That will be less than eight times then!

<directs Geg to ES mention of TH Vale further up the page>

<settles down on beach listening to waves>

<moves away from kitten wrestling pit>

<Wonders that anyone remembers TH Vale reference when one fails oneself>

<Questions the nature of the Treehouse>

<Was previous Treehouse wrecked by kitten wrestling?>

< Prepares entry to Treehouse Sandcastle Building Competition>

Note the slapdash methods of some entrants in the sand-castle quiz.


Grains of sand must be sorted into sizes and then counted if a reasonable chance of winning can be considered.


Can't help thinking that we should have started this a couple of years ago.

<reveals sandcastle secret begun three years previously>

<awaits prize expectantly and patiently>

<is mildly smarmy>

<sits back eating ice-lollies and ice creams on stick>

<takes bag of elastic bands from back pocket>

<gathers up sticks and starts contruction...>

<Sneers in condescending (yet affectionate) manner at use of elastic bands in stick construction.>
<Points to own elastic-bandless 1:100 scale sandcastle reconstruction of Ozymandias, and smirks.>
<Remains pointing with frozen smirk as sandcastle deconstructs into two vast and trunkless legs of sand.>
<Does not learn lesson.>

Look on Misty's mighty works and despair.

<... unveils a trebuchet>

<takes aim at sand buttresses>

<Steals veil and conceals sand buttresses.>

<retrieves vale and rights cartography as one knows it>

<waves fist>

<builds sand pyramid next to sphinx and awaits awe and glory>

<surreptitiously undermines opponents tries>

< Submits "Treehouse Beach: Shifting Sands of Time" as entry into sandcastle competition.>

<Is confident judges will appreciate the Performance Art element of the entry.>

<realises lack of projectile could be an issue>

<loads dry toast into apparatus>

<toast bounces off of buttress .... buttered>

Build several sand-castles in the air out of range of spiteful projectiles


Hopes it will not rain


Arraign the weathermen who GOT IT WRONG

<Tries to construct incredibly witty pun concerning weathermen, whether-or-not men, rain, a Rainman, arraign men, arraignment, meant to rain, king of rain, reign king, ranking pluvial reigns...>

<Takes green pill>

<Rests. >

<wanders off to find tea to go with toast>

<wanders off to find tea to go with toast>

<Provides tea and toast - doubles for everybody!>

<continues to eat toast>

<infinite bread bins sure are lovely>