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Echolocation, Country Style

“Shhh,” Sweet hissed. A bullfrog croaked on a nearby log. A lazy firefly met its swift, sticky fate. A heavy, yellow moon danced behind shifting clouds of gossamer.
“Where d’it go?” Pistol whispered.
“I sayed shh,” Sweet reiterated, shaking his head. “Cain’t see it. Too dark.”
“Sorry ‘bout the bat’ries.”
Sweet sighed, “I know. I know. It sho’ looked funny when ya put it in yo’ mouth. But it ain’t so funny now, is it?”
“Mebbe if we cain’t see it, it cain’t see us.”
“Echolocation,” Sweet said quietly, absent-mindedly.
“Wha?”
“Ah, we could find it, if’n we had echolocation.”
Pistol pondered this statement, attempted to formulate a question, then decided it wasn’t worth it, instead going back to scanning the dark water around his legs.
With another sigh, Sweet explained, “Echolocation, it’s what some critters use to find stuff. They make noise, then figger offa that where stuff is…and ain’t.”
After a slow moment’s reflection, Pistol attempted, “Marco. Marco.”
“Pistol, the gator ain’t gonna’ say Polo.”

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Echolocation, Country Style
Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy
Posted 5 months ago

hahah! I love it—-absolutely hysterical. you have the southern speech down to a science!
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THX 0477
Posted 5 months ago

All due credit to Tad Winslow for the inspiration for this story. Thanks Tad! Oh, and this is, once again a pseudo-sequel to other unconnected ficlets. These boys show up first in ficlet 7984, then 8783, then 8033 (with a few sequels attached there). I love these guys and couldn’t resist bringing them back.
LoA
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.:band baby:.
Posted 5 months ago

haha. Very funny! I haven’t read the other ones with these guys, so this would be the first. Really good!
LoA
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Batak Beatrix
Posted 5 months ago

Ah! The return of the doublewide boys! Excellent my friend, excellent..
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Tad Winslow
Posted 5 months ago

Niiiiiiice. I appreciate the shout out. The southern accent is just great. And Sweets explanation of echolocation reveals how educated… and ain’t educated he is.
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[pens&feathers]
Posted 5 months ago

Hilarious! I loved it!
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Saint Chuck
Posted 5 months ago

Brilliant, I loved it.
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flute faerie
Posted 5 months ago

Ha, that was funny stuff. Nice accents. You are spot on.
Echolocation, Country Style
Fyora Cartagan
Posted 5 months ago

I remember these guys!
This is great!!
Echolocation, Country Style
TreeBeard
Posted 5 months ago

Chuckle.
Echolocation, Country Style
Acantha
Posted 5 months ago

This is really funny! I like it!
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Snarky
Posted 5 months ago

But it would be kinda cool if it did!