Crossing the Line (99 Words)
“You, young lady, have crossed a line.” Mrs. Perkins stood with her arms folded, her heart beating rapidly in her neck.
“Can’t we keep it, pleeease–”
“No. Go and put that thing back.”
Mabel stuck out her lip. “Pleeeeaaaase?”
With her husband in town, seeing the smile on Grandma Perkins’s face, Mrs. Perkins felt her resolve weaken.
“Oh come on,” said Grandma, standing next to Mabel. “Isn’t it the littlest thing you ever saw? What’s the harm?”
Mrs. Perkins pinched her nose. She looked through one eye at the ungainly creature in Mabel’s arms.
“Dragons,” she said, “get big.”
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Written in response to Carrot Ranch’s Flash Fiction Challenge and the Daily Post’s Daily Prompt. Check ’em out!
WALLIE'S WENTLETRAP 
Yes; and crouching tigers.
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Once there were such, though whether they flew in the presence of humans, or breathed fire, will only be determined when the ruins of Atlantis and/or Lemuria surface well enough to be accessible to archaeologists and paleontologists.
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Could be true! 🙂 Wallie and I take dragons very seriously. Without a doubt, they’re real.
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I couldn’t help but give a huge belly laugh at the end. That is a mental picture I can keep of how a small insignificant ‘keep’ can become huge. Well done!
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It’s funny how big a pet can get in your life, even if it isn’t a dragon, too!
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Everything is so cute when they are wee! I’d love to include your stories in the collection. Just be sure to add it to the form. Thanks!
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Wallie thanks you for your kind words! We will! 🙂
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Oh, good! I love your dragon stories!
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