Anatra

“What if we… make a trap?”

“Out of what?”

“Double sided tape? It works for the the bugs!”

Mirabelle hesitated, then solemnly turned to me, eyes wide; “Did something grow in the dishes because we left them too long? we did leave them for three days…”

I shrugged, “Maybe, I mean, mom always said that stuff grows when you leave it dirty too long…” Of course I knew that wasn’t true, but what else was I supposed to say? She’s ten.

“Well…

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My eyes first fell upon the sink, and then darted to the water on the cracked linoleum. I looked back up, throwing wary glances across the room.

There was nothing visible to me, but I did notice that the window, which was previously closed, was now open.

“Oh, come on, Milo, don’t give me that look; you look like a dissatisfied walrus when you do that,” Mirabelle laughed.

“Dissatisfied walrus or not, you cheated,” I raised an eyebrow at her.

And then there was a rattling from the kitchen.

 The jenga tower collapsed and blocks tumbled across the coffee table and blasted me in the face (which had a very demoralized expression on it).

“What, I won? I WON!” My sister jumped up and pumped her fists in the air, acting like she wasn’t the one who had cheated.

@kathleenramm Indeed. Hmm, I think it really rather became that later on. I didn’t realize how much writing meant to me until I did it more and more. It used to just be a fun hobby and now.. it’s part of who I am, really.

@kathleenramm Aw, I’d be really happy if you did! And I’m glad you like the prompts!

@mkfairygirl Awesome!!! 😀 I’m super excited to see your entry, then!!!

@lewilliams Yess! I’m very excited 🙂 I totally get it if you’re busy. Thank you!

@daisy-torres Awesome!! Thank you so much!!! 😀

@gracie-j *sighs* Whatever. XD Just… talk it up on your blog, m’kay?

@jodi-maile Yay! So glad you’re joining!! :DD I’m very excited to see what you come up with!

@godlyfantasy12 Hey, I’m just glad that you’re entering. XD I’m really excited to see what you’ll cook up! 😉

@gracie-j Please do! I want everyone to know! lol. And no, you can’t say that you called it. I leaked spoilers in an earlier post. Everyone already knew. XD

@devastate-lasting Ah, I totally get that. Don’t worry about it! And thank you.

@keilah-h ok coolio! Sounds so fun! Have fun

@keilah-h Sorry if that seemed rude, it wasn’t my intent 🙂

It definitely will take lots of time but hey, it gives you something to do if nothing else XD and its fun and satisfying, almost like having an audiobook of your own!

@keilah-h thanks!

Faeda and Tyroll are siblings and Sathor is a best friend

@anatra23 I know! It’s so true… when I showed my poetry that day I found myself wishing I could take the words back.

@daisy-torres

Great!!

Also me rn;

you totally should do one that would be epic and soooo helpful!! Because idk about everyone else, but I was absolutely lost when people were talking about such things, and internet didn’t do a very good job of explaining it clearly XD