Thursday, August 21, 2025

Helpers II

 

She stifled a yawn and closed her eyes.

They’d show up any minute now and push her car through the mud.

They always did.

It’d been six months since the little creatures had first saved her, always coming when she needed them.

She was annoyed. Where were they?

That’s when she realized the car was moving…down. It was sinking.

The muck was already halfway up the windows, so there was no opening the door to escape.

Wild-eyed, she peered out the top of the window to see them watching her.

They shrugged their tiny shoulders and disappeared into the forest.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Ungrateful

  She saw it sitting by the side of the road, fluffed up and pitiful looking. She cursed under her breath. She had 100 things to do today,...