Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Rat



"Don't be overconfident. It only leads to failure," his mother explained.

The young haughty Rat replied, "Chill Mom. Nothing will happen. I am an expert in stealing food. Have I ever been caught?"

The poor mother sighed and prayed God to help her son.

Rat went out to satisfy his hunger. At a distance he saw a large piece of cheese.

"Wow," he thought, and leapt at it.

"Thud!"

For a split second his mind went blank, and then the truth dawned upon him. He was trapped. The cheese was a bait to bring him to the dark cage.


This 99 word fiction is shared with Blogging from A to Z April Challenge - R.



25 comments:

  1. Interesting old trick weaved into the story!

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  2. Interesting story, too much of greed is always bad.

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  3. Over-confidence always makes you fall down.. no matter how good you are..

    Well portrayed..

    Cheers

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  4. Greed never helps. If only a few people can be caught like this :P

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  5. was that the TV9 sting operation? jokes apart...lovely lesson!

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  6. We should always listen to our elders, they have more wisdom than us.

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  7. Oh bad! Sometimes life traps us in a cage we least expected to be in!

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  8. ... this made me cry, Mr. G ... feel sorry for that lil rat ... reminds me of my own childhood ... except me never got caught ... smiles ... Love, cat.

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  9. Very Beautiful Post &welcome to my new blog post.

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  10. Interesting.I had written somewhat a sense like this 'Rani Cat' much earlier.I thought you would be writing 'Bell the Cat' story in your alluring way.

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  11. Sometimes we need to listen to advices...

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