. S. Smith Writes About Lilliland

ome time ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

The Baron, lady Angela and Professor Hamblin all agreed that there should be something published for the tourists to have when they came to Lilliland. Not a travel brochure, but a fifty-page book about Lilliland’s history.

The Baron had a school friend who might do the job of writing the book. The school friend was contacted but was unavailable to do the job. Instead, he was sending an associate named T. S. Smith.

When T. S. Smith arrived, accompanied by his attractive secretary, he seemed like a competent person and the Baron decided to give him a chance for a month to write about Lilliland.

They would stay in an executive apartment in Lilliland Castle with two bedrooms and a den to be used as a place to do his research and writing.

T. S. Smith started in right away. His secretary would also use the information from the research books made available to them. At this stage everything was progressing very well.

T. S. Smith asked not to be bothered if possible while he was writing and researching. He asked that their meals be sent to the apartment. Then he asked for use of the castle’s wine cellar.

Two weeks went by and no one had anything to say about the writer and his secretary except that they were consuming a lot of wine and they were playing a music box with soft tunes all the time.

The staff that changed the bed linens and did the laundry were told that they did not want any service and it appeared that they were wearing the same clothing all day, every day. No laundry was sent forth.

The Baron asked for a preliminary draft of the script and found that it mostly talked about the view of Lake Lilliland from one bedroom window and the view of the snow capped Alpine Mountains from the other bedroom window.

The Baron was dismayed with the lack of progress in describing Lilliland. “You cannot publish fifty pages of the view of the lake and the mountain.” The writer was dismissed and his work set aside.

Then T. S. Smith said he was confused. “My name is Terran Samuel Smith. Maybe you wanted Thomas Steven Smith, the well-published writer.”

Sure enough, it was a mistake and it seemed that T. S. Smith enjoyed an interesting vacation at the expense of the Baron.