A Peeled Orange

by alwaysawriter

Published June 23, 2010

Hi guys. This isn't suppossed to make sense. It's for the contest Jen (JFW1415) has pressured everyone into entering but we love her for it anyway. This contest: http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/topic65714.html#p725812 . It's horrible; that's the point. Oh, and for those who don't know about it: ENTER! You only have about half an hour after I post this but try to make it. :)

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It started with an orange. It was a peeled orange, to be exact, but it was an orange. I'd just finished peeling it with the intention of eating it, which is funny, seeing as I hate oranges, but I peeled it regardless.

A few minutes after peeling the orange, in which I was just sitting on a kitchen stool and staring at the unrequired peeled orange, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and a clown stood with a neon pink umbrella and a half eaten pie. He was cowering and glancing at what I figured to be his own shadow.

"Why're you cowering?" I questioned.

"I--I'm scared of that thing!" His voice wavered and although I knew it had to be his shadow, prompted him anyway.

"Of what?"

"That--that thing! My shadow!"

I held back a laugh as I opened the door for the umbrella, pie, and coward of a clown.

It ended with a cat. A yellow, meowing tabby, to be exact. I'm sure it was a neighbor's cat but the staring and the meowing was creeping me out. I'd never liked cats; always considered them evil creatures.

It was still meowing as I closed the door.

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angel007angel
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angel007angel wrote a review Review · Oct 24, 2011

This is the most random, funniest things I've on here. It's so silly and crazy it made me lol so much. You're a good writer, especcially for making something that isn't supposed to make sense, actually makes sense. You're good. :D
And I love how an orange is included in it, as I love oranges.
See, I can relate to you, I'm random too.

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alwaysawriter
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alwaysawriter commented Comment · Apr 5, 2011

Thank you guys!

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EdgarAllanPoe
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EdgarAllanPoe commented Comment · Jun 25, 2010

I loved your story! Very awesome.

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aidyl commented Comment · Jun 23, 2010

nice story. like it bcos its abstract n creative.

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borntoshop
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borntoshop commented Comment · Jun 23, 2010

I really like it too! Very creative and random...made me laugh. I agree with Lilly when it jumped around abit,
but i liked it anyway. Well done! :D

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alwaysawriter
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alwaysawriter commented Comment · Jun 23, 2010

I knows, Lily! *is pounced on and hugs*

Yeah, I wrote it in like ten minutes. It's all good. :P

It has offically ended on Jen's time but the rest of you have 'til 11:59:59 pm your time on the 22nd so, if you have time, write and PM!

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lilymoore wrote a review Review · Jun 23, 2010

OMG, Always, I haven’t seen you in forever! *pounces*

Well, you definitely did a good job of getting all of the prompts in there. Because this was mostly for humor, I won’t be too picky but I do have to say, you really jumped from “and coward of a clown.” All of a sudden to “It ended with a cat.” I was kind of like: huh?

But that didn’t stop me from enjoying it. And I think I shall post my entry for this now too. :D



We are great at fearing the wrong things.
— Hank Green