King of the Mountain

I was on my way to the Bottomless Cup for my morning coffee when my forward motion was suddenly stopped. I pried my eyelids open to see what the problem was. All I could see was a huge pile of compost blocking my usual route. I vaguely recalled Mom warning us she was having a couple of wheel barrow loads of compost delivered. I should have paid better attention. Now the big question, do I go over the pile or around it? Maybe I will just burrow under it.

Returning to the burrow with my coffee, I told the family about my morning adventures. The kids were all excited and ran off to find their friends. The kids from the Sticks neighborhood challenged the kids from the Woodchoppers neighborhood of the Woodpile to a friendly game of King of the Mountain. The kids got out their scissors and colored pencils, and made a larger than life size crown.

 

 Lily is satisfied she has got the crown arranged just right on top of the mountain.

She challenges the other kids yelling “I am Queen of the Mountain, hear me roar!”

Lily’s teeth start chattering as she watches Maxine, captain of the girls wrestling team, approach.

The Challenger

Maxine, the first challenger cautiously approaches the fortress and takes possession. All efforts to overthrow Maxine fail. Lily finally realizes the fortress doesn’t have a water well. She begins to formulate a plan to recapture the crown.

All this hard work makes Maxine thirsty. The nearest source of water is 30 feet away.

While Maxine is getting a drink, Lily moved the crown 

to a more defensible location on top of a stump.

Maxine attempts to scale the vertical wall of the Stump Fortress but is unsuccessful.

Maxine then attempts an assault by use of a siege pole.

Lily quickly puts an end to that.

Maxine builds a new fort on the mountain. It looks impenetrable.

“I dare you weaklings to attack my fort”

Maxine discovers a flaw.

She forgot to build a wall on the backside, it is wide open!

In moments the fortress is completely overrun.

At the end of the game, Lily is crowned “Queen of the Stump”