Over to Charli at the Carrot Ranch for details of this week’s 99 word challenge:
https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/12307624/posts/1825363024
April 12, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a bat. You can use an association to the winged, cave-dwelling critter, or you can explore the word for other meanings. Bonus points for including a bat cave. Go where the prompt leads.
‘I tell you I’m not going out there!’
‘Don’t be so silly. You’ll be fine.’
‘No! I like it here. It’s safe.’
‘It is for now, but sooner rather than later you’re going to have to trust yourself and take the plunge with the rest.’
‘I said no, and I mean no. I’m staying here.’
‘OK. I’ve tried being nice. Now, as your mother, I’m going to have to lay the law down. YOU ARE LEAVING!’
‘Shan’t.’
‘You pups think you know it all. We all have to go before the cave floods, otherwise we’ll die. Your choice. Coming?’
Great flash. I love that bat babies are called ‘pups.’ I didn’t know where this was heading until the end. I liked the suprise.
We found a bat pup on the back step where I worked years ago and called The Bat Man to ask what we should do. Following his advice, we put it in some ivy out of the way of predators, but sadly it didn’t survive. We believe it may have been poisoned .
Oh how sad! I don’t want to have them in house (that happened a couple of times) but I do know how important these creatures are to the balance of nature. I can’t imagine poisoning one of them.
We think it was an accident and it just fed on the wrong thing as we were in the middle of the city and a bat would have been the last thing to expect to see. It was the first one I’d seen up close and was quite cute, We were all disappointed we hadn’t been able to help it.
Ha ha ha, these pups, I tell you…the same across all species 🙂 Btw, I too had no clue that bat babies are called pups Di.
Good morning! Thanks for the comment and I’m pleased on the ‘pup’ issue.
LOL. Fun story that had me fooled as to who the narrator was. I didn’t know bat babes were pups either.
How lovely that my post has enlightened several of my readers!
All mothers have used that tone at one time or another, stubborn little pup! You used a fun twist in perspective, Di.
Thanks Charli.