Wordzzle

This Week's Ten Word Challenge will be: middle finger, text message. the letter “Q,” Shangri-La, melodramatic, compensate, elixir, band of brothers, quadruped, explicit

And for the Mini Challenge: deposition, monosyllabic, better off dead, dubious, posh

Click on the button for the rules.

The sisters were in a bad mood. They had each received a text message from Mr. Phrog. He was not getting married after all. There would be no wedding. It turned out that his intended bride had eloped to Shangri-La to chase down the elixir of eternity. (She had found out about it when she went to the new Brendan Fraser movie). She had gathered together a band of brothers and in a melodramatic moment had ridden off on her quadruped on her dubious mission.

"Poor Phrog," said Sallyie, "I know he feels as if he would be better off dead."

"I know," said Saydie, "Let's take the corporate jet and fly him to Manhattan to see the Broadway show the letter “Q,”"

"No Sallyie, You mean the Avenue Q," corrected Saydie.

"Oh, right!" said Sallyie, "and then we can take him to a posh resort for six weeks to compensate him for his abandonment."

"Oh I could just give her the middle finger and then slap her silly!" Saydie replied.

"Now I must run. I am scheduled to give a deposition in the case of the missing accountant."

"Don't be too explicit." Sallyie warned, "That case could come back to bite us. You should just give monosyllabic answers to their questions and don't volunteer anything."

Next Week's Ten Word Challenge will be: exponentially, Nightshade, braces, impossibility, the beginning of time, barracuda, playful banter, delve, automatic, bewildered

And for the Mini Challenge: fragment, hemoglobin, insipid, flourish, juxtapose