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An Interesting Place |
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TEHUTI'S PER ON THE WEB NOTE: Second of a set of two "essays" which I likely wrote as some sort of school project. (See "Some Weird Thing" for the other.) They have no grades on them, so either they were never turned in, or they were informal and were not meant to be graded. I doubt I wrote them just for the fun of it, seeing as they are dated and written neatly within the margins. These are on three loose sheets of paper which I probably found folded somewhere upstairs.
These two essays are dated February 26, 1991, which places them in eighth grade (junior high), I believe. Rachel H. [last name omitted] February 26, 1991 I'd say that the best basement I've ever been in was my own. It's small, but it's the perfect place to imagine that I'm in ancient Egypt. We have a new furnace and it's smaller, so I can walk around it. We have a little storeroom which isn't in use anymore. I pretend that there's a huge monster or a hidden passageway in there. [Per Note: I believe I was taking some liberties in my descriptions here, because while I did at least dream of a hidden passageway in this room, I never remember pretending there was a monster.] Once I even dreamt that it led into a vast underground temple. What a dream! [Per Note: I don't remember that.] Wooden posts hold up the ceiling, or floor. I pretend these are pillars. [Per Note: As of 2025, we've had metal posts added for support; due to frequent flooding, the bottoms of the wooden posts have rotted away.] Over in one wall, behind the water tank, there's a tiny opening. I don't enter there anymore for fear of spiders and 'cat business.' I say that that is the secret opening which Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon found behind a couch in King Tutankhamon's tomb. And best of all is the woodroom! It's all mine now. One half is filled with junk (I hope someday it can get cleared out. [Per Note: Missing parenthesis.] But my half is amazing. On my old toybox there's a King Tut mask, an Osiris canopic jar, a bejeweled dagger, a beautiful rock, a lava totem pole, and a lava letter opener. [Per Note: By "lava" I meant volcanic rock or whatever that's called, I don't think it's pumice.] Above this, resting on a wooden fenced-in area for the logs, is an old T. V. Inside is a cage. Deep within this, in the shadows, is an image of Bastet, the cat goddess. In front of her is a glass shard. Laying [sic] in front of the T. V. is a pure white rabbit fur. On it is an alabaster-like (or so I say) owl with glinting rhinestone eyes, and a metal owl with a turquoise belly and emerald eyes (fake, of course). There's another thing but I can't remember. In the corner is a golden throne with a gold statue of the hawk god Horus. He wears a shell ring as a crown and has several knick-knacks [sic] in front of him. Rachel H. [last name omitted] His throne has a snake head painted on it. [Per Note: This is a continuation of the previous paragraph given before the page break.] Beside him are some giant scales, with an ostrich feather on one side and a heart on the other. They're gold and have a rhinestone necklace hanging from them, and a bracelet that shimmers rainbow colors. On the bracelet are rainbow rhinestones, along with a green one and a red one. Across the room is another golden throne. It has a red seat. On the back, which is shaped like a headdress, is a painting of the jackal god Anubis and the king. Beside this is a small stand with an Anubis canopic jar. Two dog statues and a gold pyramid are in front of him. Around the room are some other things, such as an eagle-headed cane. A mummy, some pyramids, and other things are painted on the walls. Hanging from things are long, whispy [sic] cobwebs with rainbow reflecting glitter in them. This glitter is everywhere else, as well. Some lanterns and bottles make up just about the last things in the room, besides some other things sitting around. As you can tell if you've read this, the woodroom is a great place to be. If you don't believe anything I've said, just come over and see. It's true, believe it or not! [Per Note: Over time this was all ruined by the broken sewer flooding repeatedly into the basement, and years of sawdust accumulation from my dad's woodwork. If you want to see what it looked like after my dad died and everything was finally removed, HERE is a YouTube video.] (Now I remember! On Bastet's rabbit fur is a snowglobe on a stand. It looks like a crystal ball, with two children and a polar bear inside. I just wanted to say that.) |