Opening scene: Scotland, 1973
Duncan sighed, drinking in the smells and sounds of his highland home once more. His trips back to his old homeland were too painful to happen that often. About once or twice a century was all he permitted himself. But this time, 3. Picasso's last words had sent him here, on a mission in memory of his dear old friend.
Tomorrow, he would travel out to the 1. Mull of Kintyre, where, 2. With a little luck, he would be able to stand by the lighthouse and see clear across to Ailsa Craig. For some reason, Picasso seemed to feel that it was essential that Duncan make this pilgrimage.
Cut to black / fade in on view of Ailsa Craig from the Mull of Kintyre
Duncan raised his hand, shading his deep, dark eyes from the southern sun. The scream of gulls and the lap of waves resounded near him. Atop a rock, two gulls beat frantic wings in a 5. Tug of war over some salty morsel, setting Duncan laughing. Then, suddenly, a soft voice penetrated: "Duncan."
His name had barely been breathed, but he stood, transfixed. The voice -- he KNEW the voice. Yet when he turned, he saw a stranger. She stood tall for a woman of even this age and time, about 5'9" it seemed. Skin the color of warm cocoa with sweet milk stirred in. Rampant curls swirled all over her skull, close cut but blowing free. Eyes -- eyes as green -- as green . . .
Duncan stiffened suddenly, recognition slamming through him like a cannon-shot. THESE were his beloved Yahzmin's eyes! Dead, long dead -- yet the soul reflected there was surely hers. But how -- she was no immortal.
The strange woman smiled, reading his thoughts in his body's reactions. "Aye, Duncan, tis I. I've searched for you since that day on the battlefield when I heard you playing the 4. Pipes of peace, so long ago, over my fallen body. But you left too quickly and wandered so far! My love, my one true love -- know now that there is more than one type of immortal upon this earth. You carry the same body, soul and spirit along forever. I am one of the other -- I carry only the soul while my body changes each time. I've missed you terribly, my darling, yet I am terrified to ask, to know. Can you, can you, love me still, though I have changed so?"
Recalling the urgency of Picasso's demand that he make this journey, Duncan wondered what the old man knew and did not tell. It would not be the first time he seemed to know more than any mortal man could. But did it truly matter? Duncan mused: "How amazing is life? Once more, 6. The girl is mine." Smiling, he simply opened his arms to his once and forever lover.
2007-05-30 06:06:42
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answer #1
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answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7
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His name was Mull, Mull of Kintyre. He owned a store in town that sold pipes of peace and picasso works and also included Picasso's last words. It was like a tug of war at the store because patrons would have a tug of war when Mull held a sore sale. One of Picasso's works was especially interesting to two people. The work of was about a little girl. Finally, someone won the right to take the peace of art. An old lady proclaimed, Sorry, the girl is mine.
2007-05-30 06:08:28
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answer #2
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answered by Anonymous
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It is a little known fact that "Picasso's Last Words" before he died were "The Girl is Mine". See, old Pablo was having an internal "tug of war" over his love of a fair Scottish Lass, as she was bethroed to another. Pablo figured "With a little luck" he could woo the fair lass away from her fiance. Finally she said yes. But as fate would have it, Pablo suffered a massive heart attack. Pablo's was buried at the "Mull of Kintyre" where they first met and and fell in love listening to the "pipes of peace".
2007-05-30 05:55:12
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answered by weyes ask 2
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I was walking down the street to the "Mull of Kintyre" on my mind, then suddenly I thought of "Picasso's last words", which reminded me that all is not gone, for as long as "the girl is mine", I could play this "tug of war " with the destiny, it would never really bother me, no sir. Then I tought that "with a little luck", she would join me at this picnic along with our Irish friends and we could sit under a tree and listen to them play their "pipes of peace" and dwell in harmony. Hope this puts a smile on your face. Cheers.
2016-04-01 05:02:16
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answered by Flor 4
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