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Mind Goat

September 14, 2016 6 Comments

Mind Goat

By Pascal Inard

Cyril the mind goat had slurped too many minds, and he was bloated. Some would say he was greedy. No matter. Cyril knew life was short and wanted to enjoy it to the fullest.

The scientist’s mind was hard to digest. Too many formulas and numbers. Cyril just didn’t get parallel universes; he thought he was unique and couldn’t imagine other Cyrils living different lives.

The next day, he had a light meal—the model’s mind was as scrawny as her body. Cyril shrugged, deciding to eat frugally like her. He’s now happily strutting his stuff on the catwalks of Paris.

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  1. Rommy Collingwood (@MyalWoman) says

    September 14, 2016 at 9:26 am

    Wry and nimble, jumping for crag to crag 🙂

    Reply
    • Pascal Inard says

      October 3, 2016 at 10:40 pm

      Thanks Rommy!

      Reply
  2. Bobby Warner says

    September 14, 2016 at 10:26 am

    Nicely done! Fantasy in a humorous vein.

    Reply
    • Pascal Inard says

      October 3, 2016 at 10:41 pm

      Thanks Bobby!

      Reply
  3. sueannporter1 says

    September 16, 2016 at 6:23 pm

    I really enjoyed this story. I can’t do better than the comment above “fantasy in a humorous vein.”

    Reply
    • Pascal Inard says

      October 3, 2016 at 10:43 pm

      Thanks Sueann!

      Reply

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