Carrot Ranch prompt this week is…
August 9, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes an act of “peering from the woods.” Go where the prompt leads.
‘You can’t see the woods for the trees, eh?’
‘That’s another stupid expression. All I was saying was I saw something in there.’
‘Ghost? Phantasm?’
‘Seriously, it was alive.’
‘Ent? Tree-sprite?’
‘It could be that weirdo.’
‘Any specific weirdo?’
‘I’m going home.’
‘Don’t be a wuss, Morgan. Probably a deer.’
‘Or a lion.’
‘In Surrey?’
‘You know they say a tree makes no sound if there’s no one to hear it when it falls. Do you think you can see a lion if you’re not there when it appears?’
‘You’re a moron as well as a coward, Morgan.’
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My name is Geoff Le Pard. Once I was a lawyer; now I am a writer. I've published several books: a four book series following Harry Spittle as he grows from hapless student to hapless partner in a London law firm; four others in different genres; a book of poetry; four anthologies of short fiction; and a memoir of my mother. I have several more in the pipeline.
I have been blogging regularly since 2014, on topic as diverse as: poetry based on famous poems; memories from my life; my garden; my dog; a whole variety of short fiction; my attempts at baking and food; travel and the consequent disasters; theatre, film and book reviews; and the occasional thought piece. Mostly it is whatever takes my fancy.
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Could easily be a Surrey Puma – do you remember them?
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I do. Wasn’t there some blackberry picker who set a new standing jump record to clear a six foot wall?
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Yes, something like that.
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Love these guys Geoff. I hear they have wolves and wild cats in the Forest of Dean, with plans for black bears. Better watch out.
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Goodness and I thought the odd rogue vole was the extent of our mammalian nightmares… I’m staying indoors
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Dad took a picture of me holding a water vole years ago, so cute.
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Goodness. Don’t they bite? Or are you that scary!?
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Moles aren’t the most friendly of critters, they’ve got a nasty barb in the tail, but I didn’t have a problem with the little vole. As for being scary? Nah. I’m a wuss when it comes to spiders, but don’t mind mice and snakes.
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Now there’s me the country boy born and bred and I’ve never handled a vole or knew that about moles. Thanks so much.
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I’m just plain nosey and tend to pick things up for a closer look. My sister and I had slow worms and lizards as kids.
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Yep we, my brother and I had them too but a vole… seriously jel…
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Morgan has a point…
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Morgan is shrewder than he’s given credit
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I’m thinking so!
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sigh – here in northern California we have to settle with feral turkeys. . . So un-noble. Their only value to society is for fun. Chasing them about with an airsoft gun is always good for a 1-3 minute thrill.
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I’m trying to picture a feral turkey and failing because of the need for it to carry its own Christmas trimmings….
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Arrrrrrrrrrgh 😱
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My money’s on the discovery of the Surrey Yeti………
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That’s it. Darn you spotted the twist…. do you remember the Surrey puma btw
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No, I hadn’t heard of it before so I looked it up on Wikipedia. My initial thought is maybe someone is breeding super large Maine Coon cats – they are supposed to be a lynx hybrid from eons ago and are naturally large cats with long bodies. My cat is a Maine Coon, but as the runt of the litter never grew as big as his litter mates. Still he’s a pretty big fellow.
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Just a bunch of soft southerners I expect. Made good headlines though
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The logic of these two! Lions would be in the tree that falls and nobody hears.
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Exactly. Quod erat demonstandum
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I’m not sure in which direction the weirdo might be hiding in plain sight. Hilarious, Geoff.
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