Lars had always wanted to be a helicopter pilot, his squint wouldn’t stop him! But in the prevailing job market it was hard to find a job even doing his own cheerleading with pompoms, so to speak. In the end, he found a position with … Continue reading A short career
Henry the eighth cat of Frederick York lounged in his diamond studded chair (which the staff considered a travesty but nobody asked them). He dictated a carefully worded letter about the declining quality of the local bakery’s mouse pies. Every meow was taken down on Henry’s private stationery before it was burned to ashes by his secretary.
Can You Tell a Story in … 57 words including cat, diamonds, chair, stationery, travesty, and pies.
The final scrabble match had begun. The Police and Deep Purple were present for the punishment of the loser – being thrown into lake Geneva and kept underwater until.
Can You Tell a Story in … 28 Words including scrabble, police, and underwater
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Maxine Smart was a spy with a special zeal. In her career she had installed microphones in teapots, snail shells, in villas and cottages. But this was the ultimate undercover case. She would expose the agent from Botswana, rescue the former president of SWAPO from Namibia and with one foul swoop secure a year’s production of diamonds from Orapa. It would make her immortal!
Can You Tell a Story in … 64 words including zeal, microphone, snail, cottage, immortal, teapot
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Every carnival there was a competition for best disguise. Clara cherished the awards she had received for five years running. The winner was announced during the boogie. It was a draw: Clara had to share with another polar bear. She could have killed it as a waterfall with the tears she cried.
Can You Tell a Story in … 52 words including disguise, cherish, boogie, waterfall, draw
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The local bird park sent out an emergency newsletter. “We have a juvenile peacock here creating havoc. He’s been stealing the toothpaste out of the staff bathroom. He seems only scared of cymbals. We need. You have? Help, please!” Once again, Esther limits our word … Continue reading Vampire bird
One might call it: The sharks are circling! It was of course merely a conga line beach tournament but the competition was surprisingly ferocious. There was an umpire who oversaw the suitability of the soundtracks used (diddly-diddly dum-dum) and the proper placement of the towels (one inch above the hip bone). Four groups of twenty-one dancers each had reached the finals. The coveted prize for which they were competing was a luxury bus tour to False Bay in South Africa to watch real sharks circling.
Can You Tell a Story in … 85 words including shark, umpire, conga, bus, luxury, four, towel and soundtrack.
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The elfin warlock was hanging from a frayed lanyard, circling like a tiny rocket in orbit. He was indeed rather tiny so he was only given tiny errands by Beelzebub such as tangling the yarn Granny used for her crochet projects.
Can You Tell a Story in … 41 Words? including warlock, crochet, rocket, and lanyard
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“No woman no cry.” The reggae melody worked as a side-effect free psychosomatic remedy while he harvested the fluff in his partner’s navel. This cancelled out all his woes – from his relentless accountant to the pain in his arm which stemmed from a needlepoint … Continue reading Jamaican Tattoo
A well-versed bookworm prided himself that he could weather any storm. He kept tempting his fate with words from The Tempest. Until a cat’s paw pulled him out and he was dangling in limbo.
Can You Tell a Story in … 34 words including worm, storm, and limbo
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