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Celebrate - Alternative story from Adela



I received the following story from Peter on Adela in response to the "Use many World ARC Boat Names in a Story" contest. I'll let Peter explain how it is different:


Hi Charlie,

The following story is a variation on your original idea.
It was written by Jan as a challenge to see whether people can spot
words that sound like the boat names, no actual boat names are included.

Some words may have to be spoken with a slight accent (German, Italian,
whatever) but I have proofed it and managed to find most of the boat
names. Jan has now inserted the boat names in brackets for you only to
see, to help modify your story pronunciation accordingly...

Kind regards,

Peter.



Do you know Ingo? He lived a long long time ago. So, maybe Peter knows
him. That was in the times, when the world got cold. There was polar ice
(Polaris) all the way from Berlin to the Pole (Merlin of Poole).
Ingo lived in a place, that will later be known as Adelade (Adela). The
people in Adelade had to suffer (Saphir), and all fear rats (Alpheratz)
and other wild creatures in the step, there were cheetas, too (Civetta II).

Their life was simple, but they had some nice goods that are still known
today. That's Avocado (Avocet) and something they would nowadays call
American Single Malt Spirits (American spirit) for free and easy
(Free&Breezy) nights. One of the most famous dishes around was a feast
of lentils (Festina Lente) served with sirloin of goats (Ghost) followed
by sweet pears (Sweet Pearl).

You still don't remember Ingo? In some things, Ingo was far ahead his
time. His dream was to have a self driving 4 wheeled chariot with a big
L on the front. His notes about his dream later inspired the engineers
of Lexus (Nexus).
So he rode out into the desert on a dromedary (Andromeda) trying to find
his Lexus. As this fool dude (Folie a deux) was too far ahead of his
time, he unsuccessfully wandered for many years. Anyway, roving around
and talking to so many people about his dream made him famous, making
him the first Celebrity (Celebrate) ever. He even found a nice chick
from Peru (Chicka Lu) but roved off again, saying "I need to develop
skulls, darlin'" (needs develop skills darwin). .

When he eventually returned to Adelade, his friends ran up to him and
shouted: "Bro' Ingo, you're alive!" (Boingo Alive).
There was a big party for his returning. Even the shy mayor (Shaya Moya)
gave a speech in his honour. They sang songs accompanied by a lute on
(Lluiton) his adventures.

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