Mix and Match Challenge - One Word
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ds_flashfictionI’ve been AWOL, I know. It’s a long story. This was going to be, but after I wrote the last line, it just sorta stopped, and for once, I let it. 153 words.
“Harding, you old bastard, how the hell are ya?”
“As always, Dave, as always. What brings you down to the 27th?”
“Scolari. Some crazy man in a red coat said he worked here. Do you really got a mountie?”
“Yeah, FRASER!”
“Yes, Leftenant?”
“Help the gentleman out - he has questions about the Scolari bust.”
“Of course, how may I help you?”
“By telling me how Scolari ended up in my precinct handcuffed to an accordian monkey. But first, I gotta ask. What is a mountie doing in Chicago?”
“It’s a long and involved story which takes approximately two hours to tell, but to summarize, I first came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of my son...”
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Note: I wrote this then caught up on the other posts and realized how similar it was to shrewreader’s Cabbage Leaves . I yanked it off the journal, but have decided to post it anyway. I imagine there will be some other overlaps along the way.
“Harding, you old bastard, how the hell are ya?”
“As always, Dave, as always. What brings you down to the 27th?”
“Scolari. Some crazy man in a red coat said he worked here. Do you really got a mountie?”
“Yeah, FRASER!”
“Yes, Leftenant?”
“Help the gentleman out - he has questions about the Scolari bust.”
“Of course, how may I help you?”
“By telling me how Scolari ended up in my precinct handcuffed to an accordian monkey. But first, I gotta ask. What is a mountie doing in Chicago?”
“It’s a long and involved story which takes approximately two hours to tell, but to summarize, I first came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of my son...”
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Note: I wrote this then caught up on the other posts and realized how similar it was to shrewreader’s Cabbage Leaves . I yanked it off the journal, but have decided to post it anyway. I imagine there will be some other overlaps along the way.
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works for me...
Date: 2005-06-03 09:35 pm (UTC)So... how did Scolari end up handcuffed to an accordian monkey?
Re: works for me...
Date: 2005-06-03 11:32 pm (UTC)As for the question, well I'm not even sure what an accordian monkey is! I think I meant an organ grinder's monkey, but it made me smile after I realized I got it wrong so I left it in. The visual appeals to my sense of whimsy...
Thank you.
Re: works for me...
Date: 2005-06-04 02:19 am (UTC)The accordian player, see, lost his arm in a freak row-boating accident. The monkey is all that allows him to continue his craft.
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Date: 2005-06-03 11:35 pm (UTC)Thanks. Saying it's good to be back is such an understatement! Now I need another amnesty challenge so I can post all these stories buried on my hard drive. I swear I found one I don't even remember writing...
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Date: 2005-06-05 12:50 pm (UTC)Nice one.
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Date: 2005-06-05 06:10 pm (UTC)O.o
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Date: 2005-06-05 07:20 pm (UTC)