{"id":4140,"date":"2017-02-09T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:36:38","slug":"prompt-040","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/prompt-040\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt: 040. getting a pet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prompt: 040. getting a pet<\/h1>\n

1. Looking into the small hopeful face, it wasn’t much of a decision at all. “All right, let’s get you a pet.”<\/h2>\n

A. Looking into the small hopeful face, it wasn’t much of a decision at all. “All right, let’s get you a pet.”<\/p>\n

She cheered, throwing her arms up in the air excitedly. “A puppy! A puppy! I want a puppy!”<\/p>\n

“Oh. Are you sure you don’t want a cute little kitten instead?”<\/p>\n

“No! I want a puppy, please, please, please.”<\/p>\n

“All right. All right. One puppy for my little puppy.”<\/p>\n

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2. Wandering through the local animal shelter, it was a hard choice between a cat or a dog. They all looked cute and adoptable.<\/h2>\n

A. Wandering through the local animal shelter, it was a hard choice between a cat or a dog. They all looked cute and adoptable, and it was heartbreaking to see them inside their cages, peering out so hopefully.<\/p>\n

There was a yelping almost-cry from one of the cages. The placard in front said the ball of fur and fluff had had its vocal cords surgically removed by its previous owner.<\/p>\n

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3. There was something living in the crawlspace under the house.<\/h2>\n

A. There was something living in the crawlspace under the house. They could hear it digging away at the insulation, probably building itself a nest from which it could creep up into the house at night to steal food. It was probably going to have a thousand hungry babies that would clatter around, fighting and hissing long after midnight, giving the children nightmares that they were going to be eaten in their beds.<\/p>\n

Since there wasn’t enough money in the budget for an exterminator, they visited the grocery store and bought some rat poison. Hopefully it would take care of the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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