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Pat HigginsMy kid wrote this 65-word story off the top of her head when she was nine, and it remains one of the greatest things in the universe.
daryl 
🤡@pathigginsfilm this really is one of the best things I've read
@darylcognito it's really something, isn't it? I know I'm biased, but still...
Duncan McGreggor@pathigginsfilm @darylcognito You will, of course, let us know when her first novel is published?
@oubiwann @darylcognito oh god yes 😀
k cavaliere@pathigginsfilm Excellent story!
artisanroxo_o 
future Stephen King stuff here lololololol
not a martian, honest@pathigginsfilm pure poetry
Yaqub. M@pathigginsfilm through there is no relevancy to the story of "Whale" a movie of Brendan Fraser yet this story reminds me of the story written by the protagonist's daughter which he dearly keeps
OldAndCranky@pathigginsfilm That is hilarious. Your kid is my new idol.
@OldAndCranky she's mine too!
DutchLet me put it this way, I am going to follow you now so I do not miss any new offerings.
rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua
TVNRed@pathigginsfilm Amazing! And I adore the proper punctuation.
Photonfarmer@pathigginsfilm until now I'd never noticed how powerful it is to start a story with a lowercase and.
@Photon_Farmer I liked that too! I was worried people would think I just cut the first line of her story off.
Henrik Sundström
katherine montalto
James Young@pathigginsfilm alt text: a screenshot of text.
and the amazing animals barged into the cafeteria. People were stunned! Some laughed, others pointed, a couple completely passed out! But one girl sat still, undisturbed by the commotion that was going on around her. As people rushed to get out of the canteen, she walked up to the animals and patted them, one by one, on the nose.
She, of course, was eaten.
and the amazing animals barged into the cafeteria. People were stunned! Some laughed, others pointed, a couple completely passed out! But one girl sat still, undisturbed by the commotion that was going on around her. As people rushed to get out of the canteen, she walked up to the animals and patted them, one by one, on the nose.
She, of course, was eaten.
@pronoiac many thanks. Bad form on my part, I usually include alt text
BakersRelay@pathigginsfilm That’s great!
Laurens 🐐@pathigginsfilm It could be an excerpt from a Terry Pratchett novel. It has precisely the amount of sarcasm that he would have used.
Jeff Miller (orange hatband)@ElBeeToots @pathigginsfilm The animals story has an eerie resonance with the coda of "Don't Look Up"
Elizabeth Moore🇨🇦@pathigginsfilm What a great story!
dominik schwind@pathigginsfilm is your daughter the reincarnation of Terry Pratchett?
Kim Hamlin@pathigginsfilm brilliant!
Ornella 🍉@pathigginsfilm Alt text: screenshot of paragraph.
and the amazing animals barged into the cafeteria. People were stunned! Some laughed, others pointed, a couple completely passed out! But one girl sat still, undisturbed by the commotion that was going on around her. As people rushed to get out of the canteen, she walked up to the animals and patted them, one by one, on the nose. She, of course, was eaten.
DiazExMachina@pathigginsfilm that's pure genius. I hope your kid still writes, or at least they use them imagination for something, that's a huge pile of treasure they have here.
flamepanther ☢️@pathigginsfilm
She could be the next Roald Dahl!
She could be the next Roald Dahl!
Ben 🏳️⚧️@pathigginsfilm Actual lol
Shmock@pathigginsfilm succinctly brilliant. So vivid.
Yet Water Was 
Oh my lord that is a perfect story. Has she continued to write? I wish to sign up for her newsletter.
Tywyll Seren@pathigginsfilm
🤣🤣🤣 *gasp* not expected
🤣🤣🤣 *gasp* not expected
Lil Crow 🇨🇦 🐦⬛🐰
David Collantes@pathigginsfilm how old was your kid when that was written? I found it amusing, with an unpredictable, and rather shocking, ending!
Enne is at @pathigginsfilm Can you please add a caption?
I'd love to read it. 😊
I'd love to read it. 😊
@enne I'm so sorry I overlooked the alt text! For some reason it won't let me edit the original image, so here's a revised one. Hope you enjoy!
@pathigginsfilm Thank you so much for the caption. She did a wonderful job with that story! 👍
jasmine@pathigginsfilm this made me giggle out loud, thank you for this
thefathippyI loved the ending! It had a bit of an Aesop's Fables feel to me.
jmht@pathigginsfilm Of course! 😂
ersatzmaus@pathigginsfilm This reads like Lemony Snicket.
decitect@pathigginsfilm @OldAndCranky Awesome! Reminds me of “Ladies First!” from Marlo Thomas’s “Free to be you & me” album in the 70s! Your daughter is much more succinct though!! https://genius.com/Marlo-thomas-ladies-first-lyrics (thanks for the boost O&C!)
Casper 👻@pathigginsfilm Eaten, of course …
Taz the pika@pathigginsfilm I feel like she'd love Douglas Adams, if she didn't/doesn't already.
Craig Grannell@pathigginsfilm That last line. :D
Glacies delenda est@pathigginsfilm
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She, of course, was eaten.”
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She, of course, was eaten.”
David Goldfield@pathigginsfilm @podfeet Unfortunately, there is no alt text in this image, so blind people such as myself are unable to read it. Would you please add alt text to make this more accessible and inclusive?
Kapirsnick@pathigginsfilm I think I might act the same way as the girl. And happily be eaten.
Aeáro, a SeaWyrm 
@pathigginsfilm
Tsk. *Some* of us know better than to eat people who are giving out free snout pats. That's how you lose out on snout pats forever.
Anyway, the ones that run are more interesting to eat, because you can chase them.
EaterOfSnacks@pathigginsfilm And such a positive message when the amazing animals' dietary needs were supported! 🤣
Maria A. Perez@pathigginsfilm This is amazing👏👏👏
Robotistry@pathigginsfilm Alt text:
and the amazing animals barged into the cafeteria. People were stunned! Some laughed, others pointed, a couple completely passed out! But one girl sat still, undisturbed by the commotion that was going on around her. As people rushed to get out of the canteen, she walked up to the animals and patted them, one by one, on the nose.
She, of course, was eaten.
and the amazing animals barged into the cafeteria. People were stunned! Some laughed, others pointed, a couple completely passed out! But one girl sat still, undisturbed by the commotion that was going on around her. As people rushed to get out of the canteen, she walked up to the animals and patted them, one by one, on the nose.
She, of course, was eaten.
PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦
David Scott Moyer@pathigginsfilm Please tell me she is still writing.
@farbel not as much as she should, but they're always worth the wait
Blamellors@pathigginsfilm dark. Stephen King in the making 😀
bitbonk@pathigginsfilm This is beautiful, what is she writing now?
@bitbonk not enough stuff, but it's always worth the wait.
@pathigginsfilm Is it public?
@bitbonk nah, that was the only thing of hers we've ever posted anywhere. I figure in a couple of years she'll be able to launch herself onto the internet/socials in whatever way she chooses without baggage from stuff her dad posted!