Quote Prompt

This week's prompt involves two randomly selected quotes. The goal is to use one quote as the opening line of a story, and the other as the closing line. I've never tried this before, but I'm sure I'm in for oodles of fun.

First line: He said, "Have a happy birthday...a very happy birthday," and smiled and nodded.
Last line: "Yea," said Parcenet, "we who dwell there do hold it to be an excellent estate."
(the underlined section can be excluded as it is arguably not part of the sentence... oh, and character names can be inserted/removed/changed)


I will post a story conforming to these guidelines on/by August 2nd.


Hopefully.