Friday, January 18, 2008

Boggle-licious!

This week, I've used some Boggle-icious words in the beginnings of a story, "A Scotsman's Journey to the Vert with Only Cherries as Vivers!"

1.thesp= short for thespian. It means an actor (noun) or being dramatic (adjective).

2.vert=green forest vegetation especially when forming cover or providing food for deer (n).

3.tarn=a small steep-banked mountain, lake or pool (n).

4.vitta=a stripe or streak (n).

5.vivers =(chiefly Scottish) victuals or food (n).

6.trow= to believe or to think (slightly archaic; verb)

7.smew= a small Eurasian merganser with the male being white, gray and black and the female chiefly gray but with a chestnut and white head (n).

On a casual walk through the abundant vert, he stumbled upon a beautiful tarn that suddenly appeared amidst the cover of green vegetation that blanketed the hillside. Below the steep mountain face, there was an unmistaken vitta of water trickling down as far as he could see. He could make out a group of swimming smew, a lively blurr of white, black and grayish colors against the deep blue background. Being Scottish, he marveled at the way the sun reflected off the water, the same shade of red as his hair and the cherries that he had brought as his main vivers of the day. It enticed him, and made him trow and strongly think it was the place to be. He flew his arms outwards into the increasingly brisk winds, and sang to the skies. He was a thesp, after all, and well-known for his dramatic acts in his home back in the valley. He pondered this urge, thinking over what he would be leaving behind. The vert, the tarn, the vitta, the smew, and the vivers--what would this thesp trow next? Find out next time on "Scotsman's Journey into the Vert with only Cherries as Vivers!"

--LGP