Untitled(100 Words)

I was getting myself some ice cream when there was a hammering on my door. I stuck my head out of the kitchen to see three Praetorian Guards in my entryway. They trained their guns on me, and the Centurion said, "Benula Landon?"

I nodded, and she continued, "You're under arrest for illegal practice of astronomy." Then, to the other Guards, she said, "Search the apartment." It didn't take them long to find the 'scope hidden in the rifle case.

My cockatoo gave the Centurion a roll of film. So my bird had betrayed me. I never had trusted it.

<David Mar gave me the assignment Astronomy Ice cream Illegal Cockatoo
With the additional condition 100 words>

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