FABLE ABEL
“Hello!” Dickey Hendricks greeted the curious animal in the forest.
“Hello.”
“Boy, you’re funny looking! Who are you?”
“I’m Fable Abel.”
“Who’s that?”
“The main character in a fable about just being yourself.”
“Tell me.”
“Well, my author created me to be a zebra. He gave me these hind legs. But then I saw a tiger and insisted on becoming a tiger instead. But when I saw a giraffe, I begged my author to make me a giraffe. But just as he was drawing my head, I saw an elephant and shouted, ‘No, I want to be an elephant with a looooong trunk!’”
“Oh my! So what are you now?”
“A lesson for boys and girls like you.”
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( I confess I’m 19 words over, but I like it the way it is, so I’m posting it anyway.)
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The Happy Wordcrafter 
A cute lesson!
It’s good be individual instead of following the crowd 🙂
Dear Sandra,
You’re forgiven the 19 extra words and given amnesty for an adorable story. A good lesson as well.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks a lot, Rochelle. It was a fun story to write; that’s for sure.
Brilliant! A lesson for us all, indeed 🙂
Thank you. I had fun doing this one.
A word to the wise…
Fable Abel – nice play on words 🙂
Thanks. I can’t really take credit for it. It just sort of fell right into the story.
Fable Abel — Like the name, like the story!
So glad you liked it. I did too. And the name just sort of grabbed me and wouldn’t let go.
That was a more than able fable and I give it a fable-abel review. 🙂
janet
Well, I can’t ask for a better review than “fable-abel.” There’s just nothing that could top that.
Love it – great take on the prompt 🙂
Thank you. It was a fantastic picture!
A great life lesson. Good take on the prompt and I loved Fable-Abel
Dee
Thanks so much, Dee.
That was fable-ous! Randy
A clever, cute way to get that lesson of being yourself across. I enjoyed this!
Sounds like he’s a cautionary tale. There should be a PSA about him.
A great flash.
I think this is my favourite so far — this would make a great kid’s book, darling.
Agreed!
Great story .. that would indeed be a lesson
Thanks, Bjorn. That little creature was just made to be written into a fable.