A 100-words story created from the photo prompt, Friday Fictioneers presents us with a new weekly challenge. Here’s my response.
PHOTO PROMPT © Douglas M. MacIlroy
Rob reared back in surprise when the small bird flew out of the open packing crate. A baby Myna, it swooped and turned, frantic to find the open air.
Shortly, Rob caught him in a butterfly net. He wrapped his hand around the little bird, feeling the speeding heartbeat, wondering ” A zoo? A pet shop?”
The bird stared at Rob, showing no fear. Its hooded yellow gaze was almost hypnotic.
“The others are coming, you fool,” thought the bird. “I’m just the sentinel, the forerunner. You will pay. Oh, how you will pay!”
Alfred Hitchcock would be proud.
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Ha, a shame Rob can’t understand bird language!
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He needs Sam the bird-whisperer😂
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🙂 I did think that!
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and we have a winner!
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Thank you!
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I think he’ll understand a lot in just a little while (evil laugh)
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Are the others birds? Or something else?
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More birds. Lots and lots of angry birds 🙂
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Scary. Like James; I see a large gathering of birds, I think Alfred.
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Exactly. Good old Alfred Hitchcock 🙂
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Please excuse my ignorance but are Myna birds the kind that talk? My Aunt had a talking bird and I think she told me that was the breed.
God bless,
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So much for showing kindness to a “helpless” bird!
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Yes, well, we know humans are pretty clueless 🙂
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Ha! 😲
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This Myna bird is seriously up to no good.
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So true. And an army of his buddies is following him 🙂
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Oh dear!
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Poor old Rob – full of good intentions towards his feathered captive, not knowing avian Armageddon is around the corner! Nicely done 🙂
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Love that–Avian Armageddon ?
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Dear Linda,
The Birds was one of the most terrifying movies of my childhood. He should pinch that little momser’s head off. 😉 Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It really was frightening. Poor Tipi Hedren ! 🙂
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I can feel how the rest are coming… Rob is too gullible
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Bjorn, I just now saw the bolded “gull”–nice wordplay, sorry I missed it the first time 🙂
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Nice take on the prompt. Loved the darkness at the end.
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Oh good. I was hoping for some contrast 🙂
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the bird amounts to no good. he better dispose of it as soon as he can by breaking it neck.
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I think it may be too late for that to do any good, but yes, I think he should kill it, too.
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Ooh, nice one! You’re right, our stories are along very similar lines. To be fair, that bird does look like he has evil on his mind 🙂
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He surely does. Those eyes!
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Oh my goodness! Concerned about Rob, deeply concerned .
Great story, Linda.🙂
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A very well constructed and nicely descriptive story. You manage the twist nicely!
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Thanks, Penny. Much appreciated 🙂
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Very nice, Lots of birds up to no good this week!
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Yup. Angry Birds 🙂
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Yikes! That is a really scary proposition.
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So much for being kind to Mr. Mynah!
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Do not mess with birds, foolish humans!
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Haha angry bird attack, no angry mynah attack. I wonder how will that go for Rob.
A nice one Linda.
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I think Rob’s doom is established 🙂
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I remember watching “The Birds” as a child. I hid behind my father’s easy chair during the scary parts, occassionaly peeking around the corner to view the terror. Nice prequel to that classic.
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Thanks, Russell. A classic indeed–no one has ever made it again, as far as I know. Can’t improve on perfection 🙂
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Ominous ending of an attack of biblical proportions. Nicely written!
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Thank you 🙂
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And he was only trying to help the bird…!
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I know, right? Angry bird. . . .
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They can talk and fly! I can just imagine an avian invasion – nice take on the prompt Linda 🙂
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Of course, I HAD to read yours after your comment on mine!
Love the sentinel approach. You’re right; mine is similar.
Scott
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When you consider how many of us participate, it’s amazing how much variety there is!
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That is so very true.
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Now that’s a scary little bird, and Rob was being so nice. I’m surprised how many writers this week and invested this mynah with such bad intentions. 🙂
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I saw that movie for the first time when I was 6. It still freaks me out a little, as does hour story.
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+your story
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Oh dear, trouble ahead. They’ll go for the newly washed cars first
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be nice..love it..
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Thanks so much 🙂
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