He's Actually a Pretty Amiable Fellow

by Stovohobo

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I stare for a moment.

“Well, uh…”

Do you want it? it says, proffering the shirt again.

”...Sure.”

Okay. Glad I could help.

“Right. Um – so, uh – how long have you been doing the scarecrow gig?” 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.

“Mm,” 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. “Yeah?”

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!

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. He's Actually a Pretty Amiable Fellow

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 14 days ago

    I know. I killed the mood. Sue me.

    But really, why would the scarecrow be offering the shirt? As always, anyway, you can go back and sequel into another direction.

  2. He's Actually a Pretty Amiable Fellow

    Never Explain's Buddy Icon Never Explain

    Posted 14 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Yeah, I think I’ll sequel in the other direction, for now. This does give me ideas, though. It’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.

    Hey, at least it made me laugh :]

  3. He's Actually a Pretty Amiable Fellow

    Tad Winslow's Buddy Icon Tad Winslow

    Posted 14 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    lol ahahha… hey, a kittie! You really took the scare out of scarecrow stovo.

  4. He's Actually a Pretty Amiable Fellow

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 14 days ago

    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.

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