Round 5: A Tea Party for Automatons
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governmentcontrolledcatsIt's time for the fifth round of Government Controlled Cats!
The Prompts:
Please note, the format has changed from the previous round. All rounds will have different formats.
The Format: A children's story.
The Format's Length: 1-500 words of original fiction. Please note that entries are not required to use the words from their prompt's title and summary.
A Quick Reminder of How to Enter and Entry Rules: Five comments, containing one prompt each, will be added to this prompt post. In order to submit an entry, REPLY with a comment to your selected prompt comment. Each entry must be in the specified format and be submitted as a REPLY comment to the prompt comment. Do not comment with your entry as a reply to other entries; only comment with your entry as a reply to the original prompt comment.
Participants can submit up to three entries per round to the prompt(s) of their choice. If participants are not signed into Dreamwidth, Livejournal or openID, please include a preferred name/handle at the top of the entry comment, otherwise the entry will be considered to be written by 'anonymous.'
Submissions are due by 11:59PM United States East Coast Time on Thursday, September 15th, 2011. If you're not on United States East Coast Time, you may find the World Clock to be handy. Refer to 'New York' for current United States East Coast Time.
Have fun!
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The Prompts:
Sock: Powerpoint presentations have been banned and the government controls personality quizzes.
Fear: Carpets have been banned and the government controls dustbusters.
Will: Fear has been banned and the government controls banana slugs.
Ninja: Cubicles have been banned and the government controls guinea pigs.
Tackle: File cabinets have been banned and the government controls numbers.
The Format: A children's story.
The Format's Length: 1-500 words of original fiction. Please note that entries are not required to use the words from their prompt's title and summary.
A Quick Reminder of How to Enter and Entry Rules: Five comments, containing one prompt each, will be added to this prompt post. In order to submit an entry, REPLY with a comment to your selected prompt comment. Each entry must be in the specified format and be submitted as a REPLY comment to the prompt comment. Do not comment with your entry as a reply to other entries; only comment with your entry as a reply to the original prompt comment.
Participants can submit up to three entries per round to the prompt(s) of their choice. If participants are not signed into Dreamwidth, Livejournal or openID, please include a preferred name/handle at the top of the entry comment, otherwise the entry will be considered to be written by 'anonymous.'
Submissions are due by 11:59PM United States East Coast Time on Thursday, September 15th, 2011. If you're not on United States East Coast Time, you may find the World Clock to be handy. Refer to 'New York' for current United States East Coast Time.
Have fun!
Re: Prompt 4
Date: 2011-09-13 01:18 am (UTC)Molly's mother told her to dress up nice one day. "We're going to my work," she said.
Molly wasn't sure why her mother was taking her to work, but she didn't argue. Arguing could be bad, especially if her family hoped to get a guinea pig this year.
So, Molly dressed up nicely and she went to work with her mom. Her mom sat her down on a chair and took one next to her. There wasn't any place to play, but lots and lots of people were like mom, taking stuff and putting it on a table next to them.
"Mommy?" Molly asked after a while, because watching her mother work on her screen was boring. She should be able to go out and play!
"Mommy's busy," her mother said, tapping at the screen. "Be good. If you're good, I'll give you some crayons and some paper to play with."
"Okay, mommy." She looked around. "Why is everyone out in the open?"
"Because cubicles are bad for us, the government says so," her mother said, but she didn't explain to Molly what a Cubicle was or why it was bad for everyone. Maybe it was a kind of junk food.
"Oh, okay," Molly said, and folded her hands because she was a nice girl.
After a while, someone set up a tiny table just for her and she got to color with a lot of crayons. It was nice!
And then, after a while, her mother packed things up and put things away, and she took Molly's hand. "It's time to go," she said.
Molly nodded, and soon they were away from her mother's workplace. Molly still wasn't sure why they'd gone, but maybe there was a reason.
She didn't worry. She'd figure it out someday.