“The roof is on fire!”
Smokey The Bear* #quote
Went to the bookstore today and out to lunch, was quite fun. Anyway
onto the flash fiction!
Carl The Calculator
Carl the calculator was fine with people pushing his buttons. After
all, that's how they asked him questions. Questions he answered with
ease. Because of all the people that asked him for help Carl figured
he must be the greatest at math ever. Over time though he realized
that this ability was a talent given to him from birth, and that his
talent was infallible.
However this soon drained him. What does life mean when you cannot
fail? When all people ask of you is to use a talent given to you, not
earned. Carl couldn't figure out what any of his emotions added up to
any more. So depressed he kept doing his labor as asked, feeling like
less than zero.
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