MTFS – What Could It Be?
Here is my contribution to Barbara Beacham’s Mondays Finish the Story. We get a photo, 150 words and an opening sentence, which is in bold in my story.
This week’s other stories can be found by clicking the blue froggy.
I have no idea what this photo is. Maybe the DraliFiction team have an idea? Let’s listen in…
Copyright B.W. Beacham
“I see absolutely everything.”
“Well, I see absolutely nothing. What the hell is it?”
“Dunno. Could be a lizard, maybe? Or a fish?”
“Hmm, let’s see. A fishy story. Let’s brainstorm some titles. ‘Close Encounters of the Fishy Kind’.”
“’Rebel without a fish’.”
“’Live and Let Fish’.”
“Ha ha!”
“Ha ha! Or maybe it’s an alien?”
“What, like, ‘insert-name-here’ sneaks across the border, and pursued by police his only chance to survive is…”
“A space alien, dumbass.”
“I seriously doubt our Babs got an actual photo of an actual space alien. We would’ve heard. There would’ve been news stories, failed attempts to communicate, exploding cities, the last vestiges of humanity struggling to survive in a broken world and whatnot.”
“So we’re back to ‘fish’, then?”
“’Spose so. Typing fingers on standby? This is gonna be epic.”
“Ready to go! Bring on the epic.”
“Righty-ho… ‘Once upon a time there was a fish named Pete’…”
“Awesome opening, mate!”
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ha ha fish it is! Clever take! 🙂
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Yep, we’re going for fish. Who knows what it really is? 🙂 Glad you liked it!
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Could be a fish indeed.. 🙂
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Hey, no one got killed or splattered. I liked it anyway.
I agree with the above, cute and cleaver.
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No splatterings this week!
I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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I chose fish, and wrote my piece around it. Lots of folks see a dog though? Don”t know how, but hey to each his own. 🙂 Enjoyed your piece! I’m sure when Barbara shares with us the true beast, we’ll all be surprised!
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A lizard, maybe. I don’t see a dog. I hope we do find out what it is! If we don’t we’ll all have to get a petition together to get to the truth.
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Haha loved this hilarious take.
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I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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LOL’s I really love the puns! Great story.
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Best take on this perculiar prompt. Love the humor in it.
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Thanks! I thought if I didn’t know what it was, that’s what I’d write 🙂
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LOL Ali! How did you know? About the fish that is? Be well and thanks for another excellent story…. ^..^
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You mean it really is a fish? It’s a strange one (or a strange angle!).
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Kidding…it is a knot in a tree and I rotated the photo… 🙂
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Ah, some people did guess at “knot in a tree”. That never even occurred to me but I see it now 🙂
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The tree is a Madrone. 🙂
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Never heard of it, but I looked it up. Nice looking tree!
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Great story! You chose fish and now I believe you are right! (Even before I read Barb’s comment). After all, she is the Salmon Fishing Queen! LOL
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That’s true, I didn’t think of that!
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I didn’t either until I read your story.
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Clever and amusing take!
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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So clever!! Love this… delightful dialogue!!!
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Thanks. I like doing dialogue!
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It’s the eye of the giant squid, the ancient Kraken and it’s come to EAT YOU! Just saying.
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Yeeks! I’m screwed then 😦
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Such a sense of humor. Loved the conversation about choosing a title. LOL. 🙂
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked my humour!
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A fish called Pete! Who knows what he will get up to?
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All sorts of exciting adventures, I bet!
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The first thing I thought of when I saw that pic was Barnes and Barnes’ video for “Fish Heads”, so I agree, it’s a fish!
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The “fishes” have it by the looks of it. A fish by popular demand.
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Oh you did this so smartly! Great way of incorporating this picture of god knows what into a story… Niftily done! 🙂
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Thanks! I even zoomed in on it and still wasn’t sure what it was! I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Sounds like the process you really went through with that picture and sentence. That’s an odd one, kind of creepy. It looks like leaves on top, so maybe it’s one of those strange walking fish. Well done, Ali.
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That’s exactly what happened in my head! It does look like leaves which is why I thought maybe it’s a lizard instead.
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hahaha you got Babs also as a character. Loved it.
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I couldn’t miss out the star of the show 🙂
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Quirky and enjoyable. When I first looked at the picture, I thought it was the limb of a tree or perhaps its trunk with a knot in the wood that looks like an eye — one that someone has painted blue.
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That could be it as well! Quite an intriguing photo this week. Glad you liked my story!
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This is great and made me smile, loved the humour.
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I’m glad you liked it! When in doubt, I always fall back on humorous dialogue 🙂
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I thought all fish were named Pete?
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Mostly. There’s one called Dave at the far end of the pond, but we don’t talk to him.
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Or a fish named Wanda!
DJ
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I was going to pop that in and then have “that’s been done” but didn’t have enough words 🙂
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Wonderful! You had me hooked from the first ~ “Look into my eyes” ~ Clever bait this week Ali 🙂
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
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A very clever take on the prompt, Ali! You never know, all those stories that Babs has written about alien abductions could be based on real events and it could be a picture of one of her aliens! 🙂
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In a flash of light I could be serving drinks aboard their spaceship!
I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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If it is a fish, it is a fishy one, indeed. I’d go for a tree with a knot, – it reminds me of a creepy wooden statue of a devil I once saw. Great dialogue, Ali. Really made me chuckle.
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I hadn’t thought of that, but another person thought it might be a knot in wood as well. Looking at it again I think it probably is.
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Nicely done! Maybe it’s an alien fish?
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Yeah, I like that. Let’s combine all the theories and go for “wood-based alien fish-lizard” 🙂
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Bet teh guy who liked your opening was named “pete”… nicely done.
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Ha, yes!
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