66th Challenge
Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers
Week of 05-17 through 05-23-2016
This week’s photo prompt is provided by Yinglan. Thank you Yinglan!
Dinosaur Truck
“Lynne, where did Calvin go?” Adonis asked.
“The Connecticut Dinosaur Truck drove by and he ran after it in hopes of seeing some dinosaurs.”
“I remember when we chased after the ice cream trucks! Now, kids chase dinosaur trucks,” he laughed.
“Mom, Dad, I’m home,” Calvin yelled.
“What kind of plastic and rubber dinosaurs did you see, Calvin?” Adonis asked.
“Dad! They weren’t made of plastic and rubber. All of them were real!” Calvin explained.
Calvin spoke breathtakingly, ” There were Sauropods and Raptors. The Sauropod was a Brachiosaurus with a long gentle neck, and he was lazily plucking leaves off the top of trees. The Raptor was a Velociraptor with three-fingered hands and curved claws on each foot, covered with feathers.”
“Calvin, you know what I told you about exaggerating. You have your facts right, but not the part about them being real.”
Suddenly, there was a loud noisy in front of the house. Adonis looked out the window and saw a huge Brachiosaurus lazily plucking leaves off the top of the trees.
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Copyright © 2016 Written by Jessie Cross ~ All rights reserved
Hahahaha! Calvin wasn’t exaggerating! Haha! I bet his parents were surprised to see a real dinosaur eating the leaves off the top of their trees! Cute story, Jessie!
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Thanks so much! I bet they wish it was an ice cream truck out there instead! 🙂
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Hahaha!
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Seeing a dinosaur outside your house must be a shock! A fun story, Jessie. 🙂
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Thank you! 😊
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Ha cute ending. He wasn’t exaggerating, the dinosaurs were real!
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Thank you! 🙂
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we never take children seriously, nice story
http://obliqview.blogspot.in/2016/05/themissing-dinosaur-this-is-dragon.html
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I think it is because the majority of the time they have a tendency to stretch the truth a bit. They are so surprised when we have things figured out ahead of them, but they learn along the way in life as we did and still do!
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What a sweet story! If only adults would believe their children’s stories…
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Thank you! Adults are always so busy they forget that just because the child is young he/she doesn’t require the same response as an adult would receive on many statements.
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Yes, indeed!
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Uh-uh! I suppose someone should yell, “RUNnnnnnn!!!!”
Hahaha. Great take, Jessie!
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Thank you! Yes, I would be a bit concerned to see something that big in my yard! 😀
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That would keep any doubters quiet.
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Yes, it would. Thank you!
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Just like a kid to imagine something back to life again 🙂 This one made me smile.
Ellespeth
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Thank you, I’m so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂 I love to hear the things that children manage to imagine.
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