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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

The Little Mushroom (FF)

Copyright Ted Strutz

Once there was a little mushroom growing in a field.

The mushroom began growing and soon it was twenty feet tall. It was so tall that a local entrepreneur made it into a ride for children. It continued to grow and soon it was as high as the clouds and only the bravest children rode it.

It continued to grow and soon it reached into space and only those children who could hold their breath a long time rode it.  A spaceship flew by and Pinterass said to Myspace "I've never seen one of those so incredibly big!  It's so huge, it's festooned!" 

Fearing a race of giants, Myspace and Pinterass decided not to invade.   And that is how the little mushroom saved the Earth. 

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What a heroic mushroom!  It almost bring tears to my eyes.  That is, tears to my eyes that that I wrote such a lame story and am passing it off as heroic. Next week, I'm going to write about a guy and a computer and pass it off as a love story.  I'll bet that's never been done!

If you click right here,  you can read the stories of the other Friday Fictioneers, heroic, loving, or otherwise.

Good thing you didn't eat the mushroom when it was small.  Hey, you're the hero!

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28 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 7, 2015 at 7:20 PM

    Wow, Perry, you're my hero! Cheers for the mushroom. I thought this was a hilarious spin of a story.

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    1. Perry BlockOctober 7, 2015 at 10:30 PM

      Thanks, Amy, but it was all the mushroom, not me. Believe me, considering what scared the two aliens, it was certainly not me!

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  2. AliciaOctober 7, 2015 at 8:45 PM

    Oh! Yes! A festooned mushroom.There's something almost . . . Enough said. Great take on the prompt.

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    1. Perry BlockOctober 7, 2015 at 10:31 PM

      Yes, that's exactly what it was - a festooned mushroom. Thank you, Alicia.

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  3. Sandra CrookOctober 8, 2015 at 3:02 AM

    You don't hear it enough for the mushrooms. Good one!

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    1. Perry BlockOctober 8, 2015 at 12:45 PM

      Yes, they are not nearly as popular a vegetable as they should be. Damn peas always stealing their thunder!

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  4. Priceless JoyOctober 8, 2015 at 11:41 AM

    I saw what you did there... Pinterass. Hahahaha! Cute story!

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  5. Rosey PinkertonOctober 8, 2015 at 1:24 PM

    Hooray! At last someone to keep me company in the silly story department!. I just love this. Well done.

    Rosey Pinkerton's blog

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    1. Perry BlockOctober 8, 2015 at 1:48 PM

      Thanks, Rosey! Gonna check out your silly one now.

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  6. Perry BlockOctober 8, 2015 at 1:47 PM

    Not to mention all the festoons!

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  7. Gah LearnerOctober 8, 2015 at 4:39 PM

    A festooned mushrooms for the rescue, who'd have thought... We won't need space travel if this thing keeps growing.

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  8. RussellOctober 8, 2015 at 5:23 PM

    Good grief, Perry. I think you've been eating mushrooms--and not the ones from the produce department at the grocery store. I do admire your use of the word "festooned." We don't here that often enough. Keep up the good work.

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    1. Perry BlockOctober 9, 2015 at 11:11 PM

      Thanks, Russell. Now help me festoon this thing. No, I mean the mushroom!

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  9. AnonymousOctober 9, 2015 at 11:16 AM

    So this is what mushrooms do to the imagination? I'll stay away from experimenting then :)

    Fun story.

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  10. brudbergOctober 9, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    you gave an alternative on how to get high on mushroom.

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  11. liz youngOctober 9, 2015 at 4:17 PM

    You wrote a fairy story!! Well done.

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  12. DaleOctober 10, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    Talk about a magic mushroom.... ;-) Fun read!

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  13. SubrotoOctober 11, 2015 at 9:38 AM

    A mushroom with a view! There is bound to be bit of magic in it. Fun read.

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  14. AnonymousOctober 11, 2015 at 9:34 PM

    Wow. A magic mushroom. Cool. I want to ride it. With cool space children, and wordpress things along with Facebook and Amazon and FedEx and Starbucks and Milky Ways. Far effing out Berry Plock.

    Ydnar Eizam

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  15. P.S. JoshiOctober 12, 2015 at 10:29 AM

    That sounds a bit like Jack and the magic beanstalk. I'm wonder what else was growing in that field that produced a mushroom growth spurt like that. Did anyone trying smoking it? Were you smoking it when you wrote the story? Just kidding. :D No wonder some people don't trust modified food. Well done, Perry. :D --- Suzanne

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  16. DawnOctober 13, 2015 at 4:46 AM

    As soon as I read the first sentence I saw the mushroom and thought “Of course Perry would see a mushroom”.

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  17. Rochelle Wisoff-FieldsOctober 13, 2015 at 9:29 AM

    Dear Perry,

    The magical mystery tour is waiting to take you awaaaaaaay....cute story.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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