Saturday, April 19, 2008

The game:
1. Grab the nearest book to you.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

From "The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern" by Lilian Jackson Braun

He frowned with displeasure as she went on talking about cats and grinding nutmeg into their cocktails. "Now tell me all about your moustache" Cokey said. "I suppose you said it's terrible glamorous."
"I raised this crop in Britian during the war," said Qwilleran, "as a camoflage."
"I like it."

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