Do you ever find that when you come to sort out the laundry after it has been washed and tumble-dried that you are left with odd socks? Even though you have washed the clothes at home, they just can’t be found.
They’re not left in the washing machine or tumble drier so where on earth have they gone?
The answer is that they are not anywhere on this earth. It’s all the fault of Lev and Soli. Now, at this point, you may well be asking, “Who the hell are Lev and Soli” Well, Lev and Soli are Mizakeen who are Jewish mythical creatures who are very mischievous. So, what have these mythical creatures got to do with missing socks? Surely they just exist in myths.
Well, you see all the mythical creatures of this world like Fairies, Leprechauns, Elves, Unicorns, Dragons,<strong> </strong>Fenghuang, and Kitsune really do exist and they live on a Planet called Altair. They do not think they are strange and all live in harmony in their different tribes. Altair is a very advanced planet and its peoples are capable of space travel. Altairians have to spend a year either on one of two similarly advanced planets or two primitive planets, in order to gain citizenship of Altair. If you will, it is a rite of passage but when they visit the primitive planets, one of which is Earth or Terra as they call it, they are not supposed to be seen. However, occasionally they are spotted by us mortals and this is how our myths have arisen. But I digress, back to the missing socks, which will explain it all, read an excerpt from “The Grail of the Unicorn planet”….
<strong><em>As they made their way along the main street towards the square and the café, Archie noticed a large shop and the sign displayed read, ‘The Schlock Shop’. Under the sign it said, ‘Dealers in odd socks’ and under this is said, ‘recycled and new clothing at reasonable prices. There was a colourful display of suits, trousers, dresses, jumpers, shirts and T-shirts clothes in the windows and on rails outside. Archie was fascinated,</em></strong>
<strong><em> </em></strong><strong style=”color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;”><em>“What’s that?” he asked Fingal.</em></strong>
<p style=”color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;”><strong><em>“Ah, that’d be a clothes shop. It’s run by two Mizakeen, Lev and Soli; they’re shape shifters you know.”</em></strong></p>
<p style=”color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;”><strong><em>Noticing Archie’s puzzled expression he continued.</em></strong></p>
<div><em style=”color: #333333; line-height: 24px;”><strong> “Have ye never heard of shape shifters? Well they can change their shape to whatever form they want. Usually they change to their</strong> </em><strong><em>customers shape, I suppose the customers feel more comfortable and Lev and Soli make more sales.”</em></strong><strong><em>“But why are they dealers in odd socks?”</em></strong></div>
<div><strong><em>“Well, now that’s how they got started. They’re mischievous by nature and when they went to Terra on their Serai, they used to take one sock from a pair, just to tease people. They brought back a pile of single socks and started their business by unpicking the wool or the cotton fibres and dying them and make pairs of socks, coats, suits and all sorts of clothes. Now it’s become a tradition with the Mizakeen that when they visit Terra they take single socks and bring back piles of these for Lev and Sol.”</em></strong><strong><em>Archie started to laugh,</em></strong>
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<strong><em> ”So that’s why my Mum complains that we always end up with are odd socks. She says one sock disappears like magic, off the face of the earth.”</em></strong>
<em><strong> Fingal laughed again, “She’s right they’ve been sent to Lev and Soli’s</strong> <strong>Schlock shop on Altair.” “</strong></em>
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So now you know, if you find that you have odd socks don’t bother to stress out looking for them just accept that they have joined the collection of socks at the Schlock shop. Why is it called the Schlock shop? Read a further excerpt from the “Grail of the Unicorn Planet”……
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<strong><em>“It’s a play on words, you see Schlock means cheap tat, rubbish in Yiddish, you see the Mizakeen always do their Serai in Jewish families, so they pick up Yiddish on Terra. But they don’t just trade in socks now, No, when they became more successful they branched out and they recycle many different fabrics from the four planets we visit. They’re very clever businessmen. Here you are now; they must’ve heard us talking; so you can meet them yourself. ”</em></strong>
<strong><em> Archie looked at the shop and saw a flash and two men appeared.</em></strong>
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<strong><em>“Look, Soli, socks!” one exclaimed looking at Archie’s socks.</em></strong>
<strong><em>“Didn’t I tell you they’d come back in fashion?”</em></strong>
<strong><em>He smiled at Archie and beckoned to him.</em></strong>
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<strong><em>“Come in, my boy, have we got socks for you, we got knee high socks, ankle socks, trainer socks, sports socks, bed socks, thermal socks, wool socks, cotton socks, acrylic socks even cashmere socks, patterned socks, plain socks, argyle socks, striped socks, spotted socks and even tartan socks, we got black socks, white socks, red socks, blue socks, yellow socks, orange socks, purple socks and even sky blue pink socks. Fluffy socks, smooth socks. You want socks my boy? We got socks. Boy, have you come to the right place.”</em></strong>