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Ghost Skeletons
by Rhys Hughes
I met a ghost in the forest. I was so scared, I
jumped out of my skin. Therefore my skeleton was exposed. But this ghost had a
phobia of skeletons. My skeleton terrified him. His ghost skeleton jumped out
of his ghost skin in fright. And my skeleton began chasing his ghost skin.
“Come back!” I cried, but my skeleton ignored me.
Disobedient bones! The ghost skeleton looked at my skin. He smiled and I nodded
briskly. This nod was an invitation. The ghost skeleton climbed inside my skin.
Not a perfect fit, but good enough. I continued my journey.
Fossilised Stone
by Rhys Hughes
Today I found a fossilised stone! I wonder how rare it is? I was walking through the forest and I tripped over it. I like to imagine it when it was alive millions of years ago. They grew to be huge back then, but the one I found isn’t a boulder. It is small, perhaps the ancestor of modern pebbles. I will take it to the museum and offer it to them. I have tied it to a stick with sinews. It exactly resembles a prehistoric axe. If they refuse to buy it, I shall let them have it anyway.
Rule of Thumb
by Rhys Hughes
“A rule of thumb,” he said.
“Not more precise than that?” I protested.
“Let me show you.”
There was a deep weariness in his voice, but his
eyes still sparkled. He led me through the cluttered laboratory, past large
jars of body parts, machines that hummed, trays of weird instruments.
The professor stopped at a white door, unlocked
it with a tiny key, pushed it open and ushered me inside.
On a miniature throne was perched a human thumb.
It was wearing a crown.
Amputated fingers bowed to it.
Just as if they were beckoning someone over.
Then I understood.
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