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Anything Really (blame Nate for THIS title)

Snoink · 2009-05-23T06:33:20Z

Once upon a time, there was a bunny rabbit. His name was Floppy Ears. He was white and extra cuddly and extra cute. One day, he was hopping around, but his ears kept tripping him because they were floppy. That’s why he was known as Floppy Ears. He stopped and tilted his head, trying to get his ears out of his face, but he was not successful. As he was doing this, all the animals started laughing at him. “Floppy Ears, you’re so clumsy!” they called out. This made Floppy Ears sad. He hopped slowly, but he ended up tripping anyway. Then an old grasshopper came out. The grasshopper was old and wise because grasshoppers are always old and wise. He looked at Floppy Ears and took pity on him, so he jumped in front of him and bowed. “Hello Floppy Ears,” he said, very politely. “I have noticed your plight and I have decided to help you. Because I am an old and wise grasshopper, I have thought up a plan for you.” Floppy Ears looked at him hopefully with big, bunny eyes. “A plan?” he squeaked. “Yes, a plan,” said the old and wise grasshopper. “I can tie up your ears and that way you’ll never have to worry about tripping on your ears again.” “But how will you tie it up?” Floppy Ears said. “We have no shoestring,” he said. “You may not have any shoestring, but I have shoestring,” the old and wise grasshopper said. He bent down and unlaced his Nikes and, taking the shoestring, he tied up Floppy Ears’s ears. “There you go,” he said. “You will never trip on your ears again.” Floppy Ears nodded knowingly, tilting his head to look at the old wise grasshopper. Then he kicked the grasshopper into a concrete wall. Formic acid, which is what grasshopper guts are made out of, oozed all over the wall, and the old and wise grasshopper died. “Thank you very much,” Floppy Ears said happily before hopping away.

FlyingInEbony

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Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:36 pm

FlyingInEbony says... · Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:36 pm

Hi Snoink! I've read over your piece (no kidding), and I just love your creativity! :smt003

Not only you changed the outcome of your usual-type fairy tale, it was still happy... to an extent. The grasshopper sure didn't like it. Your story is unique not only because of that, but also because you had the elements to a successful fairy tale. It contained some violence (mandatory for any fairy tale), vivid, magical characters, and an... interesting story plot. Keep it up, we need more people like you in the world!

Snoink wrote:“You may not have any shoestring, but I have shoestring,” the old and wise grasshopper said. He bent down and unlaced his Nikes and, taking the shoestring, he tied up Floppy Ears’s ears.

How did you even come up with this? I could just portray a tiny little grasshopper with these big, athletic boots, in my mind!

*stops praising and realizes that she is late for a class* Bravo to you!

"You stand on the brink of greatness. The world will open to you like an oyster. No... not like an oyster. The world will open to you like a magnificent vagina." - "Bullets over Broadway", Woody Allen, Douglas McGrath

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Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:25 pm

skutter11 says... · Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:25 pm

I think this story shows that people bully people who aren't as big as they are. Love the twist! The murder at the end is cleverly presented in storybook form! :smt004