A Ticklish Situation
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 46762
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She's very fast, Fred realised. She has rather caught me flat-
footed. I have only a few seconds in which to recover. I should be much
stronger than she is, but it would be hard to force her arms away in time
to grab the rope before she can tie it. But what else can I do?
Fred, though far from stupid, was not normally very imaginative. But for once, inspiration suddenly came to him. This probably wouldn't work, he thought, but at least it carried no risk of injuring his opponent, unlike trying to force her hands apart if he misjudged her strength relative to his own. For, quite apart from the rules of the contest, Fred still had qualms about using force on someone who - though not human - was undeniably female. Moving quickly across, he extended the fingers on both his hands, and began to tickle Ia'adoire's sides. He had no idea whether elves were ticklish, nor whether her clothing would be thin enough for this to work. But if it did work, then she would either have to use her arms and hands to try to conteract him, in which case she couldn't continue to tie the rope, or she would risk collapsing with laughter before she could finish making the knot. The result of his tickling exceeded all his expectations. In no more than a couple of seconds, Ia'adoire was helpless with laughter and rolling on the floor of the cave. He grabbed the robe and had tied it around his neck before she had a chance to recover. It took another minute before Ia'adoire had stopped laughing sufficiently to be able to congratulate him on his victory. 106, 107, 108 ...
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