Amy Merkley-Scharf

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“Ugly-Monkey and the Three Wishes” by Amy Merkley-Scharf

Submitted to Contest #86

“Hey, ugly-monkey, pick that up.” I don’t look up. I recognize the voice, or at least the type of voice, and I am not in the mood to engage with a squirrel. I pull at my dog's leash, but he is snuffling and snorting at something he has found on the side of the walking trail. “Asshole, I said pick it up!” I sigh, “it’s not mine,” I look up. He is staring down at me, skittering back and forth on the bobbing branch of a pine tree. He is a typical black squirrel, but he has a bushy orange tail that fl...

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