Clubbed with Dino Jawbone

A cry went up out of the Land of DuckYard.

Hmm… maybe I should change the name our homestead to DuckYard Forest. Or Lake DuckYard.

Um… No.

Back to the story…

A cry went up out of DuckYard Lake Forest. 

The Amazing Jillian would not be comforted because she had been felled by her sister. Clubbed with a jawbone of a dinosaur.

Okay, it was the entire dinosaur (toy).

MomBrain was at the store. And so the people called for their circuses and bread. I, Caesar of the Land of Lake DuckYard Farm-Forest, responded by screening the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

Only after the film was paused (does one ever finish the Lord of the Rings?), did I realize the epic sword battles and mass orc-killing would inspire violence in the viewing peoples.

Until the pillows began to fly and dinosaurs were wielded like axes.

In my defense, Return of the King is educational because it is an Academy Award winner.

—DadFace

P.S. — Liked this letter? I’m not going to ask you to forward it because it sounds better if I ask you to “share it.”

P.P.S. — There is no “DadFace Directive” (aka writing tip) today because this is a Midweek Marblemouth of course.

P.P.P.S. — If you must have a tip, think about all the effects a movie has had on you. Now you have something to write about. Don’t just describe the movie (or the book or play or whatever). If someone has seen the movie, they will be bored. If someone has not seen the film, they may feel confused and left out of the joke. Write about what that movie scene made you think or feel. That’s much more interesting. People are intriguing. And if a movie made someone clobber you with a plastic dinosaur… you absolutely have to write that.