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June 23, 2009 |
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Flash Fiction Afro
FOUND by Ben Johnston
in North Side of Chicago, IL
A mere thirty-six words to tell a story, letting our imaginations flesh out the rest.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Kind of wordy.
I wish I could read more. Really, I'm intrigued!
I kind of feel like this is a continuation from the surfer dude in the other find today...
Raising all sorts of questions. Except whether this will win any children's book awards this year.
I don't know why, but this made me thing of the George Thorogood song "Who do you love"
Talk about incoherent...
I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire, I got a cobra snake for a necktie
A brand new house on the road side, and it's a-made out of rattlesnake hide
Got a band new chimney put on top, and it's a-made out of human skull
Come on take a little walk with me baby, and tell me who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
It's so nice when your sunglasses and mini Afro don't just tolerate each other, but become friends.
The strange guy was actually a kidnapper, so they thought he was their friend until he invited them to his place. Then they had to make an S.O.S. sign out of human blood from the kid he'd already killed. It was all pretty freaky, but luckily the police saw the sign and arrested the mini afro guy.
This had better not be a spoiler for the next Harry Potter film, I've said I'll definitely go...
Yes ...but did he have a samurai sword?
What, nothing from Farmer yet today? That just seems odd...
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer...Especially if you need to make a sign out of human blood! He probably just keep the strange mini afro dude with sunglasses around for a month so he could fatten him up for the kill!
Wherever they were, they obviously had enough supplies to last at least one month and were comfortable enough not to think of needing to be rescued, why did they have to make the sign out of blood?
@Librarian: I don't know about that. Have you read this year's Newbery Gold Medal winner, Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book?" It has it's moments.
@Jan ... you're right about that, but I was thinking of the sunglasses and mini afro.
...in bed.
(couldn't think of anything clever to say)
They? they who? the strange guy and some dude (or dudette) mentioned on another index card? Whose human blood did they use, or did they both contribute, and now, bleeding out, they realized that their SOS was much more serious then it was before they had the crazy idea to write it in blood? Gah!
(I'm ok really)
I still hear Ms Frizzle when I read the Librarian's comments. Isn't anyone with me on this?
@reading in bed. Hey, critic, it takes a whole three days to sweat this much detail out of my students. And when I tell them that it's just part of their story they riot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztnnik_77s8
i youtube'd "Ms Frizzle" and found that video
it was so ridiculous that i lol'ed so hard
hmmmmm....i actually really like this. How short it is, yet how complete it is
@gorgon. I feel your pain, really I do. I meant it more facetiously then seriously.
This find is like reading a book with a page missing, and the most important detail that makes everything else clear is on that page. But I do like the find because it does create so many questions about the missing details.
@ me in mine-
Nope. Sorry. I still hear Mr. Rogers.
@ me in mine and @ stranded in the archives ... well, I don't actually look quite like either Ms. Frizzle or Mr. Rogers, if that's any comfort.
Sounds like a frat party i attended.
Where's the Beef?