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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Family for Pinocchio Granny's Goulash # 21 Picture only 140 Words or Less


 “Oh Pinocchio”,  Geppetto sighed aloud.  Pinocchio’s latest attempt at creating a family lay sprawled across a wooden chair.  Featureless, the marionette’s presence was disturbing to Geppetto.  It reminded him, again, of Pinocchio’s deepest wish.  A wish Geppetto had no ability to grant.

Geppetto had been making prosthetics for the returning military recruits when Pinocchio determined there should be “more like him”.  Geppetto could hear Pinocchio’s squeal as he began to formulate the idea of “creating” a family.

 Pinocchio didn’t like being different.  He didn’t appreciate the stares he received as he walked down the street.  Pinocchio wanted to fit in, become invisible in a crowd, simply to be like “everyone else”. 
Geppetto sighed again.  Pinocchio just doesn’t realize that different isn’t bad, it is unique!  Special! Wondrous!  And especially, a gift. 

8 comments:

  1. Very nicely done! And I love the message at the end-different is good.

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  2. Poor Pinocchio all he wanted was a brother to play with.... I liked the message at the end, different is good.

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  3. Success at creating a family or no success at creating a family, perhaps Geppetto should allow Pinocch's creative "sap" to continue flowing, or else he'll have to put up with hearing his timber-boy complain over and again: "I'm so board, I really wish something fun wood come along!"

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  4. Nice message. This was different that the usual MF. I enjoyed it!

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  5. Poor Pinocchio but Geppetto is right different doesn't mean bad.

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  6. Thank you very much for your kind words! Much appreciated.

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  7. Featureless might not be so bad. At least Pinocchio's creation won't have a nose to grow!

    Seriously, that was a nice microfiction with a good message.

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  8. I have to admit, my mind went elsewhere temporarily when you mentioned Pinocchio's attempt to create a family and the tuckered out puppet on the chair, but then I saw what you meant and had to rise out of the gutter. Very nice. Good message, too.

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