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Pegman – Land of Dreams
Here is my story for What Pegman Saw which this week is set in Fiji. Sorry I haven’t read anyone else’s yet but I like to come up with a story before subconsciously robbing other people’s ideas.
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“Fellow world leaders, advisors and scientists. Welcome to the International Conference on Climate Change.”
Claps
“News has been received. News which will change the course of our work forever!”
Cheers
“We have decided to end all work to combat so-called climate change, as it doesn’t exist.”
Gasps
“No, my fellows, wait, please. We have received an anonymous communique via social media which is highly literate, indubitably based in solid science and clearly true. I shall read it now.”
“Global warming? Hah. It’s freezing here. Chance would be a fine thing. FAKE NEWS! Stop wasting money or I’ll push my red button and it’s bigger than yours. Climate change? NO!”
Back to claps.
Everyone went home.
Nobody did anything.
Fiji drowned.
FF – Not Any More
Here is my rerun post for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s rerun was suggested by Kent Bonham and the photo was contributed by Janet Webb.
I first wrote this in 2013 but I’ve fiddled with it a tiny bit here.
To read this week’s other stories click on the blue froggy.
“Hey Dad, what’s up with Bert, all alone over there?”
“He’s sulking. He doesn’t like the wet stuff. He’s worried he’ll rust.”
“Where did all the flesh-things go? Did they rust?”
“Maybe. Or maybe they melted. They never looked very hardy to me.”
“Where did all the wet stuff come from?”
“Full of questions today, aren’t you? I heard it used to be solid and far away. Then everything warmed up and now it’s all wet and it’s everywhere.”
“So why are we here, Dad? Do we have a purpose?”
“Not any more, son. Not any more.”
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