Beware of uninvited visitors, the slight slip of paper warned.
Sarah chuckled to herself: These fortunes keep getting weirder and weirder.
Staring out the open window, she crunched absently on the stale cookie,
never seeing the eight-legged enemy that tiptoed silently inside.
Image Source: WhimsicalPaintWorks via Etsy
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I love this!
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Thank you so much!
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You’re welcome. (-:
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I HATE spiders, but this is fantastic.
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I hate them too. I’m a pretty huge baby about them. Thanks for your kind words!
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That’s one fortune I wouldn’t want to come true!
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Oh, beware of the 8-legged creatures, always.
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AL-WAYS!! :)
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Sneaky spiders!
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What a great image, eight legs tiptoeing in!
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Thank you!!
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ooh. (and ew!) Well done.
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Gah! Wasn’t expecting that. Wonderfully done, Genna. Be careful what you read, right?
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Haha–yes! Thanks Meg. :)
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Ah, perfect!
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Thanks Jan!!
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Spiders do tiptoe, what a perfect description!
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Thank you so much!!
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Sounds ominous!
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Nice!
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I love the humor in this. The creepy factor is excellent, and the protagonist perfectly oblivious.
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She and I have something in common when it comes to bugs. I like to imagine they’re not there. :)
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Creepy, yet whimsical. Not easy to achieve but you make it look so easy!
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Haha. I like that assessment. Thanks so much. :)
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ew and ew and I hate bugs. ha ha If she found out about it, I would start buying more cookies hoping for a good one to come true. lol
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I hate them too!! Spiders are the worst!!
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This is such a complete little story. A new twist on curds and whey!
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Thanks!! That would have been a more clever title!! :)
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Yikes! My feet went cold when I read that last line. Nicely done! :)
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Haha–Thanks so Suzanne. :)
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So much menace in that last line!
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Thank you! Thank you!
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I imagine that’s nasty biting spider then. That’s the problem with fortunes, you never know when to take notice. Great how you incorporated so many elements into your story – text, thoughts, cookies, window gazing and the spider.
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Wow! Thank you so much!!
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Ewww–loved the last line, but ewww. It would be better not to know at that point!
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Thanks Mary!! I agree. I’m not as brave as you were in your response I’m afraid! :)
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