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• Head for the Hills

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 16 days ago

  “Steady… we don’t wanna screw this up again.”
  “I told you, I didn’t see it coming!”
  “Well if you woulda looked both ways….

• Random DARE

  by Felix about 1 month ago

  Randomness for your enjoyment…

  “OMG! That red squirrel did a back flip!”

  “I tried to eat the spaghetti as fast as I could…

• Cross Gender Challenge: Excuses Men Offer

  by SKermitgorf 2 months ago

  He was late again. I wondered what his excuse would be this time. Flat tire? Ran over a squirrel? Picking up dry cleaning? Af…

• A cat's Life

  by S. Lynn 4 months ago

  “Snow…I hate snow.” A cat slowly made his way through the fresh snow, trying his best to stay on the uncovered brick of a p…

• Hiking

  by Valley Fey/Pinprick 5 months ago

  A fallen set of stairs
  Toppled by ages of use
  By squirrels
  Leads steadily upward
  To a place in trees
  Cold air
  The rocks keep …

• Squirrel's Tree

  by Storykeeper of Fae 6 months ago

  “Susan!” The boy yelled at the girl in my tree. She’s the only human I allow there. The others aren’t as reverent, and so get…

• And none of what you hear

  by MagicEightBall 11 months ago

  He blinked slowly, trying to regain focus. The futility of that particular exercise became immediately apparent. Hauling hard…

• goodbye flat friends

  by User 4095 11 months ago

  Well, I must be very polluted to be able to see a dead flat squirrel and a dead flat pooka. I have been granted 3 wishes that…

• A Day in the Life

  by Amaster 11 months ago

  Scurry, scurry, scurry
  I run through the forest, all of my senses on high alert for the slightest hint of…well, anything,...

• Dare to Compare

  by THX 0477 11 months ago

  “I…cannot…believe it. My very own pooka,” exclaimed the drunk, tears coming to his eyes, “And I’m not even Irish.”

  Givin…