Ax a Tanker = Texarkana (We messed up TEXARKANA above. “Tanker Tax” has an extra T and not enough A’s. But we’ve fixed it in the final version to “AX A TANKER”. TEXAN ARK also works and is kind of funny, but I didn’t want to repeat “ark,” since we had it in the state name.)
First Moth = Fort Smith
Hogs Sprint= Hot Springs
Ruminant Kazoos = Ozark Mountains (a ruminant is a hoofed mammal, like a cow or sheep)
Ticket Roll = Little Rock (This is another one we switched. “TICKET ROLL” just seemed better somehow.)
Far Idol = Florida
Atlases Heal = Tallahassee
Darn Loo = Orlando
I’m Ma! = Miami
Ma + Pa = Tampa (I had this in the original copy doc, we we forgot to put it on the map! We’re fixing it in the final version.)
No Acrobat = Boca Raton
Ocean Pals = Pensacola (One of my favorites. And a nice companion to SEA DOING for SAN DIEGO.)
A Hen Whimpers = New Hampshire
Aha, Sun = Nashua
A Piranha I Call Pat = Appalachian Trail
Corn Doc = Concord
Dryer = Derry
Newish Mutation = White Mountains
Recent Hams = Manchester
Look, a Ham = Oklahoma
Calamity? Oh, OK = Oklahoma City
Dine = Enid
Latte Swirl = Stillwater
Odd Men = Edmond
Salut = Tulsa (“Salut” is a way to say “cheers” in Spanish.)
Teen Sense = Tennessee
Before Rumors = Murfreesboro
Chat on a Goat = Chattanooga (We changed this. CHAT ON A GOAT feels funnier. Like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.)
Ill-shaven = Nashville
Love XL Kin = Knoxville
Pies, Hmm? = Memphis
More to read
Winnie’s Whoosh Went Walkabout, part 9
Read part 8, from last week. She let the tug tug her out into the night, away out of town and up into the hills, toward the Pass of Pazain, keeping her Whoosh in sight, up way up high, …
Read part 7, from last week. She threw off her quilt and jumped up and got going. She clambered through backyards, leapt dogs and climbed walls. Her Whoosh wasn’t trusting. Her Whoosh wasn’t slowing, despite her cajolings and …