(FICTION) (Thanks to Anita http://anitashope.wordpress.com/, Kim http://inkonapage.com/, and Cath http://cathdeancom.wordpress.com/ for their prompts. I’m running out of time, so I’m combining the suggestions.)
Dr. Caroline Sams, while walking down the beach, trying to formulate her diabolical plan to create a Covid anti-vaccine for her ex-boyfriend, looked down to find her doggo, Buster, holding something muddy yet shiny in his mouth.
“Good boy,” she said, bending to retrieve the treasure. But as fast as she grabbed it, she dropped it. For it seemed to be screaming, “Help me!” in a tiny voice.
Caroline crouched down to peer at the bottle-shaped object. She reached out cautiously and rubbed off some of the mud, and there, standing on the bow of a ship was a man, waving frantically.
“Help me!” he cried.
“How did you get in there?” she asked.
“I have no idea,” said the tiny man. I was caught in a storm, and the next thing I knew, I was being bounced around in this container. All I could see was a tongue and two rows of teeth. I thought I was a goner!”
“Do you think you’re a genie?”
“No! I’m Brayden, captain of this fine crab ship!”
Caroline tried rubbing the glass container just in case, but when she looked inside again, Brayden was standing with his hands on his hips and an I-told-you-so expression on his face.
“Would you like to try three wishes?” Brayden asked sarcastically.
Not to be made fun of (and just in case it worked), Caroline said, “I wish Covid didn’t exist.”
Brayden cocked his head. “What’s a Covid?”
“It’s a disease.” But that was a bit of a stupid thing to try to wish on, because how could she know it worked? “Never mind,” she said. “Okay, how about this: I wish for a million dollars.”
And poof! a million dollars appeared, luckily in bound stacks so it didn’t fly into the sea.
“Ahhh!” Caroline exclaimed. “It works! So theoretically, if I make one more wish, you’ll be out of there.”
“Especially if you wish me out of here. AND,” he added hastily, “my regular size, please.”
“Hmm,” Caroline said. What to do? The diabolical plan to allow her ex, Jim, to get Covid wasn’t going to happen if Covid was no longer infecting the world. Should she find another way to get rid of him? Or should she rescue this little man who, despite is sarcasm, probably deserved to be rescued?
“Come on, I haven’t got all day,” Brayden said.
Caroline frowned. “What do you think, Buster?” she asked her doggo. “Should we rescue the little fisherman or should we do away with Jim?”
“Woof!” said Buster.
“Or, should I wish for a pickup truck to carry all this money home?”
“I’ll help you carry it!” said Brayden.
“Okay, fine. I wish Brayden and his ship could get out of the container they’re in and be regular sized again.”
And that’s how diabolical Dr. Caroline Sams got crushed by a crab boat on dry land while walking her dog and thinking up a plan to kill her ex.
And everyone else lived happily ever after, Covid-free.
THE END
(The prompts were; Anita’s: How about Dr. Sams or nurse Sams where they have finally got a vaccine for Covid at their hospital but they don’t want anyone getting well so they contaminate it; Cath’s: Caroline is walking her doggo in the woods as usual when doggo trots back to her with something muddy but glittering in her mouth. What if it’s a lost treasure?; and Kim’s: How about Brayden for the name, on a crab ship as the setting, and what if a freak storm sent them into another dimension?)
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January 30, 2021 at 6:51 pm
I loved this one. I seemed to have skipped it. It also has two 28’s so I gather it should be for the 29th. I need to add it to my blog so I don’t miss a day. Time to put my thinking cap back on. I am way behind in all of my prompts.
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January 30, 2021 at 11:29 pm
Doh! You’re right. I forgot what day it was! Sorry about that.
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February 3, 2021 at 12:49 am
We all get confuse lol, it confused me for a bit.
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January 29, 2021 at 1:57 pm
Careful what you wish for?!
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January 29, 2021 at 9:30 pm
Exactly! ❤
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January 29, 2021 at 12:54 pm
I always knew you were talented, Linda. And this innovative and hilarious story proves it! If she had just given up the ship, she would’ve been okay, but that’s what she gets for being diabolical. I hope Buster was okay and became friends with Brayden.
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January 29, 2021 at 9:31 pm
Awww, thanks, JoAnna! And yes, Brayden adopted Buster and they lived happily ever after too. 😀
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January 30, 2021 at 9:31 am
Yay! Thanks for that closure. 🙂
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January 29, 2021 at 10:15 am
I’m going to leave an image for JusJoJanByCo
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January 29, 2021 at 10:16 am
I should have mentioned that that’s our daughter showing me that photographers have to be willing to get wet for the perfect bird photo.
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January 29, 2021 at 9:32 pm
Great photo! 😀
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January 29, 2021 at 10:04 am
That’s perfect, Linda. The three wishes never seem to work out. The wishers always forget a tiny detail.
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January 29, 2021 at 9:33 pm
Or a crab ship sized detail. 😉 Thanks, Dan!
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January 29, 2021 at 9:56 am
Ab fab! Oh Linda this is genius 🙂
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January 29, 2021 at 9:57 am
Thanks, Jill! 😀
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January 29, 2021 at 9:41 am
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January 29, 2021 at 9:32 am
I loved the ending
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January 29, 2021 at 9:52 am
Thank you. 😀
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January 29, 2021 at 7:42 am
Lololol! That was terrific, Linda!
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January 29, 2021 at 9:51 am
Thanks, Kim! 😀
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January 29, 2021 at 9:53 am
I should have added that now Brayden has a doggo named Buster. 😀
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January 29, 2021 at 12:50 pm
Take me with you!🤗
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