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Ooh, I think I have a small inkling of an idea! 8D
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...I will attempt to write on as well...
Okay, so it's been a bad week and my Halloween sucked, but I decided to write a story to alleviate some of the horror with some light humor. It's not very good and it's late, but here it is. Story: Facilitating Between a Pumpkin and a Cat
WC: 318 words
For Halloween, I decided to paint a pumpkin to look like a penguin. Don’t ask me why. Do I know that penguins aren’t traditional Halloween animals? Yes. Do I care? No.
Truly, it was just an ordinary penguin pumpkin. But it had some extraordinary results with some of my family members.
See, I finished it on the 29th and I left the penguin on the kitchen table, as kind of the “centerpiece” of the dining room Halloween decorations. I put glittery spiders around it and little bowls filled with candy. It was quite pretty, I thought.
Unfortunately, only the human members of my family agreed with me.
I went to school the next morning, Friday, in costume. When I came home, the house was a wreck. My penguin was lying on his side in the middle of the table. The spiders were all over the floor. My tablecloth was wrinkled and bunched up in the corner.
In the middle of all this mess laid my cat, eyes wide, paws spread out, completely and totally terrified. I laughed, laughed so hard that my cat literally flew off the table. I didn’t see him for the rest of the night.
I carefully reset the table, hoping my kitty would get over his aversion to my cute penguin pumpkin.
But when I woke up the next morning, my penguin was once again askew, the spiders covering the floor in all their glittery brilliance, and a scared cat stuck in the middle.
It clearly wasn’t going to work out between the penguin and my kitty.
I tried everything. I put kitty treats around the penguin. I let the cat sniff the penguin when I was around. I literally sat there with my pumpkin and my cat and just watched as he flipped out.
Eventually, I gave up. And I made a pact with myself- next year, I’m not painting a penguin. ☺
LOLZ Thanks, Paige. At first I was like, "GAAAHHH!" but eventually it reached the point where all I could do was laugh.
Okay I'm officially ending this contest, even though no one voted, because clearly no one else is entering. So I won! Go me! WOO!
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Ends: October 23rd
Min. WC: 300 words
Max. WC: 900 words
Theme: Pumpkin
Judged on: The usual :) If anyone's unclear, go ahead and ask. Or look at previous contests.
Judge: Everyone! We will be voting again!
Let's get some more stories this time! This week's theme is Pumpkin because it is October. I have a very fun idea for next week for Halloween. =D I think all you writers can do some really great works with these themes!
Good luck!
Tink, again I hope this is okay. Always feel free to let me know if changes need to be made.