The Brown Fox Steals a Motorcycle and Has the Best Day of His Life
Does everybody know what a “drabble” is?
No, it’s not something a basketball player does with the ball, or what a baby does with his mashed peas.
It’s original meaning is to make wet and muddy. Think of my pant cuffs dragging on the ground when I’m out walking in the rain.
Nowadays it refers to a story that’s exactly 100 words long.
There are a lot of drabble challenges on the Medium platform. Somebody comes up with a prompt, then challenges writers to write a drabble on the subject.
I tried my hand at one recently. The prompt: The Best Day of My Life.
Here’s the whole thing.
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The brown fox peered around the corner of the biker bar.
The proverbial coast was clear.
He stole a motorcycle.
The fox liked to live dangerously.
He came to a pencil in the road.
Not a fork.
A pencil.
A big pencil.
It was tilted up like a ramp.
The fox roared up the pencil and soared over a dog that was lying nearby.
“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!!” he exulted. “Hot damn! — a pangram!!”
The dog was not amused.
This is the best day of my life, thought the fox, just before he crashed and died.
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I did not expect the fox to die… in that manner. Maybe at the hands of the biker who got his bike stolen…
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Oops!– sorry, Margy! Yes, that did seem a bit rude, hurrying him off like that. Ol’ Foxy was a likable character, despite his thieving ways. Well, he may be back. You know what they say about foxes, they have 9 lives. Oh, wait… 🤔😳😬💦
Always a pleasure, hope you and The Car Guy are well, and thanks as ever for your kind support!! 🙏😊
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Well, that was fun! And I learned something new. I’ll have to try my hand at one of those drabble things, but you’ve set the bar so high. At least in cuteness and illustrative factor.
Hope you are well and getting ready for winter!
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My dear Maddie!!– too kind as is your custom!! 🙏🙏🙏
Yeah, these crazy drabbles seem to be all the rage in certain publications on the Medium platform. Someone provides a prompt and the wheels start grinding, and off you go. I bet you’d be good at them given your mystery plotting skills. Say– and weren’t you a motorcycle person at one point?? Oops!– we’d better not go there after what happened to reckless Mr. Fox!!
Got all my firewood in, but it’s weird– summer keeps clawing its way back. It was almost 70 degrees here in New Hampshire today. I’ll take it!!
Great to see you, and thanks so much for your very kind comment!! 🙏😊
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Oh, how I miss that motorcycle! The sun on my face. The wind in my hair. I doubt I will ever ride again as I trusted Rich with my life. Not so much a fox.
And yes, this weather is certainly squirrely. Almost 80 here today. Fifties tomorrow. But the car is serviced. I have as many supplies as I can cram into my apartment, and I’m ready for winter. Planning to hibernate and write. Hoping to emerge a butterfly in spring. 🙂
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Excellent!– you’ll be doing the Wing Thing in the Spring Thing!! 🦋🦋🦋 Always rooting for you here, Maddie!! 🙏👍😊
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