William Tell & Family
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Short Story by: B Douglas Slack
There are many legends concerning the person of William Tell who was a Swiss folk hero of the late 15th-century. What isn't generally known is that he was a devoted family man. He married early in life to a fair maiden from the next town named Ida Nechts.
Ida had strong convictions as to women's rights and took William's last name with hyphenation. Thus she became Ida Nechts-Tell. She bore him three fine sons: Hough, Bagga, and Fore. As they grew up, the boys were encouraged to join their parents in the sport of lawn bowling.
Lawn bowling was in its infancy at that time, but in due course leagues were formed and prized awarded for the leaders. Since there were five already in the Tell family, they had their own team. Eventually, as their skill began to rise, they were offered a sponsorship by a local businessman. He provided jerseys with his company name across the back, and this tradition still remains even in modern times.
What is unfortunate is that no portraits were ever produced of the Tell family so that historians have never discovered for whom the Tells bowled.
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Hah! Good one, Tom. I was expecting a punch line that would involve the Tell family's strange names. ~ Joe
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Well, this was a story that Tells all, so to speak.
~Tom
Nice job Tom. The lawn bowling image really made a W.T. a 3D family man. Enjoyed the read.
OH.... the tales you Tell, Crown green bowling at it's best.
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You never can Tell what I'm up to.
~Tom
Had to come back to this one as I remembered it while buying practice arrows. [ getting steeply priced these days]
Already said but great pun at end. Funny, I remembered the idea of story and was thinking Robin Hood. So bad memory but you could always write one about the Sherwood Knight.
Write on Bill.
Bob
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When I wrote this one, I worried I'd strike out.
Bill
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