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Mister Foxy would get visits from the twin Ashearth sisters from Fairie upon occasion, and he'd treat them to a nice dinner with pie or ice cream for dessert. One time however, their "Uncle" Estvan Silverbrush magically pooked into Mister Foxy's car, just as the group had arrived at the local "Vix's" Supermarket. Just to play it safe, Mister Foxy asked the sisters to watch Estvan because Foxy knew if the crafty, cranky Vulpine saw the Liquor section in the market, there would be the danger of broken and missing stock, plus the possibility of the local constabulary's futile attempts to arrest and lock up Estvan. As foxy left the store with the Trolley full of groceries, he noticed some sort of commotion going on, and heard the sisters yelling something and Estvan's cursing, and using language that indicated that the grey vulpimorph was unhappy with something.
"BLEAT AT ME YA CURSED, METAL MONSTER? TAKE THAT!!" Estvan yelled and started swinging his Shaeleigh at an antique Volkswagen Beetle sitting in the parking lot. Estvan's swing landed home on the little car's mirror and set off an alarm. Over the staccato beeps of the VW's motor horn, Foxy could hear the sisters yelling and trying to calm the enraged Estvan down. "Don't hurt it Estvan!" Trixie exclaimed. "Yeah!" her sister Bridget yelled. "If you hit the poor beast again it might upset The Lady!"
With only one option left, Mister Foxy chose to step between the car and the flailing, wooden staff, and received a sharp blow to the face. "Now Estvan!" Foxy yelled. "You just can't go around, beating on other people's cars! You're going to have to pay for the damages you did." "Pay?" Estvan huffed. "Let's see 'em jus' try an' collect!" And with that, Estvan pooked away from the scene, never to be seen for the rest of the evening.
Foxy and the Ashearth Sisters returned to Foxy's house, and all enjoyed a delightful dinner, with pie and ice cream for dessert. Foxy's only regrets was getting stuck with the bill for replacing the Volkswagen's mirror and wasting a perfectly good skirt steak to nurse a developing black eye.
"BLEAT AT ME YA CURSED, METAL MONSTER? TAKE THAT!!" Estvan yelled and started swinging his Shaeleigh at an antique Volkswagen Beetle sitting in the parking lot. Estvan's swing landed home on the little car's mirror and set off an alarm. Over the staccato beeps of the VW's motor horn, Foxy could hear the sisters yelling and trying to calm the enraged Estvan down. "Don't hurt it Estvan!" Trixie exclaimed. "Yeah!" her sister Bridget yelled. "If you hit the poor beast again it might upset The Lady!"
With only one option left, Mister Foxy chose to step between the car and the flailing, wooden staff, and received a sharp blow to the face. "Now Estvan!" Foxy yelled. "You just can't go around, beating on other people's cars! You're going to have to pay for the damages you did." "Pay?" Estvan huffed. "Let's see 'em jus' try an' collect!" And with that, Estvan pooked away from the scene, never to be seen for the rest of the evening.
Foxy and the Ashearth Sisters returned to Foxy's house, and all enjoyed a delightful dinner, with pie and ice cream for dessert. Foxy's only regrets was getting stuck with the bill for replacing the Volkswagen's mirror and wasting a perfectly good skirt steak to nurse a developing black eye.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Canine (Other)
Size 1000 x 777px
File Size 271.3 kB
Your comment got me to thinking what might have led up to the situation. Estvan more than likely got out of Mister Foxy's car and was amazed at suddenly being introduced to the sights, sounds and smells of Twenty-First Century technology. The Volkswagen, being driven by its owner proved so fascinating to the Grey Vulpimorph that he stood at the spot, transfixed, and wondering how the fellow got inside the unusually large beetle. Estvan tried using methods he'd normally use to calm and train beetles in his home world, but the impatient driver honked the car's horn at the fascinated gray fox. Estvan jumped out of the way but watched the "Beetle" roll further down the parking lot and come to a stop. The owner got out of the car, and walked into the supermarket, which Estvan translated as the "Beetle" disgorging its captured victim. Believing the giant insect preyed on People enraged Estvan into attacking the little automobile with his Shaeleigh, which resulted in the Driver's side mirror getting broken.
