Literature Clues: 8 of Cups

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 08 Jun 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

BoomVoom	08 Jun 2003
The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No It was nine o'clock at midnight at a quarter after three When a turtle met a bagpipe on the shoreside by the sea, And the turtle said, "My dearie, May I sit with you? I'm wheary." And the bagpipe didn't say no. Said the turtle to the bagpipe, "I have walked this lonly shore, I have talked to waves and pebbles-but I've never loved before. Will you marry me today, dear? Is it 'no' you're going to say dear?" But the bagpipe didn't say no. Said the turtle to his darling, "Please excuse me if i stare, But you have the plaidest skin, dear, And you have the strangest hair. If I begged you pretty please, love, Could I give you just one squeeze, love?" And the bagpipe didn't say no. Said the turtle to the bagpipe, "Ah, you love me. then confess! Let me whisper in your dainty ear and hold you to my chest." And he cuddled her and teased her And so lovingly he squeezed her. And the bagpipe said, "Aaooga." Said the turtle to the bagpipe, "Did you honk or bray or neigh? For 'Aaooga' when you're kissed is such a heartless thing to say. Is it that I have offended? Is it that our love is ended?" And the bagpipe didn't say no. Said the turtle to the bagpipe, "Shall I leave you darling wife? Shall I waddle off to woedom? Shall I crawl out of your life? Shall I move, depart and go, dear- Oh, I beg you tell me 'No,' dear!" But the bagpipe didn't say no. So the turtle crept off crying and he ne'er came back no more, And he left the bagpipe lying on that smooth and sandy shore. And some night when tide is low there, Just walk up and say, "Hello, there" And politely ask the bagpipe if this story's realy so. I assure you, darling children, that the bagpipe won't say "no." Shel Silverstein What card am I?

coldsuns	08 Jun 2003
Is it The Lovers? ^.^

gloria	09 Jun 2003
8/Cups?

gloria	09 Jun 2003
On second thoughts, this bag-pipe guy seems a bit laid back to me, so I'm going for 4/Cups.

Major Tom	09 Jun 2003
The 5 of Swords? Great clue! :) or How many wands does a bagpipe have? The 5 of Wands. :laugh:

BoomVoom	09 Jun 2003
and the winer is G L O R I A, Gloriaaaaa! G L O R I A, Glooooooriaaaaa... it's the 8 :CL naturaly one would have to diduce which character one was looking at. the bagpype dusn't do much. what's interesting is the sudden over infatuation of the turtle and the sudden harsh and brutal end to his love afair. this left him hert and vulnerable, and hence retreated to lick his booboos.

BoomVoom	09 Jun 2003
sorry everybody but there were 2 of the same thread running in the end. i didn't know that we had to post a new one each time. so i did but it had already started running in the first thread. so it's over to you gloria.

gloria	09 Jun 2003
Thanks BoomVoom - Shall start a new thread

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