Write about someone who keeps an unusual animal as a pet.

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“"Another work night with Ziggy"” by Mersadece Dolin

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There I was, lying in bed with the covers pulled up to my noise and my toes sticking out the end of the bed. I knew it was about time to get up, as I could feel the small breeze coming through my window, filling my bedroom with a relaxing yet still cozy and irresistible feeling. That was, simply stay in bed. Just as I was starting to contemplate the idea of calling off work and staying tucked in tight with my blanket, I heard him. That flapping of the wings that, I find to be so gracious, however most people think it sounds like rubber being...

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“What the #@$%!” by Blane Britt

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My six year old son Barful comes home with an animal in the hood that me and his mother were blown away from. That animal must have come from a different planet so we thought. I’m shouting well above the threshold of hearing myself at 1000 Hz in which no father should talk to his biological son like that, while my better half repeatedly shouted calm down dude. I say that thing ain’t staying in this house. We argued all night long until Sheba my wife, as always eventually won out. Now I know you as a writer or reader, you’re probably wonde...

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“My nocturnal friend” by Amber Brownlee

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I found Draco two years ago when I was in Texas doing research in one of the local bat caves, he was very young a severely injured, I knew taking in a vampire bat would be risky but I really couldn’t help myself. I bottled fed him back to health with the full intention of setting him free but every time I tried he would find his way back to me. My father built him is very own bat house that looks just like Dracula’s castle, the house is in a very large enclosure, he turns in there every morning to sleep every morning or to use the washroom. ...

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“Hubert's Pet” by David Dicaire

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Hubert’s Pet Alice Moore was perched slightly behind the curtains armed with a pair of binoculars. It was ten in the morning and right on cue Hubert Rainbrough the neighbour who lived across the concession road on the same farm that he had been born and raised walked out of the house with a brown bag clutched in his right hand. “What could he possibly have in that brown bag?” “Why don’t you call him up and ask him that way you won’t lose any sleep over it?” Her husband Ed said behind the morning newspaper. That irr...

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“Pet and owner” by Sandra Claros

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The first warm rays of the day were getting ready to lighten the celestial firmament still sparkling diamonds to scare away the frost that slowly moistened the fresh grass of the morning that was announced. He walked their shadows toward the flowering trees. Soon, the man - a sir! - soft-mannered and honey-sweet looking, wearing a corduroy suit - always smelling of olive oil! - And invariably he will remove the padlock from the barn gate wearing his smile extended from plump ear to plump ear, erasing the detail of...

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“What kind of Pet?” by John Del Rio

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Gerald looked confused; it was a look that often crossed his coarse features. Teague told him; “I said that they took Pecht from her, not that they took her pet”. The third man who was larger still than both of the other two large men looked at the interaction with a slight smile on his plain, serious face. Gerald spoke once again; “well what kind of pet did the cook lady keep? Was it a dog, a cat, a rabbit?” Teague slowly shook his head as the bruiser continued with his not quite tirade; maybe it was a speech, it was at least said wi...

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“Amanda’s Unusual Pet” by Miss Tzofiah

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In her town, she’s known to everyone for having such great fondness of any kind of animals — may they be venomous and dangerous. They’ve known her — a fearless lass, often to places they knew not whence she came with scary carnivorous animals with her. There’s one of the times she came with two large scorpions on her shoulders, which that day, made all the inhabitants rush inside their houses and close all their doors as she passed by. She has no parents anymore with her. She grew up in the jungle where all sorts of beautiful animals ex...

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“My Friend, Cluckster” by Kelly Pawlik

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Benny dropped his backpack to the ground and glanced around before opening the latch on the small coop in his backyard. He’d made the whole thing himself out of scrap wood and some chicken wire. He pulled the apple slices he’d saved from his breakfast out of his pant pocket and dropped them into the cage. “Here you go Cluckster,” he said. The bird’s red comb bobbed as he pecked greedily at the morsels of food, but didn’t look at Benny. Benny studied the creature. He’d hoped his feathers would have filled in a bit more by now, but his scal...

