B gone!

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‘It has to be there somewhere’, said Percy.

Percy was a pianist of note, and he was performing at the Piano Bar when things went wonbly-woo. Plinkity-plonk-plinkity-plonk…nothing. Plonkity-plink-plonkity-plink… nothing.

He’d been playing The Flight of the Bumble Bee when B flat went missing. 

‘Come out come out wherever you are’, he yelled as he searched through the piano strings.

C  minor hadn’t seen it; neither had A. .F told him that it had, erm, gone off!

In fact, halfway through the piece B flat decided that being a bumble bee would be far more fun than being constantly bonked, so off he buzzed off to make honey.

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Thanks to Sadje for hosting What Do You See?

Image credit; Matt Baron- Thomson @ Unsplash

24 thoughts on “B gone!

  1. Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬'s avatar Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬ August 17, 2026 / 14:21

    Wonbly woo! What a fun expression! I’ll have to remember that one. Funny story, too!

  2. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin August 17, 2026 / 14:46

    I love the sound effects and whimsy of your story, Keith. The letters on the piano taking flight…brilliant!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings August 18, 2026 / 13:02

      Thanks, Suzette, I’m so pleased you enjoyed it!

  3. Sadje's avatar Sadje August 17, 2026 / 15:46

    Poor Percy. What a predicament. He should invest in a new piano. Thanks Keith for joining in with this lovely story.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings August 18, 2026 / 13:15

      …and perhaps keep the lid closed! Thank you, Sadje.

      • Sadje's avatar Sadje August 18, 2026 / 14:33

        Oh yes. 👍🏼

  4. Chris Hall's avatar Chris Hall August 17, 2026 / 16:36

    Ah, that was brilliant, Keith!!

  5. Dale's avatar Dale August 17, 2026 / 17:51

    You do come up with the best phrases…. wonbly woo? I must try to remember that one!
    And only you would come up with something like this! Fun stuff…

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings August 18, 2026 / 13:41

      You say the nicest thing, Dale, thank you muchly!

      • Dale's avatar Dale August 18, 2026 / 15:08

        Always a pleasure!

  6. pensitivity101's avatar pensitivity101 August 17, 2026 / 18:55

    Love this. I remember sitting down and a keyboard to play and NOTHING.
    The innards had been removed to be restrung and nobody told me!

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings August 18, 2026 / 13:43

      Haha, that’s so funny! At least you didn’t play any wrong notes!

  7. beth's avatar beth August 18, 2026 / 02:37

    bzzzzzzzzzzzzy b.

  8. clark's avatar clark August 18, 2026 / 15:36

    thing is, some stories are fun to read not only for the plot but when we can imagine it as it’s being written!
    lol

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings August 19, 2026 / 15:53

      ‘ain’t that so? I hope it came across that way!

  9. byngnigel's avatar byngnigel August 20, 2026 / 12:49

    This was a good laugh. Lol.. I loved where your creativity took you with this prompt. Very whimsical and entertaining.

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