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Day 181 Drabble Challenge
A Garden Gnome’s Work is Never Done
Gotta get the mix just right…
Today’s random word is: Property
Today’s twister genre is: Fantasy
Drabbles are short: 100 words. No more, no less. Please stay on the page for 30 seconds or more, so the story counts as having been read! Please read, highlight, clap, comment — let me know you’ve been here. 🥳 Thank you! 😄
Keeping the lily snapdragons away; that was his task. They loved to eat the new spring buds, and their tendency to set them alight wreaked havoc with the soil’s acidity on the property!
His latest concoction, two parts hiss of feline, one part essence of rottweiler, ought to do the trick, but he was having trouble getting the mix right… Ends up that cats and dogs don’t like working together.
“Ah, of course,” he mumbled to himself as he sprinkled in the laughter of a child. He smiled as the magic brew settled into a gentle, faintly opalescent sparkle. “Perfect.”
