The mid-December and Hanukkah Holidays are upon us as we celebrate Sandra’s birthday. Susan Rouchard submitted a dark, artful, candle-lit pic for us to ponder and then create our 100-(or fewer)-word story to post.
Click on Susan’s picture prompt to burn-out on your way over to Rochelle’s artful blog to get all curated up on the magic of Friday Fictioneering.
Genre: Feline Fiction
Title: The Museum Fire
Words: 100
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They ran like cats out of hell. Tonto turned right, skidded left, then jumped through an open door. Duchess followed. Fat Jack barely made it before the dogs got him.
Tonto said, “I don’t know why we run, Duchess. They’ll catch FJ. We’d be long gone.”
Jack tried to hiss and arch his back but couldn’t.
“Leave him alone. He runs interference.” Moaned Duchess.
“Where are we?” asked Fat Jack.
“Oh, candles! Where do I start?” said Duchess.
“I’ll take the top shelf.” Tonto leaped up. “You two start knocking over the lower ones.”
They concluded the fire was arson.
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Look both ways and light a candle before you curse the darkness.
Mind the gaps for the curious and destructive cats.
Our Literary Journey 
Hahahaha! I love it! And very glad they didn’t leave FJ behind – that would have been so not cool.
I was chatting with my beau the other night and he started cursing as his daughter’s cats (who are staying with him) were knocking everything off the table.
We never had cats that did that!
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Thanks, Dale.
I cannot recall if ours did that, but I have seen others at work. Chuffed that my story made you laugh. 🙂
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So many do – there wouldn’t be a bazillion cat memes out there, if there weren’t! I laughed for sure. I had more than one Disney movie come to mind, too!
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Thank you, Dale. 🙂
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Mucho welcome, Bill 🙂
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🙂
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Furry Friends For Life!
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hahahahaha That was fun!
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Thank you, Kathrine.
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Well done. It might have well been arson:)
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Maybe so. 🙂 Thank you.
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Oh these cats are dangerous. I think they might actually be ‘cats out of hell’ 🙃. Fun story.
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Might be. 🙂
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I can soooo identify with this. I’ve just been round cat-proofing all our christmas decorations. Well I think I have. Good one.
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Thank you, Sandra.
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Oh how mean, how could they even consider leaving FJ behind. I laughed a lot about this. Our cats only ever ruined Christmas tree decorations, the rest was of no interest.
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That was me above. Why do I have to log in on almost every site?
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I don’t know why some of us have this issue.
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Discriminating destruction. 🙂
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Hahaha omg cats can be the worst! I love this so much. Great personalities these creatures have!
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Thank you, Laurie.
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Great fun write! I’m a sucker for cat stories and this one hit the spot. So glad FJ got out; that was a close one! Very enjoyable read, Bill!
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Thank you, Nancy. Chuffed to have hit the spot. 🙂
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A feline romp through a–museum? Church? Either way, rollicking fun, and I’m so glad Fat Jack made it out 🙂
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FJ is everyone’s favorite. The name, Fat Jack, is from the song “Anyway the Wind Blows” by JJ Cale.
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Haha Bill, love this – those crazy cats 😄
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Thank you. Thrilled that you enjoyed it. 🙂
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I love the way you created three distinct personalities for the cats is so few words. What a fun story! Happy holidays, Bill.
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Thank you. I bet this is Brenda, right? 🙂
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I love this trio, I’m glad FJ was okay. He sounds like our Indy, She isn’t built for speed either. Cute story!
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome 😊
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Dear Bill,
Cats just have no respect, do they? This made me laugh.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’m always pleased when you are, Rochelle.
Peace,
Bill
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What a catastrophe!
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Cats.
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I had to chuckle at your genre.
Fun story, albeit destructive.
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Thank you, Dawn.
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Most of the cats I’ve had have been graceful enough to weave in and out of things without disturbing them. Others have been clumsy and knocked over everything.
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