Archie Explores

Gnome in There #1

“The Gnomenator”

 

“Grimble”

 I looked down at my small garden and there he was. “Me name is Grimble says I”.  “I’ll be taken care of this here garden for yas, Mister,  uh, uh, so what be yer name?”

“My name is Archie,” I said.

“Well then Mr. Archie, you’ve got a fine garden here and lots o’ fine trees to boot.”

“Ya don’t have to be worryin’ about a thing, you got me now, Grimble to be care-taken for yer wee little spinach patch and whatnot”

 

‘Hmm… (Actually the trees were already here, and my teensy spinach patch, doesn’t really produce much.) So had to ask, as I’m not exactly 3

Wishing for any major commitments at the moment - “But how am I going to be taking care of you and yours, Mr. Grimble?”

He liked the directness, no beating around the bush. A big smile spread over his impish face “First of all Mr. Archie, I am a gnome, so you’ll not be needin’ to say “Mister Grimble” to me, unless ya just can’t help yourself, but I prefer ya calling me my name just as it is – “Grimble.”

 

“Well then…” he continued, 

“Ya needn’t concern yourself, Mr. Archie, you’ll probably, mostly, never see me, we keep to ourselves pretty much. We don’t want to get run down by all your people’s crazy machines and such. When us gnomes here you big people come lumberin’ towards us we just dart away faster than you can say Rumplestiltskin. All we want is to simply live in a nice peaceful garden and not too far from the woodlands.” 

“We”? 

Yes, his wife, three daughters and five sons, and one hundred and thirty seven relatives and a few friends. My mouth was hanging open. “You all live here?” I was hearing things I didn’t want to know. “Well Mr. Archie, we live all over Pixtland. And there’s a lot more of us than that, too.”

“Pixtland? - You mean – There-?” I felt a little confused.

“Yes, I suppose that’s what you “aviaters” call then, whatever”

“Avies” I corrected him.

“Whatever.” Grimble said again. 

Ok, and so I was thinking fast, there’s probably going to be some “catch” to all this, isn’t there? The question just came out of my mouth – “So you’ll let me learn about some of your travels then, won’t you?”

“Mr. Archie, I’de be happy to show you around”. 

“I understand, …By the way, you don’t have call me ‘Mister’ either, just “Archie” is fine.”

“Oh sure thing then, Mister Archie” he said and we both cracked up!

 

Then, on a serious note –

 

“Plus, there is one more thing.” Grimble signaled with grubby little hand to come closer, I could barely hear his gravelly voice. I hunched over to hear his secret. “There is a lot of these fearsome Teddy Bear things lurkin’ after me and my kind, it’s some kind of vile robot machine, set to wipe out all us gnomes,  I just keeps coming and it will not stop, no matter what! That’s why we gotta keep moving. It came from the future!”

 

Now I’ve heard everything.

 

I wasn’t sure of what to make of that. What creature could possibly be in There, “from the future” which has set itself against gnomes? Gnomes are kind, happy creatures, filled with knowledge and stories about the past present and yes, even the future.

 

Hmmm…I will keep you posted on what this is all about.

 

So the adventure begins. Sometimes, I would follow, and completely lose sight

Keep an eye out for our stories of travel and adventure. Maybe soon, we’ll explore around your neighborhood. Grimble says he knows all the gardens and forests in There, but he knows plenty of other things going on that we avies know very little of.

 

P.S.  See rare photo of “Gnomenator Bear” making a move! In some other photos- note how well gnomes can hide right in plain site. These little folks are not easy to catch on film.

 

Archie.