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Sunday, April 5, 2015

Today's #flashfiction The Sheriff Who Dodged Bullets

“There's always a peaceful solution.”
Genghis Khan* #quote


      Today I went to Easter dinner and it was most delicious as various family members brought their dishes for all of us to dine upon. I look forward to next Easter and all other future family gatherings. Anyway onto the flash fiction!

The Sheriff Who Dodged Bullets

         Sheriff Barns managed to become the lawman that drew more trouble to town by stopping it. In a duel an outlaw shot first straight at Barns and Barns managed to shoot back without a scratch on him. Every outlaw that faced him couldn't hit Barns. They called him the Sheriff that could dodge bullets. And more trouble came to town as outlaws came just to pick a fight with the policeman who just wanted a peaceful town. Ruffian after ruffian tried and fail to hit Sheriff Barns and all failed.
       An outlaw named Hammond Jones caused enough to trouble to get Barns unfocused, tried to shoot Barns and got the Sheriff's usual fatal shot to the chest. Sheriff Barns had an old fashioned philosophy of if you try and shoot someone first you deserve to take a dirt nap.
        Hammond asked Barns, “Please, tell me, as a final request. Tell me, how do you do it? How do you dodge bullets?” The outlaw, like many before him, thought he was the first to ask this as their last request.

        Barns knelt down to the dying outlaw and said, “No man can dodge a bullet. However, a quick man can move out of the way of the gun.”

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