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Hi,
Thought you might enjoy this excerpt from my story "Let the Game Begin".
Any comments/suggestions will be appreciated. BTW it's Copyright, of course,
and as yet unpublished.

�Now Ben,' she said. �I know you won't remember all that you've seen, so
I'll have to sing you my song.'
�Kingy, you've got the words there. Hand me that piece of paper I gave you
yesterday.
The King opened his fist and held his hand out to the Queen.
�Look what you've done to it Kingy - you've scrunched it all up. Oh well,
not to worry I can remember the words anyway, especially the last bit about
me.'
The King frowned, and moved his hands up to his ears.
Several Pawns which were standing close by started to sneak away in a very
discrete manner. They were muttering to each other and looking back at the
Queen as they went.
The Queen held up her hands until all chattering ceased.
She cleared her throat, locked her fingers together, lifted her head
slightly and started to sing:

"The pawns move forward one step at a time, unless for the first they take
two,
But they have to take care where the other pawns are, and avoid "en passant"
if they do.
The Bishops both start on a black or white square, and must always stay on
that line.
They can go as far as the space will allow, but you see they are both color
blind.
The Knights can hop across two squares by one - which some find tricky, but
true,
Then just when you think that you know what they'll do, they hop across one
square, then two.
The pieces that always go in a straight line, are known by most as the
Rooks,
But some think they should be called Castles - because of their shape and
their looks.
The King can walk  just one step at a time, but can go off in any direction.
He really has to look after himself and can "castle" for better protection
The powerful Queen  moves as far as she likes, and practically runs the
whole game.
She commands the respect that a Queen deserves,�cause there's no piece that
can do the same.

�Don't you think that last part just makes my song great, Ben? Anybody else
would bow after singing a clever song in such a fine voice, but since I'm a
Queen everybody else has to bow.
I know - you can bow instead,' she said looking very pleased with herself.
�I didn't think it was that good,' Ben mumbled to himself as he bowed
slightly.
Regards,
Ron Thomas thomasrh@oe.net.au