“Pick a card, any card.”
Merlin* #quote
Today CJ should be coming over. Maybe
this time he comes over we can put our heads together figure out why
the chicken crossed the road. Devilish poultry it is with mysterious
motives. Anyway onto the flash fiction!
The Aliens And The Pyramids
“And we can have your tomb done in a
year.” The tall green alien said to The Pharaoh. The human looked
at the alien from another world like he would any other foreigner, so
the football shaped head and three eyes were just another variation
on humanity he had to deal with.
“What a short amount of time but you
did show me your machinery and that massive statue you constructed in
Ra's honor as a gift whether or not we employ your services. But
still high promises. What is your price?”
The alien handed The Pharaoh a
contract. He read it over and became furious. “This is an insult!
Do you really expect me to agree to this? You want to use materials
from our land to build and then pay you by giving you a large mass of
our land to live in forever? And then further materials afterward to
build your homes and protection? And food?”
The alien smiled. “But Your
Highness, we will be giving you the best service in the known
universe and we will only need food from you temporarily before we
become independent. It is only the land we request to keep
indefinitely.”
The Pharaoh’s anger did not
decrease. “No matter how well you can do the job I'm not giving you
part of my kingdom. That's final. I'd rather have my people do the
work themselves.”
The alien groaned. Another lost
client, another world they may not be able to enter because of their
peaceful policy. Before leaving he decided to get the last word in
with the human. “You'll regret it. I know that most of the time
when people try 'do-it-yourself' instead of hiring professionals it
can be much harder and take much longer. Good luck figuring it out
though.” The wish of good luck was a sarcastic one.
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