Pegman – The King
Here is my story for What Pegman Saw which this week sees us at the Palace of Versailles.
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Pierre waited in the gilded antechamber, readying his performance. His anxiety increased. To play at the Palace of Versailles – an honour to be sure – was nerve-wracking in itself, but rumours were that the King himself would be in attendance. If true it was huge indeed – the King was thought dead.
The curtains opened leaving Pierre feeling exposed. Peering into the crowd, he was sure he caught a glimpse of the King’s trademark clothing – high-necked, glittering like the sun. He sat at the piano and started to play, adding his voice to the melody.
He finished, stood and bowed.
Silence.
All eyes turned to the King.
The King proclaimed in his deep voice, “Unoriginal. Return to sender, you hound dog. Thank you. Thank you very much,” struck a pose and left.
“Huh,” thought Pierre. “I hate Vegas. And the Palace of Versailles Casino and Ballroom can kiss my butt.”
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LOL, you got me! Clever, engaging and funny!
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I tried very hard to hide the King’s true identity until later on 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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That’s great. At least he kept his head, right?
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There is that. Though a bad review from Elvis has probably scuppered his lounge-singing career 🙂
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Don’t be cruel! Some of us, with suspicious minds, are all shook up now.
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Ha, I expect I should expect some Elvis-related comments 🙂
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Dear Ali,
Oooooh…THAT KING!!!! I’ll bet John Lennon was lurking in the back row. 😉 I truly loved this one. I’m going to rent a room at Heartbreak Hotel.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Thanks so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I feel the urge to pop on my Best of Elvis CD… 🙂 Who knows how many other greats are critiquing poor Pierre?
Ali
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I’m gonna’ put on my blue suede shoes and dance! What a treat this story is. Thanks for taking us to a different world.
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Hee! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂 I had no trouble thinking of a story this week for a change.
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Hilarious! The King has left the building! 😀
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He does that a lot apparently 🙂 I’m glad you liked it!
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Hahahaha! The King is Elvis Presley! Wish he were still alive… oh, he is! 😀
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There have been sightings… 🙂
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Hahaha! That’s what I hear!
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🙂
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At least the King didn’t Pierre off to the land of Jailhouse Rock…
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SEND! Didn’t SEND. Apparently my brain has left the building…
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Ha! And I originally thought you were using “Pierre” as a verb to avoid swearing…
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Ha ha. I like that bit of attitude at the end.
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He is somewhat disaffected by the Vegas scene, I feel 🙂
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What a surprise ending – should’ve seen it coming, Ali. Felt as though this story just rolled off your blue suede shoes!
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Ha! I’m glad you liked it!
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Ha! And here I was feeling sorry for Pierre. Thanks for setting us up. 😉 But seriously, good writing – very descriptive.
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Thanks! I’m glad you liked the descriptive build-up 🙂
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Awesome read.
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Thanks 🙂
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hahhahah
super fun take on the king
and did you know we have a friend who looks like elvis and he sometimes does elvis gigs
anyhow,
I have been there with Pierre’s dissatisfaction..
and as I leave – I have that song “return to sender” in my mind
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it! It’s cool that you know an Elvis impersonator 🙂
“Return to Sender’s” a great song.
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and guess what – our elvis impersonator friend – he won this elvis look-alike- contest – not sure if you ever heard of Moe’s Mexican (I do not like their food actually) but he won a year of food free and his poster was hung in their stores
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Very cool! I don’t know that we have a “Moe’s Mexican” over here but a year’s free food is awesome 🙂
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yeah – “if” you like their food – about ten years ago it was a little better (it is fast food mexican -(but nothing like taco bell – which is so unMexican that I guess they will not allow taco bell in mexico)
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We don’t have a lot of these American restaurant chains in the UK, though I expect there are some in the big cities I don’t know about.
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🙂
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Really great. Loved that it wasn’t a predictable ending.
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Thanks! I try to shy away from predictable endings 🙂
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