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The journey was taking longer than usual; at least that's what they felt, and observed, as the ship swerved across bravely in a midst of gigantic rocks and asteroids swarming the vast ocean.
"We don't have much time; the meeting is scheduled to start in an hour. What's taking us so long?"
"There is a huge traffic jam ahead caused by the innumerable satellites of these stupid Earthlings. Perhaps, we should take a detour through the next wormhole in order to reach Mars quickly."
This 5 Sentence Fiction is shared with Five Sentence Fiction and the Prompt is Detour.
Wow, you really met these alien guys? ha ha,
ReplyDeletethis looks amazingly real! I love it. Good job.
Ha ha ... I am bad with stories .... but thanks for liking it :-)
DeleteI liked it. And the word EARTHLINGS!! Really cute. You've done justice to the prompt.
ReplyDeleteGreat story, Earthling!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandy :-)
Deletealiens? never thought they also suffer from traffic jam. lol
ReplyDeletejust me,
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Perhaps you should ask them the next time ... lol :-)
Deletehaha..hope this happens. Earth ruled by the earthlings would be so much better :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic, Speck..
Ha ha ... thanks Panchali :-)
DeleteGood one!
ReplyDeletei don't know what to expect more...:)
ReplyDeletegood one.
Thank You Sumukh :-)
DeleteLove the thought of all our debis ect causing traffic jams in space - I suspect aliens of getting their own back by infiltrating our local county council and putting road works everywhere ;-)
ReplyDeleteHa ha ... well said !!!
DeleteAnd I thought LA traffic was bad!
ReplyDeleteNow you know there are worse conditions :-P
DeleteDamn Earthlings. Our reputation as the riff-raff of the Universe is known far and wide. Fun piece. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jayne :-)
DeleteAwesome!!
ReplyDeleteHow did you come up with such a convincing short and sweet story???
WOW! I enjoyed it. Full feeling!
Thank You so much Aravind ... When I wrote this I thought it was totally crap, but so many beautiful comments really motivated me :-)
DeleteSpace debris...you made me smile with this one! I could imagine their annoyance!
ReplyDeleteYeah ... space travel would be irritating too :-P
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