They Will Eat Tonight

by Jayme Meiram

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“Michaelo! Don’t!” He creeped cautiously towards the wooden plank. “Easy mother. I can get it.” “Michaelo, we need food, but not like this… please, not like this…” I followed closely behind him, and he said, “Look mother. Archie does this all the time for his sons!” “YOU ARE NOT ARCHIE !” I yelled.
I hated how Archie had changed my son, and he was a RAT too! “Look Michaelo,” “No Mother, you look,” he interrupted. I was shocked. I had never raised him to speak to me in such a way. Times were changing, and not for the better.
“Ever since father got taken, you are too depressed to care for me and Fangea. Archie takes care of us!” I whacked him hard with my tail. “How dare you.” I saw his sadness, and realized he was right.
“No, Michaelo. I will get the cheese.” I left him behind and sprang for the cheese. That’s when I heard the snap. In my last few seconds of consciousness I saw that I was successful. I had gotten my children the largest piece of cheese anyone had seen in a while.
They will eat tonight.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.0 stars out of 5

  1. They Will Eat Tonight

    White Hat's Buddy Icon White Hat

    Posted 8 months ago

    3.0 out of 5 stars

    Cool.
    Only suggestion would be to use some line breaks to make it easier on your readers.

  2. They Will Eat Tonight

    Emmyful's Buddy Icon Emmyful

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Wow. That’s really awesome. Great viewpoint and very original. 5 stars!

  3. They Will Eat Tonight

    Emmyful's Buddy Icon Emmyful

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    oops forgot to actually GIVE you the stars! silly me!

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    Emmyful's Buddy Icon Emmyful

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    ok obviously i don’t know what i’m doing cause it showed up twice and i’m probably an idiot for commenting again but oh well. i really LOVED your story!

  5. They Will Eat Tonight

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 2 months ago

    great dialogue! so sad and so true!

  6. They Will Eat Tonight

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 2 months ago

    great dialogue! so sad and so true!

  7. They Will Eat Tonight

    Jayme Meiram's Buddy Icon Jayme Meiram

    Posted 2 months ago

    thanks :D

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