Crimson’s Creative Challenge #64
Plus this morning’s Word of the Day: ASTONISHMENT
and Your Daily Word prompt: DEFINE
THE ELEPHANT
“And what’s this?”Amy walked toward the metal sculpture.
Carl studied the thing. “Rather hard to define.”
“You said it!”
“Perhaps it represents some animal,” Carl suggested. “Yes! It’s meant to be an elephant.”
“A six-legged elephant?”
“One prong’s the trunk and one’s the tail.”
Amy sniffed. “But no body.”
“Sculptor ran out of metal?”
Just then the curator joined them. “I see you’ve discovered our war memorial.”
“War memorial?” Carl eyed the sculpture. “Not an elephant, then?”
Her eyes opened in astonishment. “Elephant! My good man…”
“A war memorial,” Amy repeated.
“Quite right. Commemorates British-Danish joint efforts in the Battle of Copenhagen. Isn’t it brilliant?”
Some other tourists were beckoning so the woman left them to ponder the curious representation.
“I was right about animals,” Carl declared. “It must represent Mark Anthony’s “loosing the dogs of war.”
“But one’s missing two legs,” Amy protested.
“War does that.”
“True.”
Christine's Collection 
I do like that finish. Delightful.
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Thank you. My first thought when I saw that sculpture was an elephant. Then read your plaque. 🙂
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They are… strange 🙂
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Yes. Sculptures usually have to be explained these days. 😉
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The Greeks never had this problem. 🙂
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What a fun take, Christine!
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Thank you. I like to do fun takes where I can. 🙂
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Ya done good!
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Well done, that one! 🙂 Elegantly written and light without losing sight of the significance of the site …
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Thanks for your encouraging comment. 🙂
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🙂
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