The Carrot Ranch February 18, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story where a character is in the right place at the right time. It may be a cause for celebration! Go where the prompt leads!
Respond by February 23, 2021, to be included in the compilation.
Pu-Chai
“How much is the black puppy?” I pointed to the fuzzy Pomeranian in the cage.
“That one? I’ll have to check. He’s been here for months.”
Dark, soulful eyes stared at me as if the pup understood the conversation.
“Pure black Pomeranians are rare. Is he papered?”
“Yup. Two champions in his line. Nobody wants him because he’s all black. You know, bad-luck.”
He nosed my hand through the cage.
“I’ll take him.”
“Looks like you are in the right place at the right time. He’s on sale, only $99.00.”
Colleen M. Chesebro is an American Poet who loves crafting paranormal fantasy and magical realism, cross-genre flash fiction, syllabic poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Colleen sponsors a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called Tanka Tuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, haibun, cinquain, Etheree, nonet, and shadorma poetry.
Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems.” She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com. In 2020, she won first place in the Carrot Ranch Folk Tale or Fable category, with her story called “Why Wolf Howls at the Moon.”
Colleen is a Sister of the Fey, where she pursues a pagan path through her writing. When she is not writing, she is reading. She also loves gardening and crocheting old-fashioned doilies into works of art.
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Awww, that is so sweet. After Puchai, we ended up with the two Pomeranian sisters, Sugar and Spice. They’re no longer with us, but I think of all of my fur babies often. Still miss them. ❤
When we got Sherky they didn’t say that but I assume it might have been the reason too. I like it that way because I feel safer with her out. Strange isn’t it? Our poor postman is utterly scared of her even though she only wants cuddles 🤣🙋♀️🐝
Lovely tale
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Thanks, Jude. He was a sweet dog. ❤️
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So sweet! I’m glad you found each other.
So weird to me not to want a pet because of color.
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Right? I couldn’t believe it. He was a sweet dog. He grew up with our five kids. It was hard losing him. ❤️
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It is always so hard to lose a pet. 😢
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It is. I was so thankful to find a lovely home for Freyja. Her new mom sends me photos. I miss that little black kitty. ❤
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❤️
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What a lovely story.
As a person owned by dogs and cats, all of them rescues, stories like this one always bring tears.
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Awww, that is so sweet. After Puchai, we ended up with the two Pomeranian sisters, Sugar and Spice. They’re no longer with us, but I think of all of my fur babies often. Still miss them. ❤
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I know what you mean — they’re still in our hearts.
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Like our kids, except they listened to us. LOL! ❤
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What a lovely story. Our dog is black too 😊
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For me, color never mattered… I couldn’t believe the little guy wasn’t adopted because of his color. ❤
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When we got Sherky they didn’t say that but I assume it might have been the reason too. I like it that way because I feel safer with her out. Strange isn’t it? Our poor postman is utterly scared of her even though she only wants cuddles 🤣🙋♀️🐝
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LOL! Your dog is a sweetheart! I love her photos on Facebook. 😍🤣
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She is, thanks. Am glad you like her photos 🤗
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