Lift!
"Ye ain't much better than some o' our young'uns fresh outta nappies, but we'll see how ye do with this one. See that big ol' rock? Yer pickin' it up. Off the ground and over your shoulder before the water runs out, and then you put it back down gently," he barked. Once again, he demonstrated. He squatted down, grabbed the boulder firmly by the base, stood up, and held it proudly on his shoulder for a moment before easing it back to the ground. "Hop to it!"
The small boulder was about the weight of two of the competitors put together, and being smooth didn't help matters much. But, they all managed to at least get it off the ground. Some only got to their knees, a few to their waist, a few to their chest, and one held the stone atop his shoulders.
With a sigh and shake of his head, he then brought them over to some smaller stones on pedestals and some empty pedestals a few paces away. "Take these three stones and put 'em over there on the other stands."
Growing tired, but unwilling to lose face, they again gave it their best. Attending dwarves reset the stones after each attempt. With fatigue setting in, the most capable among them barely managed to place the final stone, and it trickled down from there. The weakest sat down his second stone halfway and had to bow out.
Their marks were tallied, and they were given another rest before the final feat.
Notes & Commentary
April 27, 2017, Thursday
Lift!
I tried to keep my research strictly to traditional strongman events and not all the resulting broken or crushed bones, snapped tendons, and other nasties that very likely came with any accidents. 
Another new book up in the Tarot books section. PRS Foli's Fortune-Telling by Cards. And I do believe I may have created one of the only legible versions of the Grand Star spread to be found online! I looked everywhere for a readable version and couldn't find it. After a lot of squinting and over-analyzing the paragraphs and patterns, I think I've got it right.
I have gotten the mountain of laundry folded! Yay! One of the many things I had to let go during tax season. Took about six hours, what with breaks to tend to kids and pups, but I got it done. Also got some wee marigolds put out. I don't have a yard to make a proper little flower garden yet, but I have some pots! $2 for a little color around the porch ain't bad. The fancier plants of course are much higher and require more growing room, but these little things suit me (and my budget) just fine.
And saw Tim Burton's Coraline for the first time. Yikes, that was one creepy movie...
Characters - Siarl - Barrow - Roth - Damien - Tihalt - Per - Bannan - Robi -
Tags - Just Another Day -
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