Micro/ Flash Fiction Theme: Pear-shaped
Title: Yelling At Fruit
I set my capture cage to the size of a medium animal. Opening the ship’s cargo hatch reveals a vast room containing several crates of expensive Earth produce. Our client was paying a lot for us to hunt these pests.
I click on my comms. “Hey, I need a description of the creatures.”
“Yep. The effuus are small, pear-shaped rodents, that look just like the fruit. They do not like loud noises.”
I stare at the endless rows of pear containers.
“I’m gonna have to scream at a bunch of fruit boxes, until the animals come out, aren’t I?”
“Yep.”
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This one was a difficult prompt to come up with. Although, a friend suggested that you could use these creatures as a great prank. I might write a short story about that later.