Stories tagged with "parable"

  • Selling Your Passion. Inspired by text

    “But we do not sell our wives in the modern age.”

    “Oh no, you do vurse, much vurse. You sell your passion.

    The man, ‘is p…

  • The Two Unhappily Married Men Inspired by text

    Money is the vurst thing that could ‘ave ‘appened to man, akin to speaking vun langvage und building the Tower of Babel.

    Do …

  • uselessness's SELFISH ALLEGORIES Challenge!

    I’ve reached another personal milestone: 150 ficlets! Thanks to everyone for your ratings and words of encouragement; it’s _y…

  • The Man

    One wintry day a man found something that looked like a seed lying on the ground. He remembered all the beautiful plants he h…

  • Sunshine Man

    One man sat in darkness. The other basked in sunshine.

    The first man had been mostly consumed by a parasite, a leech of supe…

  • The Cat's Massage Inspired by a photo

    “Hey duck, how are you doing today? You look a little down.” said the cat.

    “Yeah, my feathers are a little ruffled because m…

  • Squirrel

    On side of road:

    Wait for it…Wait for it…go, go, go!

    Stop, stop, stop! Big, noisy thing coming.

    Run up tree. Flick, fl…