2006

One-of-a-kind ArtDolls

THE STORYTELLER

Gabler was a strange little guy, not of our world, as we know it. He who would sit around all day just waiting for someone to pass by. His excitement would explode if someone would stop and listen to his tattered tales about Ebel Alley. His stories are very, very true and made little sense to those who didn’t know about the residers in Ebel Alley. But most of the time his tales don’t make any sense what so ever to anyone. And that’s the way Gabler liked it. Gabler has a gift for gab and somehow manages to twist and turn tales about the simple life in Ebel Alley until then even the most reasonable man would throw up his hands and walk on by. He’s had no real job that we know of. Many looked upon him as a quirky old goat. Others see past the fact that he looked like a dirty old bum and considered him a real master in disguise. He was the one and only true historian of Ebel, hiding his real identity to learn the secrets of our world. Or perhaps it was the other way around. Regardless, Gabler is quite a character in his own right. He only tells tales about the other residers, never ever about himself.

Know one knows for sure just what Gabler did in the old days. He never talks about himself or things he did as a boy. The word is he rode the trains from Ebel Alley to the other side and one day he fell off on the other side and wasn’t able to get back on the train for days. They say he’s been a little touched in the head since then and never left Ebel Alley again. He just sits in the same spot every day and spins his tales to anyone who will stop for a short time to listen.

Some of the younger whippersnappers think he’s the oldest resider but some say Stumpy has been around forever. And they also say that Stumpy hasn’t ever been out of Ebel Alley, ever. I’m sure if you wait long enough, Gabler has a story or two to tell about him too.

The tattered tales told here in this book are word for word as Gabler has told them over and over again. Well, it’s close to word for word but Ebelish doesn’t always translate into English very well. He knows all about everything that goes on in Ebel Alley and everyone who lives there and spins his tattered tales to anyone who will listen. Well, actually, he tells them even if no one is listening or even near him. He just rattles on and on, day in and day out. Most residers just smile and wave and keep moving because they know once Gabler gets going on one of his tattered tales, he never stops.