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@wakeupkitty · 5 days ago
Gnome Histrionic, the fabulist daydreamer
I was in the human world, said the undersized gnome, you'lll never guess who I met! The gnome in front of him looked doubtfully. The miniature sitting was known for his drivel. The entire forest had...
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@wakeupkitty · 1 week ago
A Silver Moon
Who are you two? Dragon was walking in the forest when she bumped into a strange duo. I am Little Red Riding Hood, said the girl, and this is the big bad wolf. Good day madam, said the animal, how...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 weeks ago
Bear with me...
Bear with me the note on my doormat said. I hoped it wasn't a message from Paddington and meant he was left behind on a station again. There was no address where to find him meaning I had to sniff ar...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 weeks ago
The Powerful 7
Wuuuuuhuuuuuu, where are youuu? That smell, coffee, chocolate, ego... I covered my head underneath the pillows. There you are, the voice sang. That could only be... ONE How lovely I am. It...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 weeks ago
The Last Wife's Insurance
It was hard to tell if her dreams had come true. The guy she'd married, the one who'd promised her the moon turned out not to exist. Life was about waking up, surviving the day, and catching a nap...
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@wakeupkitty · 1 month ago
Monkey business
What's up, the monkey swinging at the top of a tree asked me. He grinned and screamed to make my presence known by calling his friends who were in the middle of hide and seek. One by one they appeared...
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@wakeupkitty · 1 month ago
Hip Hip Hurray
It's my birthday, hip hip hurray! She stretched and jumped out of her nest. It promised to be a great day! No good day, she roared, I'll have a great year! My year, my glory days have finally arr...
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@wakeupkitty · 1 month ago
The Last Boy
The last boy was a soft one and like everyone knew there's no room for softness in a world so cruel where the brutals reign. How to save a child who's in pain? Most of them found a way, a method not...
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@wakeupkitty · 1 month ago
The Three Little Pigs - a fable
Once upon a time Somewhere, not so far away Three little pigs lived in a merry way Each one of them had their skills One was lazy, one was dumb And the third one was a nerd What they shared was...
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@wakeupkitty · 1 month ago
An Angry Bag
Hey old fool, said the bag to the sack, how long have you been tied up there? The sack didn't know and thought it would be wiser to ignore the bag because it was clearly on the warpath and that cor...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
Hot Dip
It's not easy being a dragon, you know. The knight who had tried to kill her kept silent. Can you believe, I don't have a moment of peace? First arrange a nest, next an egg and to make matters wo...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
A Pair of Losers - fable
For those who expect nothing from life, it is always a shining, bright day. Matilda the little hen happily stepped out of her nest It promised to be a beautiful day After she had groome...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
Cupid
I scratched at my head, wondering why this night of all days. Because you write better in bed, when you don't pay attention to every silly detail, Mars roared, as you know, all my sons have been...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
The Girl & The Mother
It was just another day she woke up shivering from the cold, it was early, 5:30 a.m. the beds were made, the breakfast table set, time to polish all those shoes the lady of the house had lined up i...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
Needed
It's such a lovely day, he mused as he watched the stray dog shuffle past his window. On impulse, he tapped the pencil against it because the distance between his arm and the glass was too far for h...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
The Flood
I didn't intend to, but I automatically closed my eyes when the flood broke out. A stream that flooded me and I hoped... What was it I hoped for? That I wouldn't be buried, snowed under while gasp...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
The End of the Empire
It's great to be at the top, the hare said while he spread his arms in an attempt to embrace what he saw. I am the best, the greatest of all and this, the entire world will be mine, mine, mine. T...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
Not a duck!
I'm keeping an eye on you, growled the black creature at the kitchen door, while showing its snow-white teeth. They glistened in the sun and were the most beautiful shiny things he had ever seen. Th...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
The Ghostwriters
Oh, there you are! Her cheerful face was the last thing he could stand. Why are you so happy, he snapped, can't you see that I'm writing! Why is it that you always have to disrupt when I'm in the...
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@wakeupkitty · 2 months ago
The Cattle Dealer
If art needs to be explained by an art critic, it kills every bit of creativity of the spontaneous artistic mind. If art can't speak for itself, no one can make it talk. It's worth the investment,...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 months ago
Deadly boring
Such a boring place to be. When will we go leave, he asked, while dropping a second banana peel on the sidewalk. All one can do here is watch the grass grow. I've had it with those stupid mountains, t...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 months ago
Test subject
One, two, three, One, two, three ... the nurse repeated, her voice boomed through the empty hall and my head felt like it was exploding. I wish she didn't have such a nasty voice, there was nothi...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 months ago
Don't feed the aliens!
What is it , I would like to know. A surprise, he said. If it came to Dad and surprises...I hesitated and didn't feel motivated to put my book aside. I'm reading, can't you see I don't have time...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 months ago
Say cheese
Once I've grown a wing or better two I'll fly, get out. Why should I stay? I like to see the sunrise for a change instead of lying down and hiding in a wooden shed, one that's not even able to save...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 months ago
Flat
Doc wants us to say how we feel and invite... Hey there, have a look at this place All that space Isn't that what you miss? Over here the grass is always ~~green~~ It's where wildlife still c...
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@Garage.Writer · 3 months ago
The Enchanted Library
Once upon a time, in the quaint village of Eldoria, nestled between rolling hills and whispering forests, there stood an ancient library that held secrets beyond imagination. The Eldoria Library was n...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 months ago
Robbed
I couldn't sleep and for those who can't just like me the night is long. Counting sheep? Trust me, it doesn't work. It's difficult to count if you can't see in the dark. I tried to lie on my other s...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 months ago
Ticket to the other side
Get out the sun is shining, it's another bright day! Right, he replied and turned away from the shining face that should easily enlighten his day if he hadn't been so depressed. It's a neverendin...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 months ago
Highlights
Now we talk a bit more I have to say I do believe you are a sweet personality. So why don't you put down the cheese, close my fridge and sit down for a while? Let's talk. I won't charge you any fe...
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@wakeupkitty · 3 months ago
Protect the goblin
It's a mess, Kate said and she was right. The entire floor looked as if the swap team of the FBI had taken over the place and had tried to wipe it clean. No worries the drugs are untouched, the nu...
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