Hi this is Sherlock again. I said I would draw Harvey the fish's sarcophagus so here it is. It has Isis on it and the other parts are mostly from Tutankhamun's mummy case, the inside one with the colours, not the just gold one, even though Harvey wasn't a pharaoh or even a king.
We made it out of cardboard and a paste of plaster and water and things and then we painted it. The yellow parts are supposed to be gold but I don't have a gold pencil and the paint we used wasn't really gold anyway so this is more accurate.
We put him in a box and buried him with a marker to show where he was because Mrs T said maybe we could make a pyramid when there's school again and dig him up and put him in there even though they didn't actually find pharaohs in the pyramids so they might not have been tombs at all but I still want to make one. I'm going to invent lots of traps for it.
We made it out of cardboard and a paste of plaster and water and things and then we painted it. The yellow parts are supposed to be gold but I don't have a gold pencil and the paint we used wasn't really gold anyway so this is more accurate.
We put him in a box and buried him with a marker to show where he was because Mrs T said maybe we could make a pyramid when there's school again and dig him up and put him in there even though they didn't actually find pharaohs in the pyramids so they might not have been tombs at all but I still want to make one. I'm going to invent lots of traps for it.
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Wow, Sherlock, that's beautiful!
I went to Egypt about a year ago and I was amazed at how bright the colors still are (though only in places where neither erosion nor thieves could touch, like the undersides of lintels and the artists' tombs) - you've definitely captured the vibrancy of their art.
It sounds like the pyramid you design will be the most secure in history. Harvey should be honored.
That's a very lovely drawing of Isis, Sherlock. I'm sure Harvey's trip to the afterlife will be a good one, with that as his resting place.
(John's going to frown on me asking, but...what sort of traps are you thinking of? I love Egyptology and did a research presentation on mummfication and the art of tomb goods and treasures and the protection thereof when I was in college.)
That's really lovely, Sherlock. Well done.
No practicing traps in the house, right? Even in your room. I really wouldn't want to have to call the fire brigade to get anyone free.
They would only be little ones! They have to fit inside a little pyramid, we're not building a big one, we haven't got room.
Not with a new pond you haven't, no.
Although we could have done Harvey a nice Viking burial on it.
We can do that when the next fish dies.
Why didn't I think of that?
Anything you want to do at the weekend? Something nice we can all do together?
And is your picture gping up on the fridge, so I can see the original when I get home?
Can we go swimming again? Or to that market you and John went to and you wouldn't let me come.
Yes it's on there now. You can have it at work if you want to.
We could probably do both those things, ,yes.
And thanks, that's very kind of you.
Ive got to get back to work, Kiddo, but I'll still check my emails every now and again. Sounds like you and Mycroft are very busy too though.
Why aren't you telling us about the case you're doing? You usually always tell us at least a little.
Some cases just aren't very suitable for sharing, Sherlock. Sorry
Sorry. I've told him not to keep bothering you about it.
I don't mind, Mycroft. Not usually. But even though he'll deny it, he is a bit young for some things.
It isn't a murder, anyway, Sherlock. So you probably wouldn't be interested.
I'll tell you a bedtime story about a murder tonight, Sherlock, promise.
I know. I saw your comment to John on your post. One doesn't interview murder victims.
Yeah, suppose not. Thanks. You're a brilliant big brother to him.
Sherlock, that's lovely! The colors are very vibrant, just as they should be! Your skills as an artist never cease to amaze me. Thank you for sharing that with us!
Hey Mycroft, I just wanted to wish you luck for tomorrow's visit.
That's very kind of you. Thank you.
Mazarin, I don't know what kind of traps yet exactly but we got a lot of books from the library. The internet doesn't have very good instructions for trap building in pyramids. I think there should be sliding rocks and pits and spikes and something that fills up with water. And maybe snakes. But there would have to be a way to feed the snakes so they didn't die.
Right boys, I'm home, dinner could be cooking if I knew what anyone wanted. Speak now or get fed whatever I can find in the fridge.
Yous pyramid sounds like it's getting bigger and bigger, Sherlock.
Risotto?
I suppose I can't argue that you don't fit the description. Although I was appealing more to the gruesome twosome.
Yeah, we've got everything for some form of risotto, I'm sure.
Yes, but they want to design hideous traps for the unwary, whereas I want risotto. Do you want help? I can stir it at least.
Yeah, I guess stirring would be good. It'll just be...leftover gorgonzola and whatever veg we've got bits of. That okay?
Sounds wonderful. Thanks.
No problem.
You'll be doing all the work, anyway. I'll just be chopping stuff up and throwing it in.
I know it's not quite as exciting, Sherlock, but some of the best traps were actually false entrances and hallways that went nowhere, while the real entrance was closed up so no one could ever find it and rob the tomb.
I sort of like a big pit filled with water somewhere. That way you don't have to worry about feeding the snakes or anything.
There could be a maze!!!
Sherlock - wonderful drawing, very vibrant. I think a maze sounds like an excellent idea. A maze with snakes and water?
Mycroft - I hope you enjoy your visit tomorrow :-)
Boys, dinner's ready.
Sherlock, have you heard of the Winchester House? It was designed by a woman who was very rich and slightly mad. According to the story, she wanted to confuse and trap the ghosts that might be coming after her.
It's full of secret passages and stairways that go to nowhere. I actually visited it a number of years ago (it's in California) and it's amazing!
Here is a page with information on it: http://winchestermysteryhouse.com/thehouse.cfm
That sounds fascinating, Becca. I'm sure Sherlock will be full of questions about it.
(Don't worry, boys, you go on planning death and destruction, we'll wash up.)
Don't worry, boys, you go on planning death and destruction, we'll wash up.
You sounded just like my mum in my head when I read that.
Sounded just like me thirty years ago.
Hopefully slightly lower pitched than your mum.
Nice to see them working together, isn't it? Don't mind really.
It is. I think I'm going to have to say something about the snake pit though. They wouldn't fit, for one thing. Unless they were very small snakes.
Sherlock, those traps your thinking of sound fantastic, but have you looked at something like the Minotaurs Maze? There's a very interesting (and sometimes gory J & L) story about it. And, while I'm thinking of it, try some of the Chinese tricks and traps, they're quite interesting.
Your picture is great, I can't draw at all!
I started thinking of a whole way of feeding the snakes (it involved breeding mice), when I realised even a mouse was bigger than Harvey, let alone snakes...and that this project would soon take over half of London.
And poor Harvey might come to an even more unfortunate end.
I think Harvey (now wrapped in linen and thoroughly dehydrated in natron) would probably just make the snakes ill.
Given that pyramids were generally in relatively stuff places, I would suggest pits that fill with sand our soil. And while not historically accurate, maybe a mousetrap.
Later,
Bronwyn
That's a great picture, Sherlock. I'm very envious of you - I wish I'd got to go to such an interesting school when I was your age. We never got to make a sarcophagus or a pyramid, or dig a pond. I just spent a lot of time daydreaming, as I'd finish my work too quickly and have to wait for the others to get done.
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