Note: This story doubles as reading pleasure and a small vocabulary lesson. When a word or group of words is in bold, that means it is one of five vocabulary words or definitions. Numbers will be placed before a word and before the definition of that word and the word itself so as to emphaize that the two parts go together.
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There once existed a tale of an extremely 1recondite man.
“I am rather 1hard to understand,” he said to a cat.
“No you aren’t,” replied the cat in a 2pejorative manner.
“Are those 2negative connotations I hear?” asked the man.
“Well, you are wearing a 3kirtle,” the cat hinted.
“Do you have a problem with me wearing 3a long gown or dress normally worn by women?” inquired the man.
“No,” responded the cat. “I am merely suggesting that perhaps your attire proves otherwise from claim that you are difficult to comprehend. Personally, I find that your inner workings are exceedingly simple.”
“And what is that supposed to mean?” the man questioned.
“That you are obviously a transvestite,” said the cat.
The man let out a hearty guffaw. “Why should anybody believe you to be 4fiduciary when your conversations, such as this one, are so absurdly ridiculous? Me, a transvestite? Ha! Why on earth should I 4hold your opinion or trust you at all on this matter when you are only a dumb old cat?”
“Right you are,” the cat 5agreed.
“And why are you now so 5concordant?” inquired the man.
“Because it is true,” explained the cat. “I am indeed a cat.”
The man nodded, if somewhat suspiciously.
“And cats do not hold their own opinions, do they?” the cat puzzled.
The man shook his head. “Not that I know of,” he said.
“Nor do they speak?” the cat continued.
“To the extent of my knowledge, no,” he answered.
“Then, in reality, do I even exist?” questioned the cat to the man.
The man thought for a moment. “I suppose not,” he replied. He waited for additional questions to come, of which there were none, because neither the cat nor the man ever did exist.
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Gee, I never realized until now but the majority of all of my short stories end up with the character/s fighting. Strange…
On a completely different note, I still have mixed feelings about Spring Break. However, I have been thinking up a few fantastic story ideas that I will have to act upon. Soon, hopefully, before the thoughts are shoved into the back of my head to make room for more.
Elvis has left the building.
EDIT A FEW MINUTES LATER:
Today is Grover Cleveland’s birthday. From what I have found out from research, he seems like he was a truly fantastic man. It’s sad, though, because today he is little-known amongst people. Out of the many people whom I told of this day today, only a handful knew who he was, or even that he was a president.
A quote he spoke prior to dying: “Some day I will be better remembered.”
It breaks my heart to know that his dying wish did not come true.
Other lovely and true quote by him: “It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.”
True, very true.
On a lighter yet not much lighter note, people would often stop him on the streets to say, “Hey, aren’t you our president?” or something along those lines, (he was that little-known, even back then) and he would respond, “I played him in a movie.”
A witty, kind, and clever man that Cleveland was.
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