“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
Chewbacca* #quote
I went out to lunch with my family today and ate alligator. It was
interesting. They way they made it was a sort of chicken nugget, but
spicy. However it didn't taste exactly, it had a bit of fishiness to
it. Like halfway between chicken and fish. Very tasty. Anyway onto
the flash fiction!
Not Worth The Trouble
Many, many years ago a rich boy dropped a silver dollar and it
rolled into a sewer grate. His father said, “It's not worth the
trouble.” It annoyed the boy since every day saw grate from near
his large house, and the small shimmer of the coin. But he listened
to his father. “It wasn't worth the trouble.” So over the years
no matter how many times he saw it he ignored it, even as he became
an old man living in that house. His descendants kept growing up in
that house, even when the old money disappeared and only sign of the
money of past generations was the large home.
One day the great-great-great grandson saw the coin shimmering in
the grate, the stubborn thing had fallen into a crack in the concrete
that day which allowed it to avoid being washed down into the sewers
by rain. With great effort and multiple tries with his small arms he
managed to get the silver dollar.
And with how old it was the coin was now certainly worth the
trouble.
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