It is about time for some real feel-good news. And we finally got some. It was quite funny and very unassuming, but now all the Dedes are celebrating. Here is the story.
Late last night, Push Push the elephant walked up to Harvey and said, “Harvey, you are a sponsored puppet, aren’t you? What do you actually have to do?” Harvey looked at her from top to bottom and back again, and said, “You have to find yourself a sponsor, you silly thing!”
“No, that’s not what I mean” she said. “What do you do when you are a sponsored puppet?” Harvey still didn’t get it, but Mouse jumped in. “Does this mean you’ve got a sponsorship?” she cried. “Yes,” said Push Push and suddenly got emotional with little tears glistening in the corner of her eyes. “Someone is sponsoring me. But I have no idea how I can thank this person!” Mouse jumped up and down with joy and hugged Push Push over and over again. “Oh, you lucky, lucky Dede! You might get out of here before it all falls to pieces.”
But now Harvey stepped in and pushed Mouse to the side. “Oh no, a sponsorship is not a ticket out! It is quite the contrary. You get a sponsorship so that you stay.” All of a sudden he was the cool dude, the old experienced hand in sponsorships, which is in fact true, as he found his sponsor last year at the exhibition in July. He explained to Push Push that she will have to send Christmas cards and birthday cards to her sponsor and hold her hand up as often as possible to appear in films and on the blog, so that people see her and her value increases. She also might have to go out to lunch with her sponsor from time to time. “I am having a lunch date with my sponsor this Friday. It is not as easy as it sounds. It’s bordering on work” he finished off and folded his arms across his chest, just a tad miffed that he wasn’t so special anymore.
“Oh no, I won’t go out for lunches, my sponsor lives overseas! And I am happy to write Christmas cards and birthday cards. I will write one every month, I am starting right now!”
“Oh dear,” Harvey rolled his eyes. “How on earth did she find a sponsor?”
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I hope you can find sponsors for all the dede’s! Their entertainment bill must be massive….
Yes, their entertainment bill is quite high, but they are not big spenders when it comes to clothes and to be honest, they don’t eat much either. ;)
When I told ‘Punch too’ ( AKA Han de Vere ) about this new development he asked if he could come for a sleepover to catch up with the Dedes after ‘lights out’. Said he felt he’d missed out on a lot of stuff and as he was thinking about writing an ‘Ode’ he could maybe get some inspiration. Anyway he’s very excited to be coming to see you all on Saturday for the workshop.
He is most welcome. But I don’t know with all the kerfuffle with Magician and Devil whether it is the best time for a sleep over. Though on second thought, as he is an “outside” Dede he might have calming effect the ones that are living here.
Sounds like the energy in the Dede world is picking up again and there’s never a dull moment.
This seems to be a trait of the Dedes: when they are quiet, they are hatching new plans and simply forget to let everybody else know what they are up to. I thought with Magician this would change and he would keep the readers informed, but no, he is as slack as Devil.