Tagged

Bish has been tagged in a meme. I thought this might happen at some point--someone is reading my page with enough interest to care about my answers! It's actually kind of exciting, in a completely naive and fluttery way.

And so...


1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to Vijaya's blog once you've posted your three sentences.

I have to admit, I was tempted to cheat. I was curled up in bed when I saw that I'd been tagged, and the nearest book lay at the bottom of a pile of around twenty books balanced at varying levels of precariousness. The book on top--a slim, beaten-covered Susan Sand novel I received last Christmas (does anybody else remember Susan Sand Mystery Stories?)--looked quite inviting. Arching upward, I reached for it, then flopped back down. My nagging tendency toward honesty had kicked in.

So what was the nearest book? I hold it now, gently eased free of its brethren, Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales.





Page 123, from The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher,

The boat was round and green, and very like the other lily-leaves. It was tied to a water-plant in the middle of the pond. Mr Jeremy took a reed pole, and pushed the boat out into open water.

Now I'm supposed to tag five people. I've always hated chain letters &c., so this goes a little against the grain, and yet, I really would like to know what books a few people have within reach. As such, I will pass this on, but please feel free to ignore me.


Chris

Nadia

Sheri (who may have already been tagged; ignore me if this is the case)

Rouha

Serena


Note: if you want to participate but don't keep a weblog or don't want to carry the meme over to your page, just post in the comments here. If I haven't tagged you (possibly because I wanted neither to intrude nor irritate) and you want to take part, I'd love to see what you post.