June 25, 2014
A cat’s eye marble, crystal clear with a wide yellow ribbon twist, rolled across the rug and came to a stop next to a short heavy club leaning against the wall in the corner of the room nearest the fireplace. “Excuse me, club, are you tall enough to see the clock? I’d like to know […]
June 20, 2014
The biggest tree was twice as tall as any other tree in the forest. “I can see the ocean,” boasted the biggest tree. “Who cares?” piped up a young Douglas fir growing carelessly by the stream. “You’re fat.” “Why, you miserable toothpick, I’ll …” With great effort, the biggest tree wrenched itself to fall crashing […]
June 16, 2014
The mountain bike hung on the garage wall. It was deep night outside and quiet. All the back wheel spokes and most of the front wheel spokes were sound asleep after an exhausting day of spinning up and down rocky trails. The few awake on the front wheel whispered so as not to disturb the […]
May 31, 2014
The Magic Wand removed the tamale pie, sizzling in its ruddy earthenware casserole, from the oven. She placed it on her favorite potholder in the center of the sturdy table, and admired the golden glaze of the cornmeal topping. “Kids! Dinner!” she called. “I don’t want any! I ate two bags of chocolate chips today, […]
May 22, 2014
Made of leather, the fake cow found it hard to fake sincerity. So one day when her friend, the cobra, loomed up from the basket and said, “Are my eyes really, really scary?”, the fake cow knew the cobra was fishing for a compliment. “Oh, yeah, really scary. I’m, like, totally scared,” answered the fake […]
May 19, 2014
The goat flew to the top of the tallest tree and perched there. “Here now, come down this instant! You can’t fly!” shouted the goatherd, flinging his hat to the ground. “I can’t?” said the goat. “Of course not. You have no wings!” screamed the goatherd, dancing about as if he had a thousand bees […]
May 15, 2014
The miniature marshmallow, middle row, third from the left, was stuck on the roof of a gingerbread house. “This isn’t fair. I don’t want to be a decoration. I want to melt in hot cocoa and be sipped!” she complained. “Well, tough. You’re a decoration. Deal with it. We won second prize, didn’t we? You […]
May 11, 2014
The creek was sick and tired of tumbling down the same old gully day after day after year after decade. Oh, it supposed it was pleasant enough to swell and rush during storms. It didn’t really mind so awfully very much when the bushes bloomed yellow in summer and grew fat red berries in the […]
May 6, 2014
While the other socks clumped together and gossiped in the hamper, the angular sock eased under a pillowcase and brooded. No one liked her, not even her partner. The angular sock clearly heard her partner jabbering and complaining to the others about the angular sock’s shortcomings. Her stripes were flawed. Her heel had that awful […]
May 3, 2014
“I’ve decided to leave the deck,” announced the 8 of diamonds one evening in 1872. She slammed her fist on the diamond dinner table. Everybody looked at her. “I want to become a bookmark,” she continued, spilling words quickly so as not to be interrupted. “The people leave their books lying around open on their […]