Introducing a new series called, "The Back Story!"

Hello Stamplings!

My friend Cornelia is a card artist whose blog is Stempel Spass (Fun Stamping). I'm sure many of you know and admire her work as I do! She often makes very funny cards with her stamps, especially with her Katzelkraft stamps.

Over the years when I would visit and comment on Cornelia's cards, I would often launch into an imagined "back story" about her card. We would joke that we should write a book with me as the author and Cornelia as the illustrator. Then, a few months ago, Cornelia suggested that we get serious about giving it a go. While we don't feel a book is warranted, we thought you might be amused if we launched a blog series once or twice of month with a bit of Back Story silliness. The format won't always be the same and most back stories will be very short.

As this day is April Fool's Day, it seemed the perfect day for lift-off! Please let us know what you think. Enjoy! And Happy April Fool's Day! Darnell and Cornelia

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The Back Story

ABRAHAM, THOMAS, AND SUZY

Darnell J. Knauss, Author
Cornelia Wenokor, Illustrator

[Excepted from the Websville Community Newsletter, April 1, 2019]

Welcome to another article where we help you, our neighbors, get to know your candidates on a more personal level. We know you are all fascinated by the fact that a set of triplets are vying against each other for the one vacant Rat City Council seat and you want to know more about them.

Let us first introduce you to Abraham.

Abraham is known in the community as The Realist. When the triplets were born, Abe was the oldest and the biggest. Immediately, their mother started treating Abe as her right-hand man, especially since their father had been killed in a trap on his way home from the pizza parlor a week before the triplets were born. Abe never disappointed his mother. He saw to all their needs and never had a childhood of his own. No one was surprised when Abe became the first rat in the family to attend college and earn a degree in Logistics.

Next is Thomas. 

Thomas is the middle mouse. He is known as the Doubter. Being in the middle between his brother and sister, Thomas doesn’t know who to believe, so he believes no one. You’ll never hear Thomas answer a question with a straight Yes or No. Instead he’ll say, “I doubt it.” Or, “What makes you say that?” Or, “Let me think about it.” And his most-used phrase, said in a sulky tone: “Well, I don’t know about that.”

Last, but not least, we have Suzy.

Suzy is known as the Optimist. Suzy welcomes life with open arms. She feels that every day is a blessing and she wakes up excited to see what adventures await her. Her brothers pretty much hate her, especially when she breaks out into a rousing rendition of, “Oh, Suzannah!”

Their long-suffering mother once asked Suzy why she was such an optimist when her brothers were not. Suzy just smiled and answered quietly, “Well, that’s obvious, Mom. According to the laws of nature, there must be two polar opposites. I’m the equator.”

©04/01/2019
Vol. 1 Ep.1