Twelve-Sentence Short Story : The Power Struggle

Ping perched upon the speaker, his orange fur glistening in the light, his tail flicking contentedly, his green eyes glowing with his mischievous plot. He was a young cat: only two years old. But he was spoiled, pampered by a four year old girl who had a love for kitties. He heard footsteps, from the hall, through the room, below his tall sanctuary. He was there. Perfect.

He had that scowl on his brow, and there was that grimace in his step, oh, that throbbing in his veins, and there, there was that anger in his eyes. He wasn't happy, he was upset; he wasn't upset, he was angry; he wasn't angry, he was furious.

From Dad's speakers, the cat smiled down at him. Why so annoyed, Shawn?

He had payed for those speakers, so they were his speakers, so they shouldn't be climbed on, so they shouldn't have claw marks all over them, so he shouldn't have to pay to get them repaired.

With all his sneaky intentions, and all his acrobatic abilities, just to torture poor Shawn, in order to provoke him to color changing wrath, for the amusement caused by this particular human's ill-temper, the cat had intentionally climbed the stereo speakers.

thINK # 2: The classics, evolved?

Let's face it. It's gotten out of hand. The wonderful stories of Dracula and Frankenstein have evolved to glittery vampires, and evil mutts (Hunger-games). What happened to the misunderstood science experiment? This comic made by Humon expresses how the evolution of such stories has effected the mindset of girls and women. The original stories seemed to have some moral to them, even if it was just that 'If you play with fire, you're going to get burned.' The newer novels involving mythological creatures, such as the twilight series, tell girls to give in to idiotic desires, and not to think about the consequences. They've been robbed of their logic, not just their money and time. In recent years the trend has gone from vampires, to Greek gods, and now to zombies. Don't get me wrong, I love zombies - mindless, emotionless disease spreading, rotting corpses with a preference to human brains... what's not to love? - but really, whats next? unicorns? The classic books filled with morals have no morals left, and make an even bigger impact on young girls and teenagers. I too was a victim of the twilight series, and read 3 of the books before realizing the stupidity of the plot, and the lack of self control, and inner strength within the main character. The characteristics that I value so much have been poisoned, and mutated into characteristics I find appalling.