H:tLJ drabble # 5
Oct. 27th, 2003 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marycrawfordThey're bickering again. H:tLJ, rated G, 100 words, challenge: 'Earth'. Crossposted to herc_xena100.
Labors
"I hate digging," Iolaus muttered.
"I noticed." Hercules kept shoveling. "I remember, back when we were farmers, you left half your potatoes rotting in the mud."
Iolaus threw an earth clod at him. "And you planted so many cabbages that Deianeira said she'd go back to her mother rather than eat another one."
Hercules grinned. "And you fell into the manure vat-"
"And you wrenched a horn off your bull-"
"And you wouldn't slaughter your animals-"
At that point one side of the well caved in, and Iolaus collapsed in laughter.
Hercules sighed. "Oh, yeah. Demeter still hates me."
Labors
"I hate digging," Iolaus muttered.
"I noticed." Hercules kept shoveling. "I remember, back when we were farmers, you left half your potatoes rotting in the mud."
Iolaus threw an earth clod at him. "And you planted so many cabbages that Deianeira said she'd go back to her mother rather than eat another one."
Hercules grinned. "And you fell into the manure vat-"
"And you wrenched a horn off your bull-"
"And you wouldn't slaughter your animals-"
At that point one side of the well caved in, and Iolaus collapsed in laughter.
Hercules sighed. "Oh, yeah. Demeter still hates me."
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Date: 2003-10-27 03:44 pm (UTC)Wrenched a horn off his bull? I could see that in my head...the look on his face...lol
Not to mention the bull's.
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Date: 2003-10-27 11:47 pm (UTC)Mary