled open one of the drawers and opened the packet of headache tablets.
While she was filling a glass of water from the kitchen tap, she noticed something strange in her green house as she looked out of the window.
‘That’s odd, it looks all overgrown in there?’ And she was just about to investigate when there was a knock on her front door.
Never mind I will look at it later, she said to her self as she opened the front door.
‘Gran Happy Christmas’ Karin said running, giving the old lady a big hug.
‘Merry Christmas too Karin’ she replied with a smile before realising that Karin’s parents weren’t there but her friend Erin and a funny sort of man was.
‘Mum and dad had to rush Billy to the hospital as he fell off his bike and my friends has no where to go for Christmas, so thought they would be welcome here?’
‘Hello Erin, good to see you again’ she said giving her a smile.
‘And you Mrs Dudley’ Erin replied.
‘Now who might you be?’ Mrs Dudley asked the man in an enquiring but cold tone.
‘I am the Doctor, very pleased to meet you as Erin said your cakes are worth travelling across time for’ he replied with a giggle, which in turn set Erin off and although Karin didn’t quite get the joke, she started giggling too.
‘Hmmph , you don’t look like a doctor to me, Mrs Dudley replied looking at his basketball boots and dated suit.
‘Well you had all better come in then’ she added motioning then all inside.
‘Thank you very much’ the doctor replied as he followed the two girls inside.
‘This way into the kitchen’ she told them opening the door.
Just as they entered, there was that sound again of something coming through the cat flap.
‘Oh look what a cute cat and look its wearing a denim jacket’ Karin said in surprise.
At the mention of the jacket, the doctor rushed past them all and dropped to one knee ‘Hello Captain Jack’ he gushed tickling the cat under its chin.
‘Oh yes very well doctor good to see you too’ he replied in perfect English.
The doctor turned around saying ‘Can I introduce to you, the one and only Captain Jack’.
Both the two girls stared in amazement, speechless but Mrs Dudley had a snarl forming across her lips and was about to say something when the doctor stopped her by holding up his hand.
‘Now then, I think there might just be a little bit of jiggery pokery going here’ she said with all knowing smirk on his face.
‘Oh pray do tell then’ Captain Jack said rolling his eyes.
‘Well we have you here all of the sudden, this lady acting all strange and that teapot sitting over there, which is actually a Corillion prison capsule’ he told them confidently.
‘What?’ Both the girls exclaimed.
‘Yes very good doctor but you might forgotten one small thing?’ Mrs Dudley said in that strange mono tone voice.
‘Oh and what would that be? He replied.
‘My man eating plant behind you’ Mrs Dudley replied.
‘Oh c’mon you don’t expect me to fall for that one do you?’ the doctor replied with a smile.
‘Um doctor, I don’t think she is lying’ Erin cried out pointing behind him.
The doctor looked around to see a ten foot man eating tomato plant trying to open the window.
To be continued……………………
This is another short story from the depths of my writers group and we had to include a teapot, maneating plant and the third item escapes me, so enjoy.
Captain Jack and the Teapot of Doom
It was the night before Christmas and Mrs Dudley was getting everything prepared for when her family visited the next morning. Although looking around her kitchen, it resembled the scene from the food fight in the movie Monte Carlo or Bust as there were used cake tins, pudding mix bowls, flour, empty packets scattered all over the table and work tops.
Mrs Dudley shook her head ‘kids they have such fun at our expense’ she thought with a smile.
Just then she heard a noise like the cat flap door banging shut, but it couldn’t be her cat as he passed away a few months ago.
‘Well I’ll be blowed’ she exclaimed upon seeing a black teapot sitting on the kitchen floor. Now this is strange Mrs Dudley thought as she didn’t own a black tea pot.
‘Oh it’s one of the neighbour’s children playing a joke on me she realised.
Hmmm don’t need another one, so I will put it in the bin she decided but then just as she touched it with both hands, its colour started to change to a swirling hypnotic pattern and Mrs Dudley found she was unable to look away.
‘Yes of course I will’ Mrs Dudley answered in a flat monotone voice, an expressionless look on her face as she placed it upon the kitchen dresser where the light seemed to be absorbed by its surface.
Mrs Dudley stood staring at it until she suddenly said ‘I obey’ and left the room, turning out the light as she did so. The room was dark for a moment, then a bright beam of green light shone out from it, passing through the kitchen window and into the green house, bathing the tomato plants in an eerie green glow for a few moments before it ceased, leaving the kitchen and green house in darkness where it waited until morning.
The next day Mrs Dudley got up and had the most shocking headache ‘oh my, I’d better take something’ she thought to her self, paying no attention to the teapot that sat on the kitchen dresser as she pulled open one of the drawers and opened the packet of headache tablets.
While she was filling a glass of water from the kitchen tap, she noticed something strange in her green house as she looked out of the window.
‘That’s odd, it looks all overgrown in there?’ And she was just about to investigate when there was a knock on her front door.
Never mind I will look at it later, she said to her self as she opened the front door.
‘Gran Happy Christmas’ Karin said running, giving the old lady a big hug.
‘Merry Christmas too Karin’ she replied with a smile before realising that Karin’s parents weren’t there but her friend Erin and a funny sort of man was.
‘Mum and dad had to rush Billy to the hospital as he fell off his bike and my friends has no where to go for Christmas, so thought they would be welcome here?’
‘Hello Erin, good to see you again’ she said giving her a smile.
‘And you Mrs Dudley’ Erin replied.
‘Now who might you be?’ Mrs Dudley asked the man in an enquiring but cold tone.
‘I am the Doctor, very pleased to meet you as Erin said your cakes are worth travelling across time for’ he replied with a giggle, which in turn set Erin off and although Karin didn’t quite get the joke, she started giggling too.
‘Hmmph , you don’t look like a doctor to me, Mrs Dudley replied looking at his basketball boots and dated suit.
‘Well you had all better come in then’ she added motioning then all inside.
‘Thank you very much’ the doctor replied as he followed the two girls inside.
‘This way into the kitchen’ she told them opening the door.
Just as they entered, there was that sound again of something coming through the cat flap.
‘Oh look what a cute cat and look its wearing a denim jacket’ Karin said in surprise.
At the mention of the jacket, the doctor rushed past them all and dropped to one knee ‘Hello Captain Jack’ he gushed tickling the cat under its chin.
‘Oh yes very well doctor good to see you too’ he replied in perfect English.
The doctor turned around saying ‘Can I introduce to you, the one and only Captain Jack’.
Both the two girls stared in amazement, speechless but Mrs Dudley had a snarl forming across her lips and was about to say something when the doctor stopped her by holding up his hand.
‘Now then, I think there might just be a little bit of jiggery pokery going here’ she said with all knowing smirk on his face.
‘Oh pray do tell then’ Captain Jack said rolling his eyes.
‘Well we have you here all of the sudden, this lady acting all strange and that teapot sitting over there, which is actually a Corillion prison capsule’ he told them confidently.
‘What?’ Both the girls exclaimed.
‘Yes very good doctor but you might forgotten one small thing?’ Mrs Dudley said in that strange mono tone voice.
‘Oh and what would that be? He replied.
‘My man eating plant behind you’ Mrs Dudley replied.
‘Oh c’mon you don’t expect me to fall for that one do you?’ the doctor replied with a smile.
‘Um doctor, I don’t think she is lying’ Erin cried out pointing behind him.
The doctor looked around to see a ten foot man eating tomato plant trying to open the window.
To be continued……………………
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