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“Hominid Hour - A Tour at Truleck's” by Kevin Schenk

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Garbanar Trulecks turned to me and gave out a sigh with a long wail. His pet Homo sapiens had once again dirtied it's habitat with it's own feces. "It's a shame. We usually see this behaviour in the older ones." He added it would sometimes "screech non-stop when it saw me" and complained it would curse at it. "I even learned their language but apparently this one speaks another tongue. It's been a rough start."Garbanar, in all of his benevolence, was patient and outright forgiving to it. One should not be ashamed to admire such grace and for...

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“My Pet Platypus” by Greg Gillis

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Ten-year-old, Lawrence was playing with his radio-controlled car on a quiet residential road near the San Diego Zoo, when the car lost control and drove off the road into a wooded area. Lawrence followed the path of his toy through the long grass and discovered it half-submerged in a creek at the bottom of a hill. After wading his way through the thick, muddy bank, Lawrence was able to reach the car and began to...

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“Giant Fire Breathing Lizard” by Sara Blanch

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As a solitary water elemental, my choice of animal companion was the talk of not only my family and friends but of my curious neighbours as well. Unlike most water elementals, I chose not to live by the coast but instead preffered to live by the raging yet somewhat peaceful rivers of the Bouddi national park...right on the border of the Elvish empire. I enjoyed my life, despite the curious daily stares of the Earth elementals who were my neighbours...they just could not understand me, not that I blamed them. A water elemental livi...

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“New Place - New Things ” by Ntombekhaya Zibi

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When I first came out as a Lesbian my friends made a fuss about how 'we' lesbians fall for people that are either a city away or a continent away. Now, that was really funny back then, but that was until I fell in love with someone I've never met before and when it finally happened to me, I couldn't believe it. That saying was actually 98% true. Lesbians did love distance lovers. I sighed as I made it out of the Arrivals place at the Havana airport, José Martí International Airport in Cuba. My first time being here and I loved the atmosphe...

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“Able To Ignore” by Niki Jay

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Walking, or rather shuffling her feet, home while her body was completely slumped was a task she felt was too much. Coming home at 10:00 pm was usual for her, but being gone all day, on a Friday because she had to cover her coworker that is currently in the hospital was not. Anais usually had the regular shift working at the tax firm from 1:00 pm to 9:45 pm, but today she started working at 8:00 am because her boss called her and asked to cover her coworker who crashed their motorcycle on their way to work. She didn’t love it there, ...

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“Beware of Mortal” by Kathleen M.

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A note for those reading: I rushed this but I was going for the same vibes as when you get a dog and your dad says he's not going to be the one to take care of it and then he and the dog end up bonding. The gods used are part of the Armenian mythology, which is interesting but also really hard to find information on. “Astghik, why is there a tiny mortal in the temple?” Vahagn loved his wife, but sometimes the things she did made no sense. After the fall of the Pantheon, she maintained some fame with Vartavar, a day that was once...

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“Albert, The Alligator” by Scarlet Scribe

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Albert, The Cayman Alligator I was a babysitter to a rowdy boy, a know-it-all girl and a boy still in diapers at two years old. We lived in an apartment on the second floor of the house where I babysat. My husband worked swing shift on his job so our schedules seldom agreed but I had our beautiful, solid black cat to keep me company when he worked nights. I did not enjoy my job but it literally paid the rent and utilities. One morning he came home as I was eating breakfast before going downstairs to work. He poured himself a cup of...

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Write about someone who keeps an unusual animal as a pet.

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✍️ 178 stories

“"Another work night with Ziggy"” by Mersadece Dolin

“What the #@$%!” by Blane Britt

“My nocturnal friend” by Amber Brownlee

“Hubert's Pet” by David Dicaire

“Pet and owner” by Sandra Claros

“What kind of Pet?” by John Del Rio

“Amanda’s Unusual Pet” by Miss Tzofiah

“My Friend, Cluckster” by Kelly Pawlik

“Hominid Hour - A Tour at Truleck's” by Kevin Schenk

“My Pet Platypus” by Greg Gillis

“Giant Fire Breathing Lizard” by Sara Blanch

“New Place - New Things ” by Ntombekhaya Zibi

“Able To Ignore” by Niki Jay

“Beware of Mortal” by Kathleen M.

“Albert, The Alligator” by Scarlet Scribe

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