AMAZON ADVENTURE
“Here’s another fine mess you’ve got
me into!” Stanley flapped his flippers angrily. “You should never have booked
that Amazon Adventure. We were parcelled up, stamped with a bar-code and delivered
by courier – so humiliating.”
“I thought the Amazon was a river,”
Ollie whined. “And I thought we were going to be saved when that penguin wearing a
backpack arrived, but he just changed the meter and ran.”
Stanley gave Ollie a withering look. “Well,
the only way out of here is through that window.”
“Jeez! That’s a big drop.”
“No problem – we’ll just make a chain
with these paper-clips.”
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This was the only story I could come up with after a week during which I was coughing almost non-stop. Yes thanks, I'm better now!
Thanks as always to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers on her blog https://rochellewisoff.com/ and to Clare Sheldon for the photograph that prompts all our stories this week.
Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThanks, pal!
DeleteHehe! Loved this, so cute :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Annalisa - sometimes only humour will do!
DeleteCheers Helen!
ReplyDeleteStan and Ollie--Laurel and Hardy? Could easily visualize them having this conversation :)
ReplyDeleteWell spotted, Linda - and thanks!
DeleteI loved this, Liz!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dale.
Deleteit looks like fun. hopefully, it will work for them. :)
ReplyDeleteIf they use triple thickness they should be okay.
DeleteWhat a cute penguin! We'll done with the story. They would have had a rude awakening. How our vocabulary has changed.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed - time was when Amazon really DID mean the river!
DeleteDelightfully different! I'll hink of this next time I have a delivery!
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Every author's dream is to write something that sticks in people's minds!
DeleteGreat take on the prompt. Glad you're on the mend now.
ReplyDeleteThanks and thanks!
DeleteLoved this one. Ingenious.
ReplyDeleteWe aim to please.
DeleteLow cost airfare will soon be like this for us, not just for penguins... bar code delivery...
ReplyDeleteWonder where they'll stamp it?
DeleteThis is great Liz and it makes me think of all the wonderful shticks these two could conjure if they were around today.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it, Dawn - though I don't understand the word shticks!
DeleteFun story. They are probably related to the Penguins of Madagascar ;-)
ReplyDeleteI didn't investigate their provenance, Subrota!
DeleteDear Liz,
ReplyDeleteAdorable story. Glad you're feeling better.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle - and I'm glad I'm feeling better too - a virus shadows one's whole world.
DeleteThis was good fun. Loved the whacky take on the prompt. Cheers, Varad.
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Thanks Varad.
DeleteThis was so cute and funny, I laughed out loud.
ReplyDeleteLaughter is good for the health!
DeleteHee hee. Actually worked without the explanation too. Nicely done.
ReplyDeletePresumably you've seen the advert? Soem FF people live across the Pond.
DeleteHa! Be careful how you "see" things. I love your take on the prompt. Super fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alicia.
DeleteI'm glad to hear you're feeling better. A cute story, Liz. Good writing. :D --- Suzanne
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzanne.
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