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Overheard in the Surgeon's Office

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I stood on top of the dragon's smoldering head and announced, "I killed this burning bastard!"

The villagers stood there, gaping, for some moments.

Then one of them said, "We paid you to kill the maiden."

"I'm sorry, what?" I said.

"The maiden, the witch.  She's the one burning our crops down."

Another villager piped up and said, "That's Old Bill.  We rather liked Old Bill."

"You liked a dragon?" I said.

"He was a wyrm.  But he's so old, he can't chew.  We've been feeding him stew and he's been keeping the robbers away," a different villager said.

There was a long stretch of silence as the villagers and I just stared at each other.

So anyway, that's how I got this pitchfork in my arse.
I just finished a Dungeon's and Dragon's game that went 10 and a half hours long.
It was supposed to go maybe 4 hours.

Flash Fiction Month 2014, Day 26
There is a challenge today.  This is me, at 1:35am, not even considering doing it.
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BATTLEFAIRIES's avatar
I love it when a mystery title only makes sense at the end...!