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Life, actually…
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NOVELS DOODLED ON STICKY NOTES
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Some people doodle their thoughts, then wad and toss them. Being a keeper of things, I tend to save my own doodles for later examination.
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Here are four stories I have doodled and archived on sticky notes.
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You are now my sticky-note judge and critic.
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STICKY NOVEL NUMBER ONE:
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PREMEDITATION
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Molly was curious to know why her dreaded teacher, Mrs. Philbin—the one who always looked like she’d just bitten into a lemon and chased it with a green persimmon—was so cruel to her.
What makes a teacher act like this? she pondered.
Molly couldn’t get Mrs. Philbin’s behavior out of her mind, so she made one covert and desperate attempt to spy on the cruel teacher. Just one more time, to see whether she had misjudged her, to see if she had any redeeming qualities.
One night, peeking into the teacher’s kitchen window, Molly observed Mrs. Philbin biting into a lemon and holding ready a green persimmon.
THE END
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STICKY NOVEL NUMBER TWO:
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SCRUNCH
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“This is the life,” he said to himself, as the sunny beach sand scrunched between his toes.
“It doesn’t get any better than this.”
He was right.
For the next fifty years, nothing got any better.
THE END
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STICKY NOVEL NUMBER THREE:
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GIDDYUP
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Back in the before times, he had driven a horse and buggy for thirty years before finally purchasing a Model-T automobile.
One day, the brakes failed.
As his Model-T hurtled toward a fence, he shouted, WHOA!”
THE END
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FOURTH AND FINAL STICKY NOVEL:
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SWEETNESS AND LIGHT
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The day after the Liberators brought Democracy to the people, the people were heard to cry out, “Hey, why isn’t everything perfect now? You and your Democracy!”
Some of the people yearned for a powerful yet benevolent leader who would provide for them, Democracy or no Democracy.
Since they had not experienced Democracy, they did not miss it.
THE END
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You are now free to write your own one-page sticky novel.
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Be not afraid
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© Jim Reed 2023 A.D.
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