The Nest
Photo prompt © Roger Bultot
‘Don’t touch those eggs?’
‘I can’t let them turn my
room into a maternity ward. I allowed the last pair to hatch their eggs, but no
more. The room stinks.’
‘They might get angry.’
‘As in that Hitchcock movie?
But it’s no movie and I hate these birds; they have messed up this place.’
He removed the eggs and
cleared the window sill of the nest. Soon one of the birds returned; it found
the nest and the eggs missing.
At sunset she opened the
window and screamed. There were hundreds of birds, frighteningly silent, perched
everywhere around the window.
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A post for FridayFictioneers on a photo prompt
Word count 100
Think of all the bird poop lol payback enough
ReplyDeletethat's one way the story could end
DeleteGood one.
ReplyDeleteReally scary... You know Aroraji... unfortunately this is such a hard core reality in Bombay... so many people are fed up of birds who thoroughly spoil their balconies and verandahs...
ReplyDeleteThanks Archana, the post is inspired by my experience with pigeons who had converted window sill into a maternity home
DeleteEek, revenge of the birds. Creepily good story.
ReplyDeletethanks
DeleteDearArora,
ReplyDeleteI smell trouble. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
thanks Rochelle
DeleteGood use of man's conflict with his surroundings. Well crafted.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine a revenge coming... the reference to Hitchcock was great..
ReplyDeletethanks
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