Prompt: 076. rubber boots
1. It was only the rubber boots that saved her life when the lightning struck.
A. It was only the rubber boots that saved her life when the lightning struck. Not because the rubber absorbed the electricity or anything, but because she stopped to pour the water out of her right boot. Otherwise she would have been walking with the rest of the group and not standing yards away when the sizzling crackle of primeval force hit the ground between them and burned through the underground roots of a nearby tree, scorching a pattern into the earth.
When the smoke cleared and she could see again, she almost wished that she’d gone blind.
2. Mr. and Mrs. Mouse lived beneath an old rubber boot that had been lost beneath a bush in the garden.
A. Mr. and Mrs. Mouse lived beneath an old rubber boot that had been lost beneath a bush in the garden. The child it had belonged to had long since returned home from visiting Grandma and Grandpa. With peace and quiet restored to the garden, the young mouse couple hadn’t hesitated to move into such a perfect nest, once they’d made a few modifications.
They gnawed through the rubber and dug a tunnel into the ground below. It a was relief to their animal instincts to have an escape route if they needed one, though they preferred to nest in the boot as it reminded them of home.
It was in the boot that Mrs. Mouse birthed their first litter of ten pups though they were raised in the warren of tunnels below.
3. “The size and shape of the footprints indicate the suspect was wearing rubber rain boots.”
A. “The size and shape of the footprints indicate the suspect was wearing rubber rain boots.”
“We’re not going to get much with these footprints, are we?”
“No. These have a generic tread pattern and no abnormalities in the rubber. They’re the kind of thing people pick up in a supercenter while buying groceries.”
4. Upon finding an old pair of rubber boots in the garage, she set about turning them into DIY flower pots.
A. Upon finding an old pair of rubber boots in the garage, she set about turning them into DIY flower pots. First she sprayed the inside of the boots with cooking spray, then she mixed up a batch of quick-drying concrete and filled them up midway before inserting a large plastic cup with a dowel poked through the bottom. She pushed the cup down until the top was level with the boot rim, then filled the boot the rest of the way to the top with concrete.
“Now what are you going to do?”
She smiled over her shoulder. “I’ll let the concrete dry, then cut the boot off and voila. Two boot-shaped flower pots with dowel-made drainage holes. They’ll be super cute.”
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