Yes! Yes, you did. And I'm still looking for a suitable 1/24th-1/18th scale model VW Beetle chassis to build that "Boonie Buggy" scale model on. I am considering painting an image of a winged toaster on the sides of the car although I'm not certain if most younger folks won't get the reference.
It's kind of fun to shake things up, once in a while, Eh?
It's kind of fun to shake things up, once in a while, Eh?
Nice! I wonder if anyone has done that with the old 3-D hovercraft capture-the-flag game, I think it was just called 'Hover!' maybe? Ah, yeah, that was a Win95 program. Could probably run it in a simulated Win95 virtual-machine, but might have to tweak the processing speeds to get it to run right.
Nice work, and a fun story. My first two cars were beetles, and served me well. Rebuilt three engines, and never ran into anything I couldn't fix on them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA2431JIAQQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA2431JIAQQ
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I wish I had been able to get a photo of a custom beetle I saw at a supermarket in Muncie, Indiana in 1989. It was by the highway so it was passing through or I would have seen it around town. it was stretched several feet, jacked up in back with racing slicks and the roof was lowered at a forward slant. the windshield was about 2/3 or 1/2 normal height, and all the windows were tinted ultra-black.
Between that, the red tinted headlights, and the multiple layered gloss black lacquer paint that the owner said had been polished between coats to give an illusion of inches of depth, it looked very much like a giant black beetle with wheels...
Between that, the red tinted headlights, and the multiple layered gloss black lacquer paint that the owner said had been polished between coats to give an illusion of inches of depth, it looked very much like a giant black beetle with wheels...
Yeah. I need to get back on track after being out of the picture for way too long. The Oxygen therapy actually helped steady my hands and reduced the tremors that would strike without warning. Hopefully, if all continues to go well, there will be more.
Have you ever seen "The cars that ate Paris" which features a spiky VW beetle?
Have you ever seen "The cars that ate Paris" which features a spiky VW beetle?
I was kind of basing this drawing on the memories of a 1961 VW Beetle my dad had. But there are features which hint that this might be a more recent model. Shoot... VW beetles had the advantage of being able to swap the fenders and main body panels from 1949 clean through to the late 1960s.
I am also a Volkswagen lover. I can't drive most of them any more. as they are mostly standards and I need automatics. but with the big back lights I am guessing this is a 73 or later. loved the bugs. hope to see them again.
if trixie and Bridget were to drive the car, would it then be an example of Volkswagen's Fharfromthinkin?
if trixie and Bridget were to drive the car, would it then be an example of Volkswagen's Fharfromthinkin?
"Farfromthinkin'." Dang, I wish I could send you a button or something for that because it helped to brighten up my day. I needed the laugh after having to walk two miles in a cold, "Surprise" rainstorm.
Thanks. I'll have to discuss with my friends the idea of Mister Foxy trying to teach the Ashearth sisters how to drive an automobile. Before that, they only knew the basics of driving giant ants. According to Trixie, "Ants are scary!"
Thanks. I'll have to discuss with my friends the idea of Mister Foxy trying to teach the Ashearth sisters how to drive an automobile. Before that, they only knew the basics of driving giant ants. According to Trixie, "Ants are scary!"
Sorry for the late reply. I'm not quite sure, but the license plate says, "65 Vee Dub." and I used quite a bit of memories of my dad's old 1961 beetle he drove in the late 1960s. I also used an image from a "Classic cars" coloring book to help me with the tricky perspective.
This "Fairie" fantasy stuff is the product of the imaginations of my writer and artist friends who get together almost every afternoon for a chat. Often our conversations inspire new story arcs and often new art ideas.
"Estvan" is kind of like an old Irish "Uncle" who likes wine, whiskey and causing trouble. My writer friend, "Eric" came up with the Ashearth sisters, Estvan and the "Fairie" universe. Mr. Foxy is my personal "Fursona."
"Estvan" is kind of like an old Irish "Uncle" who likes wine, whiskey and causing trouble. My writer friend, "Eric" came up with the Ashearth sisters, Estvan and the "Fairie" universe. Mr. Foxy is my personal "Fursona."
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