The Unicorn Challenge.
A magical new weekly writing opportunity from her – Jenne Gray – and me.
Visit her blog every Friday to see the photo prompt, and post your amazing story in her comments section.
Or on your own blog, and stick the link down in her comments.
The rules are:
Maximum of 250 words.
Based on photo prompt.
That’s it.
To hear me read my story, just click here:
Global Warming
Is Global Warming real?
I’ve been giving this a lot of thought recently.
Y’see, I live in the south of France, on the Mediterranean Sea.
For the past couple of weeks, according to my smug ex-friends, there has been more sunshine and higher temperatures in Glasgow.
Which is about 1,200 miles pretty much due north of here and, as some of you might know, in Scotland.
Which might be the most beautiful country in the known universe but, listed among its many wonderful attractions, such as men in kilts, Eilean Donan Castle and Nessie, you will rarely find ‘weather’.
So, like I say, I’ve been pondering stuff.
Especially since I saw that giraffe on the beach.
Drowned.
If a giraffe, which is after all relatively lanky, gets drowned, I have to ask myself, ‘What about other animals?’
Lions and llamas, hyenas and hedgehogs.
Monkeys, unless the trees are very tall.
And I wonder if elephants can swim around using their trunks as snorkels.
Like wee submarines with periscopes, y’know?
I imagine a one-tree desert island crammed with elephants in sunglasses and deckchairs, perhaps sipping fancy cocktails, all waiting for the last coconut to fall.
I don’t know where they get deckchairs.
Or sunglasses.
And I’m far too polite to guess at the name of the cocktail.
Nevertheless, all things considered, I’ve reached a conclusion, if not a suntan.
I’m definitely against Global Warming.
Wonderfully done… but still worrying with the global warming just a bit.
Fab sketch, by the way. 🍹🐘- perfect!
Thanks, Chris, my old colleague Phil is a talented guy!
I’ve heard Scotland is gorgeous. I’ll have to visit sometime soon. I love your serious pondering couched in wonderful descriptions of elephants kicking back and snorkeling. Great picture!
Scotland is beautiful, Brenda, and you can learn more about it from my fabulous thrillers, available from Amazon from this blog!
Elephants are pretty cool dudes, aren’t they!
fun take on a horror story lol
no, serially, liked the ‘voice’ of your narrative… brings to mind, Muhammad Ali’s ‘Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’
I sometimes think that humour is the best way to approach the serious stuff, Clark.
My blog is enhanced by the mere mention of The Greatest!
“And I’m far too polite to guess at the name of the cocktail” … chicken! 🙂
loved the whimsy, and the sketch.
Laughing.
This is a family-friendly blog, Ren!
Glad you enjoyed, and hope you’ll be back.
Good take on the prompt. Global warming has led to much climate change.
Thank you. It has indeed.
Love the story. Love the drawing.
Thanks, Sally. Twice!
There must be lots of Glaswegian kilt-wearing men with sunburned knees! I should be moaning about the hot weather and the reason many blame it on, but I must admit, I’m loving it!
It has really been warmer in Glasgow than down here recently, to my utter disgust!
And when I visit in August it’ll bliddy rain like it did last year!
What a clever post all the way around. What came first the drawing or the narrative?
Glad you enjoyed, Violet.
Phil and I worked together for many years – we published children’s books together – and while I was writing this I had a memory of the image, so went searching!
I’m smiling ear to ear – you make the words seem to dance on the page in these delightfully whimsical images.
But a serious message too – and an understandable gripe about the current weather.
Happy to amuse, Jenne.
C’est Le Midi {shrug}
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I believe pigs can get sunburnt, but I can’t imagine an elephant with a suntan, let alone one drinking cocktails! The wouldn’t need a straw though would they.
Love the sketch.
PS Phil’s drawing is wonderful!
It is indeed!
Got to open your mind, Di, all things are possible in my world!
Nothing wrong with that!