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FICTION | DRABBLE | HUMOUR
Attack of the Ornithologist
Nobody can escape this winged predator.
A giant shadow darkens the earth, igniting flight instincts in men and beasts alike.
High above them, the monstrosity shrieks — a sound saturated by gleeful mockery — before the winged predator nosedives, rapidly diminishing the distance to the ground.
At last, it spreads enormous leathery wings to slow its fall, taloned feet ready to grab its prey.
“The ornithologist strikes again!” Jimmy shouts and swoops his toy down at a plastic cow.
“Hahahaha!” his brother Steve says, standing in the doorframe, “That’s a Pterodactylus, moron!”
Narrow-eyed, Jimmy clenches a tiny fist.
“I shall become the greatest ornithologist there ever was!”
Inspired by Grim Flandango’s Drabble a Day Writing Prompts (ornithologist & flight) and the title of JF Danskin’s story Rise of the Ornithologist (see below).
