An enjoyable read. Around here, all the ice cream parlors close for the winter, so I guess I'll just sit in the parking lot and if anyone asks if I need something I'll answer, “Nope. Guess I’ll just wait for Spring.”
I doubt it. The point of these microscopic stories is that they last for 100 words and that's it. So the most I can hope from them is a quick grin or thought and the reader moves on. This one depends a lot on irony, I suppose.
I suspect we've all had experiences like this, TJ. But this one came at a time when I was really looking for something to write about. Hence the "heaven" comment. ;)
Arnold could see the enemy, heavily camouflaged, creeping through the bushes towards his position. The nervous, surreptitious movement of foliage gave the guy away. Arnold barked out a challenge.
“Halt! Who goes there?”
The enemy froze into immediate immobility. Arnold aimed his rifle carefully at the silent shape. He squeezed the trigger.
BANG!
The head jerked but then continued to crawl forwards. “You’re dead,” shouted Arnold indignantly.
“Missed,” came the answer.
“Did not.”
“It’s just a flesh wound.”
Arnold sighed in frustration. “If you’re going to argue every time you get shot, I’ll find someone else to play with, Jimmy.”
Word count: 100
For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 10
Prompt: Write a drabble that is a story (so it has a beginning, middle and end, and a conflict) and a work of fiction (so not a memoir or true tale).
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