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Gerrold’s Gnome Emporium rested beside the highway in Southwestern Montana. The remote location was beautiful, but business was slow. Gerrold wanted to increase sales. He started importing exotic sculptures from everywhere.
Susan loved the Emporium. She skipped her way through it like a child. Ben followed along behind, bored, but happy that his girlfriend was happy.
She stopped beside an alien gnome. “Ooh! I love this one!”
“An alien gnome?” winced Ben.
“It’s a Grey,” said Gerrold, joining the pair.
“Oh right,” exclaimed Susan. “From the fiction novel by Whitley Strieber.”
“It’s not fiction,” said Gerrold.
Ben leaned into Susan’s ear to whisper, “Cuckoo!”
Ben said to Gerrold, “You realize your Grey is…green, right?”
“Hey I didn’t make it. That’s the way Grey Garden Gnomes are painted.”
Ben whispered again, “Looney!”
By now, Susan had had enough. The couple left a few minutes later.
Gerrold sighed and watched them go. “You said these would sell!”
The three-foot tall, gray-colored Grey beside him said, “I don’t get it. They sell like hotcakes on Tarakis V!”
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Written for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers: https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/fffaw-challenge-week-of-june-27-2017/
Author’s Notes:
Communion the book: “Communion: A True Story is a book by American ufologist and horror author Whitley Strieber that was first published in February 1987. The book is based on the claims of Whitley Strieber, who experiences “lost time” and terrifying flashbacks, which hypnosis undertaken by Budd Hopkins later links to an alleged encounter with aliens.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion_(book)
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Hahahahaha! Strange that they didn’t even notice the little 3′ Grey standing beside Gerold! LOL! Susan and Ben missed their chance to purchase something from another world! Great story!
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Hehe. Who’s to say all those ufologists are wrong, eh? If they’d bought the alien gnome who knows what else was for sale. Warp drives? 😉 Glad you had fun. Thanks so much! 🙂
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Hahaha! So true!
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Knowing you, I was expecting some gruesome death befalling Ben. 🙂
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Haha! He wasn’t “bad enough” to get the gruesome death. Though, you know, some future bad guy will get it for sure. 😉
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May be the grey appears green to us. 🙂
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True. It wouldn’t be the first time a creature received a misleading name. Panda “Bears” are more closely related to Raccoons.
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That’s the problem with listening to marketing advice from aliens, I guess. And I almost spit up my coffee at the line about the “Grays’ being green — I thought the same thing!
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Hehe. Glad you liked that part. I couldn’t resist putting it in. And yeah, what do aliens know about human tastes? Warp drives? Sure. Garden gnomes? Obviously not. 😉
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It’s nice to think that even with their vastly superior intelligence, we can still confuse them on something. 🙂
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Well, you did it, again. I really enjoy the way you think and write. Good job with this!
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Annie at ~McGuffy’s Reader~
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Kidnapped by aliens. Reminds me of Russell Casse (played by Randy Quaid) in the 1996 film “Independence Day”.
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Haha! “I’m baaaack!” 😉
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Maybe Gerrold should consider painting the Grey’s …gray! He would have a real gray, Grey! Who knows…he could sell more than he could keep in stock! Let the customer associate the gray with the Grey. If they do not know the history behind it…it won’t matter, as long as it sells and makes the customer happy. It will also make Gerrold happy to have the need of ordering more Greys to sell.
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Ever consider a career in marketing? Seems Gerrold needs your help! I think you’re right. 😉 Thanks so much! 🙂
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That was funny. It’s like Elvis himself coming third in an impersonation contest. The poor aliens underestimated us Earthlings
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We humans are definitely a mystery to them. I think they’re learning as they go. 😉 Thanks so much!
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