Six-Sentence Story #12 (Prompt Word: SWING)

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It seems I had forgotten how the weekly six-sentence story prompts work… Last week, I thought I was late for the blog hop and ended up posting with the same prompt word as this time. The story itself can be found here.

The weekly writing challenge is hosted by GirlieOnTheEdge, and you can find links to other participants’ work through the link-up.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
The link is live from Wednesday at 6:00 PM until late Saturday night.
Spread the word and support fellow writers!

PROMPT WORD: SWING

Posting last week’s mix-up to this weeks challenge felt like cheating myself on this journey back to writing weekly again, so I cooked up something new instead.

Six-Sentence Story - Confession

If I am being completely and unapologetically truthful, I think I would prefer to be a cat.

Specifically, I have grown tired of this human life, and I think being yours would suit me better.

The way I picture it: dim lights, soft music, and a glass of bourbon as I have curled myself up in your lap, purring as your hand softly moves through my fur.

Did you know that the purring of a cat is said to have healing properties?

Yeah, well, it may just be that I like scratches on my head, and would love to snuggle closer to your chest and, umm...

It would also be really fun to break a glass—just swing it down from the table onto the floor (for shits and giggles, you know).

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There's more of my work:

If you like short stories I have them scooped up into one category (including the six-sentence stories).

Or maybe you prefer poetry,, more personal entries can be found at the Blog.

There's also the IT studies blog in Estonian and "Chaos in Spring" on YouTubeSpotify and other streaming services.

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20 Comments

  1. Misky

    I think this cat might have an ulterior motive. (grinning)

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  2. Angela Scott

    Yes, the life of a cat…no shits at all 🙂

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  3. Chris Hall

    Well, I would always prefer a cat then a hooman.

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  4. clark

    and… and! you’d get to live 8 times as long!

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  5. Frank Hubeny

    Cats can be mischievous and break things. Hopefully the owners are tolerant of such behavior.

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    • of Stardust and the Beasts

      Hopefully they’d just think am cute ?. People tolerate a lot of things when they think you are cute.

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  6. mysteriam

    I’m sorry…I seem to have missed your post this week. I’m glad I came back to check! I agree – I’d love to be a cat. all those hours of sleep, then tear around the house for bit, play with my toys in my adorable way so my humans feel compelled to smother me with affection, then blow them off to find one of my favorite warm, soft places to sleep for another few hours. sounds great!

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    • of Stardust and the Beasts

      That’s okay, thanks for visiting and commenting ?☺️?☺️! Me too, every time I look at our kitty sleep all day and then play the other half I feel like that would be a prime life to live. Especially if you are adored.

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  7. Keiths Ramblings

    I’m with you. As the saying goes, dogs have masters, cats have servants!

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    • of Stardust and the Beasts

      Yes, I wonder if that’s why it feels like being the chosen one when a cat occupies your lap.

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  8. violet

    Now that you mention it- that does kind of sound like the life……

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  9. messymimi

    The cats rule the house and everyone knows it.

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  10. GirlieOnTheEdge

    I laughed at your last sentence as it brought back memories from a timeline in a far off galaxy. I had 2 cats then, Madeline and Jamaal. Madeline, if I was reading in bed, would do what you describe. She’d jump up on my dresser, begin to paw it to the edge of the dresser and then, if insufficient attention was given, slap it onto the floor. She always got the attention she wanted, lol

    P.S. Got a Maria Brink vibe at 1:09 of “Lost” ?

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    • of Stardust and the Beasts

      ??? first of all, cats, assholes? Yes… cute? Absolutely. And I love Maria Brink! ? Thanks for stepping by and am glad you laughed.

      Reply

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