Prompts = Abscond, Belittle, Nuts
Story New — But They Agreed!
The territorial dispute between the grey and brown squirrels over the mango tree had raged for generations. But Bosworth Brown had an idea: make peace with the Greys and harvest the tree together. And if the Browns happened to arrive early, that worked too.
The day Bosworth returned to the Brown nest, waving the signed treaty, his spirits were high. But he also belittled the adversaries’ intelligence. ‘They fell for it! Stupid rodents!’
Bosworth and the Browns arrived at 7am for a noon harvest but found the trees bare of fruit. ‘The Greys must have absconded with my mangoes! Nuts.’
Story Old — A Nutty Plan
Photo by Nojan Namdar on Unsplash
A well dressed gentleman sat quietly on the bench seat on the city bus, a black satchel nestled on the seat next to him. Wireless earbuds linked to his phone, which was actively searching local news. The report he’d anticipated began to run:
“A brazen theft at the Met today. Who is responsible isn’t know, but what is known is that a priceless necklace was stolen. Police are…”
He turned off the radio feed and relaxed. The team’s plan to “abscond” the item was nuts, or so he’d thought. But it worked. He wouldn’t belittle the next plan…
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