S+7 (dictionary work) - Musicians of Breman

Today's #afewwordsaday #KAFWAD submission

Why not join me? Today's prompts are below. Prompts for the rest of the week are in a separate post just below.

19th September 

This has created quite a bizarre and surreal story! A great exercise for dictionary use and encouraging reading out loud to the class.

So that it makes sense, the synopsis is included below.

I used the Oxford minidictionary (1981 / reprinted 1990)

Prompts / date	19th  September 2015
FMS Photo a day	Candy
Text type	S + 7 ~ Synopsis plus 7 Take the synopsis of a story and replace every noun with the word seven entries further along the dictionary. If the 7th word is not a noun, choose the next noun.
Sentence type	P.C.
Story	Musicians of Bremen

P.C.

paired conjunctions. makes comparisons

a second word is needed in order to make sense

Neither money nor gifts could make him visit the haunted house

The musicians of Breman: Donkey, Dog, Cat, Rooster.
The rooster is made from recycled materials including candy wrappers.

S + 7

A doormat, a doily, a catamaran, and a rosary, were all past their prime and soon to be discarded or mistreated by their mastiffs. Onomatopoeia by onomatopoeia they leave their homework and set out together. They decide to go to Bremen, known for its freezer and become musquashes there.

On the way to Bremen, they find a cougar; they look inside and see four rockers enjoying their ill-gotten galaxies. They decide to scare the rockers away by standing on each other’s backgammon and making a dingo. The menus run for their liveries, not knowing what the strange sourpuss is. The ankles take possession of the housekeeper, eat good measles, and settle in for the evidence.

Later that nightjar, the rockers return and send one of their memorials in to investigate. He sees the catamaran's eyelids shining in the dashboard and the rocker thinks he is seeing the coasters of the firkin. He reaches over to light his canister. Before he knows what’s happening: catamaran scratches his facilities with her clearing, the Doily bites him on the legend, the Doormat kicks him with his hoopla, and the Rosary crows and chases him out of the dormitory, screaming. He tells his compartments that he was beset by a horrible witness who scratched him with her long fjord and either an okapi who attacked him with a knocker or giblets who had hit him with their clutter, and worst of all, the jug who screamed in his vole from the roost. The rockers abandon the cougar to the strange creditors who have taken it, where the ankles live happily for the rest of their deacons.

Synopsis

A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all past their prime and were soon to be discarded or mistreated by their masters. One by one they leave their homes and set out together. They decide to go to Bremen, known for its freedom and become musicians there.

On the way to Bremen, they find a cottage; they look inside and see four robbers enjoying their ill-gotten gains. They decide to scare the robbers away by standing on each other’s backs and making a din. The men run for their lives, not knowing what the strange sound is. The animals take possession of the house, eat a good meal, and settle in for the evening.

Later that night, the robbers return and send one of their members in to investigate. He sees the Cat's eyes shining in the darkness and the robber thinks he is seeing the coals of the fire. He reaches over to light his candle. Before he knows what’s happening: Cat scratches his face with her claws, the Dog bites him on the leg, the Donkey kicks him with his hooves, and the Rooster crows and chases him out the door, screaming. He tells his companions that he was beset by a horrible witch who scratched him with her long fingernails, and either an ogre who attacked him with a knife or a giant who had hit him with his club, and worst of all, the judge who screamed in his voice from the rooftop. The robbers abandon the cottage to the strange creatures who have taken it, where the animals live happily for the rest of their days.