Stories tagged with "platypus"
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Cross Gender Challenge: Excuses Men Offer

He was late again. I wondered what his excuse would be this time. Flat tire? Ran over a squirrel? Picking up dry cleaning? Af…
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Roadtrip{5 word challenge- way after due date}

My nephew was wearing his STARSHIP Enterprise t- shirt again. I had on a PLAID flannel shirt.
We passed a fruit stand on the…
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Life Is Great

Let’s just say it’s a good thing I was born in Australia, eh, mate?
All sorts of weird things are ‘ere: all the marsupial bl…
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Normal Day?

It started off a normal day. When I walked in, Harry and Nana were sitting on the floor playing with some kind of toy duck. M…
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Challenge, a Killer On the Loose

Filkers and Harlow stood over the body, both holding their trench coats closed against the weather. Well, additionally, Harlo…
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The Wonderful Life of a Platypus-loving, Kumquat-eating High-schooler

I am weird. It’s a truth I’ve come to accept, even to love. When everyone on Earth is wearing plaid, you can bet that I’ll …
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Platypus?

Captain MacKenzie, commander of the starship Infinity, walked out of the mess hall, trying to get the taste of the *kumquat…
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The Coup of Crewman Thirteen

“Hello? Can anyone hear me?” Smacking around the spot where he had seen the starship captain activate the communications bo…
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Henry on the Dock

The sun had set long ago, the flaming color of a kumquat sinking slowly below the horizon. Henry looked out over the expans…