Fable - The Land of the Vikings - Nuts and Bolts

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The Land of the Vikings - Nuts and Bolts IN THE LAND OF THE VIKINGS lived two half-witted characters named Monokini and his double-breasted sister, Bikini. They were known throughout the entire land of the Norse as "those thick-skinned, thickheaded ones" the fools who never wore warm fur clothing no matter the freezing weather. Instead of sensible garb, Monokini braved the ice fields and snowdrifts clad only in one-piecers, much like baby diapers. Bikini wore two-piecers. They were really goofy. Indeed they were. History tells us that even in Viking summer months, snow and ice stayed on the ground. All the same, the Viking people held their Summer Festival every year. The Vikings would come around in their finest fur clothing and partake of the festival foods and dancing. Monokini and Bikini attended along with the other Vikings. The two had a taste for holiday walrus blubber as did all Vikings. Monokini and Bikini stood out among the lot. There they were, dressed only in skimpy little cloth coverings in a land where heavy furs were the norm. Growing in the open snow field at the center of the Viking settlement was an ancient evergreen tree. It was around this evergreen tree, the only green and growing thing for hundreds of miles, that the Vikings danced their festival dances. The dancers formed a circle around the tree, held hands with one another, and pranced around and around until the festival walrus blubber was cooked to perfection and was ready to eat. As usual, Monokini and Bikini decided to not join the dancing circle. They had no furs to wear and, so, were not dressed for dancing. Both were afraid that one of the Viking gods, would punish them for making the dancing circle look peculiar. All at once, the Vikings disappeared from this earth. The only survivors were the two non-dancers, Monokini and Bikini. Thor, the Viking god of thunder, had looked down upon the Viking Summer Festival that year. Observing the bare-branched green evergreen tree around which the Vikings circled, Thor thought that it would benefit the festival greatly if the tree had some bright sparkle to it. Being of festive spirit himself and delighted with his Vikings, Thor tossed one of his lightning bolts at the tree. All of the tree-circling dancers were fried. Moral: Even real nuts know better than to gather and to hold hands under a tree when Thor is hanging around, tossing his lightning bolts. * * * * * * * * * * Image source: Pixabay dot com * * * * * * * * * * Note: The purpose of this fable is to prepare us all for the winter days that are on their way and to warn us all to not forget that late summer and autumn thunder and lightning storms are still churning around overhead. (We MyLotters must always look out for each other - right?)