“What’s with the smoke?”
Demothi ignored Hakan’s question and continued dancing. He appeared to be in some kind of trance. Hakan shook his head. This was getting out of hand. He needed to stop Demothi’s madness.
“Brother, you need to stop. This is not only dangerous, but also wasteful. You are destroying our forest.”
Demothi continued dancing, but vaguely replied to the question.
“To bring in something new, something archaic needs to be destroyed.”
Hakan knew what sort of destruction Demothi was talking about. The apricot trees would be emblazoned and the fields of hay would be turned into pyres. Everything would be reduced to ash. He had no personal beef with Demothi, but Hakan knew there was only one way to stop this. He picked up a stone from the ground and struck Demothi’s head. Hakan slung the unconscious Demothi over his shoulders. He had to carry him to safety before dealing with the fire. After placing Demothi down, Hakan went running towards the village, to summon aid.
It took a few hours and great efforts, but the fire finally piped down. When Demothi was questioned, he eagerly asked the villagers,
“Have the aliens landed yet?”
Word Count: 198
Prompts:
FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2018 WEEK #31
Psst⦠did you see your nomination? https://lunasonline.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/liebster-award-ive-been-nominated/
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Thanks so much for the nomination! π
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I’m really enjoying reading your stories every day. They are so much fun. Depending on my moon I don’t know if I would have stopped him. I’m hearing Burn it down by Awolnation. Maybe if they had some good antifire songs I would feel differently. βΊ
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XD XD
Thanks so much for reading and commenting every day! π
You have a brilliant sense of humor! π
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Thank you. You are really funny too.π
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Thank You! π
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Aliens! π
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Aye! π
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Aliens our saviors? An engaging read π
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Thanks so much! π
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Thanks so much for joining in. i loved your entry. There will be a new one on Wednesday.
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Most welcome! π
I loved the prompt! π
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Sounds like he had already taken one too many to the head? Enjoyed! Thanks for participating.
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Most welcome!
Enjoyed it! π
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Reblogged this on Anniegoose's Blog and commented:
Aliens land as fired trees smolder. π
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Lovely!! π
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Aliens land as fired trees smolder. π
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Lovely! π
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I’m enjoying reading through your tiny fiction stories. The white field turned red, the ghost tea party, the phantom cigarette smoker, aliens and head bludgeonings. Nice nice nice. Keep them coming! Thanks for the entertainment! Can’t wait for more new posts of yours.
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Thanks so much!! π
I really appreciate you reading so many of my works and giving your feedback!
Will definitely keep em coming! π
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