Photo by: Sandra Crook
Henry and Elaine loved their new home on the planet Demeter III. The colony was famous for flowers the size of houses. They decided to celebrate by painting their roof in vivid, flowery colors.
Their neighbors, whose roofs were dull black, tried to stop them. The young couple ignored the warnings of the persnickety fuddyduddies who lived nearby.
Then one morning their home shook horribly as though the building might collapse. They ran into the street where they saw a very frustrated creature upon their roof.
“That’s funny,” said Henry. “The realtor never mentioned butterflies the size of airplanes!”
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Written for the Friday Fictioneers.
EagleAye
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Dear Eric,
Delightfully imaginative. If butterflies are the size of airplanes, what are the indigenous folk like? And, hey! I’ve missed you. Good to see you back.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Luckily, there’s no indigenous people, but the frogs are nine-feet tall. Another thing the realtor failed to mention. 😉 Thanks so much, Rochelle. It’s good to be back.
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Funny story for us, but I suspect that Henry’s insurance agent will not find the story amusing in the least! Love the alien take on the prompt, great job.
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Yeah, I suspect “attack by giant alien butterfly” was not included in the insurance premium. Act of nature? Glad you liked this one. Thanks so much! 🙂
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Well done! Loved the story Eric! And your little girl is just beautiful! Glad to see a new post from you! 😀
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Glad to hear that. Thank you! I’ll be sure to post more pics of Hannah. It’s good to be back. 🙂
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I am scared of butterflies!
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Well yeah, when they’re big enough to carry you away, anyone would be scared of that. 🙂
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Ha ha! That was a fun one!
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Awesome. Good to know you had fun. Thanks kindly! 🙂
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The realtor mentioned that the house is near the airport, but the buyers need not worry about the noise because the airplanes here are the size of butterflies.
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Haha! I see you know something about how to sell real estate. 😉
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A wonderful tale! Can imagine the shock in seeing such an enormous butterfly. 😊
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Thank you! Yeah, I imagine the feelings were mixed…”Oh what a pretty butterfly…oh what a HUGE butterfly!” 😉
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A nice piece of escapism, although I don’t think I would like to share my world with butterflies the size of airplanes.
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Thank you. I do enjoy escapism, often. 😉 I think I would be scared if butterflies were that big too, mostly because something even bigger likely eats the butterflies. :O
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This is good fun!
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Thank you! I appreciate that. 🙂
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In defense of the realtor, butterflies the size of airplanes should be common knowledge. 😉
Fun story.
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Right? With flowers that big, why not big butterflies? Glad you had fun. Thanks! 🙂
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Ha, that was a much needed laugh. I did see it coming, but thought about bees. And just imagine the size of the spiders there… eek. Great story, I’d like to visit that planet.
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Yeah, no doubt. The spiders ought to nightmarish! The Praying Mantises would be like something from a 1950s movie. Glad you like this. Thanks much! 🙂
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Very imaginative and very amusing.
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Thank you, Michael! I appreciate that. 🙂
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Not only a giant butterfly – a frustrated giant butterfly. Very imaginative and most entertaining.
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Yeah, the frustrated ones are much more dangerous. 😉 Glad you had fun. Thanks very much! 🙂
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There goes that imagination of yours again, E.A. I can understand why their neighbors warned them. I can see it in the papers, “House destroyed by butterfly.”. Good writing. 😀 — Suzanne
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Hehe. My off-kilter imagination is alive and well. 😉 And that really would be a fun headline. It might go viral, I think. 😉 Thanks so much, Suzanne! 🙂
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Haha
Love it. I reckon the neighbours were totally trolling the couple for being rude to them, so they thought: sod it – let’s see how you like your home turning into a butterfly pad!
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No doubt. Turns out the neighbors were crotchety about roof color for a reason. So when they say don’t barbecue meat outside after dark, there’s probably a good reason for it. 😉 Thanks so much! 🙂
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Unique and humorous take as usual, which I was missing.
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Glad I could bring that back for you. I’ll try to keep them coming. 😉
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Thanks.
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Nice…!!!
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Thank you much! 🙂
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