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Five A Day #flashfiction

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It was getting harder and harder to get my five a day.

Why had I even come here? It was the worst place I’d ever visited, yet they kept me here because I couldn’t find them anywhere else.

However, time was now running out, and I’d soon have to find another place for my fix.

Maybe I should leave now? Yes, that was probably a good idea.

Then, just as I was about to leave and head for the stars, I heard the cry of the human baby. One last meal, and then I’d leave this almost inhospitable planet.

Written as part of the 99-word Flash Fiction Challenge with the theme of Five a Day, hosted by Charli Mills at the Carrot Ranch.

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35 responses to “Five A Day #flashfiction”

  1. Five A Day « Carrot Ranch Literary Community avatar
    Five A Day « Carrot Ranch Literary Community

    […] Five a Day by Hugh Roberts […]

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  2. Charli Mills avatar
    Charli Mills

    Deliciously dark, Hugh! I was thinking along the lines of cake, but to each his own fix…!

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      Thanks, Charli. Glad you didn’t guess what was on that space travellers five a day menu. 😀

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  3. Terri Webster Schrandt avatar
    Terri Webster Schrandt

    I tweeted: eeeeeeek! Nuff said :)

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      lol, thanks so much, Terri. 😀

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  4. jjspina avatar
    jjspina

    Oh no, not the baby! Hugh, you are a devil! 🤗 xx

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      It’s my mind, Janice, I blame my mind. 😀
      xx

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  5. Claudette avatar
    Claudette

    You are so creepy Hugh – and I say that in the best possible way :) :) :)

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      lol. Thank you, Claudette. 😀

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  6. Teagan R. Geneviene avatar
    Teagan R. Geneviene

    Bwahahaha! :twisted: Fabulously fiendish, Hugh. I’m put to shame… all I could think of (for 5 a day) was vitamins. Probably from the fact that I always forget them. Have a terrific Tuesday! Hugs.

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      Thanks, Teagan. My mind runs riot, sometimes, when I see these writing prompts. Perhaps it’s the cod liver oil I take every morning? 🤔
      Hugs to you.

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  7. Andrew Petcher avatar
    Andrew Petcher

    A suckling pig?

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  8. Aimer Boyz avatar
    Aimer Boyz

    No way!
    And I thought turnips were gross :)

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      Nope, it’s parsnips that are gross. Well, as far as I’m concerned, anyway. 😀

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      1. Andrew Petcher avatar
        Andrew Petcher

        I am with you all the way on that one Hugh. Why would anyone eat them?

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        1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
          Hugh’s Views and News

          Exactly. I blame my mother for my dislike of them, Andrew. Apparently, she had a craving for mashed parsnips smothered in butter while pregnant with me. Why couldn’t she have had a craving for chocolate or cake? 🤔

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          1. Andrew Petcher avatar
            Andrew Petcher

            Oh, how much nicer that would have been Hugh!

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            Andrew Petcher

            I don’t like most root vegetables, Parsnip, Turnip, Swede, I am not even that ken on carrots but I will eat them just so that I can see in the dark!

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  9. Liesbet avatar
    Liesbet

    Bon appetite, Hugh! :-)

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      Thank you, Liesbet. 😀

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  10. dgkaye avatar
    dgkaye

    Okay, that was creepy in true Hugh style, lol. Nice to see you working under pressure now, under 99 words! You’re rocking it my friend. :) <3

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      Thanks, Debby. Those are lovely compliments. This challenge is tough because it has to be 99-words long (no more, no less). I often find myself having to cut words out, but I’ve learned that it’s a great way of getting rid of useless words that add nothing to the story.
      xx

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        dgkaye

        Exactly! That’s why I enjoy them too when I get time to jump in. :) xx

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  11. D. Wallace Peach avatar
    D. Wallace Peach

    I had to read this twice. Ha ha. The first time was a… “What?! Oh, Hugh!”
    Great story. Cracked me up but wonderfully gruesome!

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      It is rather gruesome, isn’t Diana? But Charli did say write where the story takes you. When I saw ‘five a day’, I immediately thought about a space traveller of our future and what one of its five a day might be if it came to our planet.

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  12. Colline avatar
    Colline

    The ending was not what I expected! Good one Hugh.

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      Thank you, Colline.

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  13. Judith Barrow avatar
    Judith Barrow

    Oh, my goodness!! Hugh!!!

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      I know. I plunged the deaths of my dark brain for this one, Judith.

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  14. Ritu avatar
    Ritu

    Nooooo! Not a baby!!! 🤤🤤🤤

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      Well, I suppose we do eat baby animals. I’m not sure how the human race would cope if the cards were turned.

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      1. Ritu avatar
        Ritu

        I don’t even want to imagine… but you’re right… we subject animals to this…

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  15. Jane Dougherty avatar
    Jane Dougherty

    What a delightful story, Hugh! anyone would think you’d seen the quote for today’s poetry challenge…

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    1. Hugh's Views and News avatar
      Hugh’s Views and News

      Oh, I can’t do poetry. I’m guessing it was an unusual quote, Jane?

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      1. Jane Dougherty avatar
        Jane Dougherty

        Not unusual…

        A Month with Yeats: Day Twenty-Seven

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