RANDOM | FICTION | DRABBLE
Be Careful Where You Read
A daily drabble challenge
Today’s random word is Newspaper.
Because drabbles are short, please consider staying on this page for at least 30 seconds to count as a read. 💕
Layla begged her mother for a dog. Her parents stayed negatively staunch, noting puppies were a handful.
“But she’s four years old,” Layla said. “Her owners are leaving the country. I’ve walked her for years.”
Mom nodded.
“There’s no teething, toilet training, or lying awake from her whimpering. She’s mature, with good manners. What could go wrong?”
“Is she housebroken?” Mom asked.
Layla assured her that Maggie was fully paper-trained.
On that first night, after Dad left the newspaper that he was reading on the couch, Maggie left him a liquid surprise.
Dad gasped.
How could Layla have known?
Nancy Oglesby writes, “If you are unfamiliar with a drabble, it is a fiction story of exactly 100 words.”
To make the challenge more interesting, each day, she gives a random word prompt.
Don’t miss out on today’s drabble.
If you’re looking for this month’s prompts, Fiction Short’s got you covered.
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