{"id":186,"date":"2013-10-06T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T15:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=186"},"modified":"2013-10-06T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T15:03:41","slug":"ten-stories-with-a-moral-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/06\/ten-stories-with-a-moral-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Stories With A Moral Ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Trowbridge <\/b><\/p>\n<p>There is a station sign under the bridge at Trowbridge Railway Station in Wiltshire. It is black and white and dates from the early 1970s. It is the only one of its type on the station and is mostly ignored which is a pity as it has a secondary activity as an encyclopaedia. I have learned a lot from it.<\/p>\n<p><b>Quiz <\/b><\/p>\n<p>To hell with the publishers<br \/>\nTo hell with the editors<br \/>\nTo hell with the critics<\/p>\n<p>Said Graham<\/p>\n<p>As he placed his hand on the power line<\/p>\n<p><b>Mist Levels <\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you can see the treetops above the morn mist then the day will be fine<\/p>\n<p><b>Sunrise<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There is an opening no bigger than a pencil head above the final door of my train<br \/>\nI have witnessed many sunrises through this gap<\/p>\n<p><b>Dream Mystic <\/b><\/p>\n<p>I dreamt that a close friend brought a rotting wood sarcophagus to my house. Inside were the remains of a fourteenth century mystic. It soon escaped its captivity and took a liking to me. After a short conversation I demonstrated my ability to fly which impressed him<\/p>\n<p>Soon after and apologising as he did so he left my house and walked into the rain which he had not felt for centuries<\/p>\n<p><b>Church on a Hill <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Just outside Midgham in Berkshire<br \/>\nThere is a church on a hilI<br \/>\nI have not found a path to reach it yet<br \/>\nSo I have delayed my worship<\/p>\n<p><b>Andreas Durer Brother of the Artist <\/b><\/p>\n<p>I have no wish to view my portrait<br \/>\nMy likeness will be saved for others<\/p>\n<p><b>Animal Movement<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I do not like animals<br \/>\nThey worry me with their movement<\/p>\n<p>I much prefer trees<br \/>\nAs they remain stationary<\/p>\n<p><b>Puzzle\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The rough grass harbours a jealously of the nearby meadows<\/p>\n<p>The meadows do not share this emotion<\/p>\n<p><b>A Diet of Fruit <\/b><\/p>\n<p>My exaggerations have little taste<br \/>\nYou will not find them comforting<br \/>\nBut eat if you must<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trowbridge There is a station sign under the bridge at Trowbridge Railway Station in Wiltshire. It is black and white and dates from the early 1970s. It is the only one of its type on the station and is mostly ignored which is a pity as it has a secondary activity as an encyclopaedia. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}