Help Oscar Rat out of a jam.
The first thing Oscar Rat noticed was the smell, an extremely uncomfortable one to his species. Cat!
Opening one eye, his drunken vision saw a striped tail lying across his face, crushing the whiskers on that side.
Tentatively, he reached a paw up to brush it away, eliciting a purring sound from his nocturnal companion. When the rat dared to open his other eye, he rapidly closed it again. A cat! He was in bed with a ... a cat.
Carefully, Oscar edged away, finally dropping one leg to the floor. Getting to all four feet, he saw what seemed like acres of felines, all around him. "What," Oscar wondered out loud, "am I doing in a cathouse?"
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Poor Oscar Rat. Did you notice that, although containing a situation, characters, and a possible conflict, there is no resolution or, for that matter, opening or closing lines or paragraphs. Your task is to finish the story, adding those missing paragraphs at both top and bottom.
The best entries will win the contest.
Charlie
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 20.00 member dollars. There are 13 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 72.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Sunday, May 24, 2009.
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Opening one eye, his drunken vision saw a striped tail lying across his face, crushing the whiskers on that side.
Tentatively, he reached a paw up to brush it away, eliciting a purring sound from his nocturnal companion. When the rat dared to open his other eye, he rapidly closed it again. A cat! He was in bed with a ... a cat.
Carefully, Oscar edged away, finally dropping one leg to the floor. Getting to all four feet, he saw what seemed like acres of felines, all around him. "What," Oscar wondered out loud, "am I doing in a cathouse?"
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Poor Oscar Rat. Did you notice that, although containing a situation, characters, and a possible conflict, there is no resolution or, for that matter, opening or closing lines or paragraphs. Your task is to finish the story, adding those missing paragraphs at both top and bottom.
The best entries will win the contest.
Charlie
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 20.00 member dollars. There are 13 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 72.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Sunday, May 24, 2009.
