Flash Fiction

In today's issue

Flash Fiction From Anne Rhodes

Question Impossible

Chickens

Random Joke of the Day

Finish with a Song

Flash Fiction -

How to write flash fiction

Start in the middle. You don't have time in this very short form to set scenes and build character.

Don't use too many characters. ...

Make sure the ending isn't at the end. ...

Sweat your title. ...

Make your last line ring like a bell. ...

Write long, then go short.

HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY by Anne Rhodes

“Higgledy-piggledy my fat hen” said the little girl as she raced round the farm-yard chasing the hens. She had been told numerous times not to do this – as it made the hens not want to lay eggs for her breakfast – but the fun of making the birds squawk madly always won! Then one day, as she was singing her head off, she squeezed through the bob-hole into the hen hut, chasing one particularly fine Rhode Island Red.

Unfortunately for her, she was followed by the cockerel – who stood guard at the bob-hole entrance and wouldn’t let her get out again.

Question Impossible

This is where I ask you a question, it's impossible, and you won't get it....and you will probably cheat.....everyone does !!

What is the collective noun for a group of moles ?

Chickens

Chickens can distinguish among more than 100 faces of members of their species

Chickens have full-colour vision, just like we do.

Chickens communicate with more than 24 vocalisations, each with a distinct meaning, including warning their friends about different types of predators or letting their mothers know whether they’re comfortable.

Chickens dream just like we do. 

Research suggests that chickens are cleverer than toddlers. Hens have exhibited mathematical reasoning, self-control and even structural engineering.

Chickens originate from tropical rainforests, where they evolved for millions of years.

Chickens are the closest living relative to the T. rex

Roosters will attempt to woo hens by performing a little dance, called “tidbitting”, involving moving their heads up and down and making a certain type of call. Female hens are also thought to be especially attracted to roosters who have a large wattle!

Chickens display object permanence – an understanding that when an object is hidden, it still exists.

Mother hens talk to their unborn babies, and they chirp back through their shells

Think I might become a vegetarian !!!

Random Joke of the Day

Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, Here we go round the mulberry bush, I need a new sat-nav.

Question Impossible (The Answer)

I asked, what is the collective noun for moles ??

It's a.....Labour....

Finish with a Song 

This is Spitting Image ( for my foreign chums, this was a satire show featuring life like puppets ) With the Chicken Song, released in 1986