I stare for a moment. &quot;Well, uh...&quot; _Do you want it?_ it says, proffering the shirt again. &quot;...Sure.&quot; _Okay. Glad I could help._ &quot;Right. Um - so, uh - how long have you been doing the scarecrow gig?&quot; I ask, wriggling into my shirt while trying to back away off the barn wall. _Oh, about thirty-five years. Back when this farm was another man's, he put me up...but then he dabbled in the wrong things. Five words later, I was living and moving._ &quot;Mm,&quot; I say, trying to sound interested. It doesn't have a left eye, so if I can just edge around... _Oh! Hey!_ I straighten up. &quot;Yeah?&quot; _You haven't heard about the time when a whole murder of crows came by - a murder! Then again, that's not that uncommon . . . but it was pretty cool at the time . . ._ As the supernatural stick-man rambled on, now deep in its story, I made a run for it across the barn, crisp hay crunching under my feet. The cat yowled. I could hear the scarecrow sigh, even from outside. _They always go . . . . Hey, a kittie!_ 2008-04-27T19:46:57Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/28668 <p>Funny take, even if it did go a bit contrary to the bloody impaling from the previous bits. Still, funny characterization of the lonely scarecrow.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28668?basename=59142 2008-04-27T19:46:57Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>lol ahahha&#8230; hey, a kittie! You really took the scare out of scarecrow stovo.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28668?basename=59109 2008-04-27T17:04:54Z Tad Winslow http://ficlets.com/authors/tjd <p>Yeah, I think I&#8217;ll sequel in the other direction, for now. This does give me ideas, though. It&#8217;s definitely a very good and, in some parts, ironic continuation of the story thus far. But Tad and I have other plans right now.</p> <p>Hey, at least it made me laugh :]</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28668?basename=59085 2008-04-27T14:17:19Z Never Explain http://ficlets.com/authors/user_4153 <p>I know. I killed the mood. Sue me.<br />¶<br />But really, why would the scarecrow be offering the shirt? As always, anyway, you can go back and sequel into another direction.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28668?basename=59074 2008-04-27T13:23:16Z Stovohobo http://ficlets.com/authors/stovohobo