SATURDAY 18th JULY 2020 ~ FLASH FICTION
HINTERLAND
by John Yeo
Billy was an urban rat, part of a large ratpack. Food was becoming scarce during the lock-down of the two-legged giants. No-one was eating in their restaurants and discarded food was becoming scarcer. The leader of the pack called the rats to a mass meeting.
‘Listen friends, we’re moving out to the green fields of the farms with grain stores, and mounds of food growing everywhere.’
There was a chorus of agreement, then Roberta Rat shouted.
‘ Where are we off to Boss?’
‘The hinterland just outside town.’
(87 WORDS)
© Written by John Yeo
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This was great writing. You know when something you read just strikes you in such a way? Nice story!
Thanks for the great feedback~I appreciate your response.🙂
Love it! 🙂
Ah ha! I wondered where they had gone. Good fiction, well told, John.
Thanks Bill, rats seem to have a natural survival instinct. 🙂
Yeah, I hear the hinterlands had all manner of rats streaming into them … 😉
Love your thinking behind this remark ~😂
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