Good morning readers and fellow A-Zers 🙂 Today i have a dentists appointment *groans* so I’m trying to force myself into a positive place lol
Its “O” day in the A-Z Challenge and now we’re past the middle i can see the end in sight. Remind me next year to do something i can schedule lol 😉
My random word today is Orange lol
…..If you want to tread the story that appeared here you’ll find it in a recently published anthology of Mermaid Tales 🙂
The View Outside 
Well done darling, I prefer the first x
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Wow! Im shocked! I thought you would have definitely preferred the gory one lol
Thank you 🙂 xx
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Seeing Sarah’s crossed arm attitude I think I’d definitely go for the second though maybe I’ have her cowering under the bed so Toby doesn’t see the blood.
xxx Hugs Galore xxx
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Ha ha ha, yeah, Sarah is a bit of a moany cow isn’t she 😉 Lets feed her to the Tiger! lol
Thanks David xx
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Liked the first ending, but a tiger … I’ll have one of those! 😉
Thanks for dropping by on the A to Z and liking my O post. 🙂
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Thanks honey, you’re very welcome, and thanks for stopping by here 🙂 xx
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It’s the kitten for me, I just adore ginger cats. Although Sarah was a bit prickly and perhaps she needed a shock, but not to be eaten by a tiger!
love Sue X
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Oh come on Sue, she deserved to be eaten! lol 😉
Thanks honey xx
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I like both, but I’ll go for the first ending because I was fully expecting someone to get eaten, and so the kitten was a gentle surprise. 🙂
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Thanks Li 🙂 It does seem to be that everyone likes the kitten version more xx
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You are such a great story teller, Vikki. I was right there in the room with that couple and felt like I knew them in just a few lines. I’m glad you chose the first ending, but I imagine you could find quite a few alternatives between the two. Thanks, Maria from http://www.delightdirectedliving.blogspot.com/
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Thank you so much Maria 🙂 I tend to think that my writing is a bit too simplistic (if you know what i mean) but i guess as long as people “get it” i should stop worrying about that.
xx
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Oh the second one. Although not sure how the tiger opened the front door.
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Ha ha ha, oh excellent Jo…good point! Will need to sort that out at some stage lol xx
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I have to admit that I like the second ending better. Much darker. And… and… all of the blood doesn’t to mean she’s dead, right? 😛
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Thanks Sara, i prefer the 2nd ending, but thats probably because i don’t often do happy endings. I was saying to someone the other day, i don’t write rags to riches, i write riches to rags lol
xx
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I like this very much. 🙂 Xx
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I prefer the kitten. I think Toby named the kitten Tiger, and it was maybe his parents who made assumptions about imaginary friends. Adults often underestimate kids.
I hope Toby gets to keep his new purry friend!
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Thanks honey, yes, good point…things are completely different in a childs mind aren’t they 🙂
Yes, Toby gets to keep the kitten…and they keep the name Tiger lol
xx
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Hooray! =D
I’ve always loved the name Toby, and, a year ago, a tiny little scrap of tabby fluff and bones wandered out of the woods behind our house, and into my son’s lap. Yup, she’s still here! =D
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AWWWWWW! How wonderful!!!!! 🙂 xxx
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Definitely the first one for me. I don’t like gory things. Heh.
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He he he, thanks Suzanne 🙂 xx
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Ooohhhh – great twist!
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Thanks Julianne 🙂 xx
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