Tag: situational irony
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A Mother’s Love | One-Hundred-Word Story
A herd of cattle grazes contently just across the fence from a hamburger joint. As greasy smoke rises from the roof, the aroma of cooking beef wafts toward the pasture. A calf says to his mother, “My friend told me people eat cows in there.” “Don’t believe everything you hear,” she replies. “They only take…
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The Hens Get Even | One-Hundred-Word Story
Despite the egg pecking incident, Sam doesn’t realize just how upset the chickens are by the loss of their friends, Heather and Marietta. Still, he knows something’s off, so he placates his feathered “friends” with dried mealworms. They stop their sabotage. One early morning, Sam gathers the eggs. Carrying the full basket out of the…
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The Hens Aren’t Laughing | One-Hundred-Word Story
As Sam slow smokes some chickens he took from his flock, a cackle of the remaining free-range birds struts up. Looking out the window, his wife giggles at the irony. A photo of the scene, with the hens holding signs in their beaks that say, “Eat more beef,” quickly goes viral. Humans may like the…
