Once upon a time a tiny mouse who lived in
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Once upon a time a tiny mouse who lived in a Turkish steelworker's flat in a dingy suburb of Istanbul, decided to leave home. He packed a tiny trunk with peanut butter and caught
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himself wearing no underwear. He quickly re-gathered his things and continued leaving the flat. The tiny mouse pulled on his suitcase as a tall Turkish man walked in, humming to
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a picture of Virginia Woolf that he carried with him everywhere to prove he wasn't afraid of her. It had now been 13 years and he was madly in love with her picture. He had been
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and continued to be a man of modest interests and pleasures. He would never deign the picture's honor but a man had needs. The picture has seen it all. All the times he's fallen.
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All the times he'd risen to the top or scuffed along the edges. He finally admitted he couldn't let the picture go. The move to Antarctica was difficult but science needed him.
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Antartica wasn't so bad, at first. He took the picture and hung it on the side of his igloo so he could gaze at it when he needed the strength for another science project.
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Mr. Penguin and his family invited him for dinner. They served the best fish he had ever eaten. This was a three-finned fish who was a good swimmer, having won competitions.
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"I cannot believe the weather we are having" He said waving his flippers about in a desperate way trying to fan the dying conversation.:Bloody good fish though, ey?"
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No one said anything. He waved his flippers again and repeated, "Bloody good fish though, ey?" only this time he spoke louder. They just stared. Oh no. Not quiet. Desperate, he
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balanced a martini glass on his nose,flipped it into the air, caught the olive in one eye,gulped the martini & balanced the martini glass like a dunce cap.They burst into applause.
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- Started
- 2014-09-03 17:30:21
- Finished
- 2018-06-19 17:32:14
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LordVacuity Jun 19 2018 @ 18:19
What happened to the picture of Virginia Woolf? Is it still there on the side of his igloo? Are the penguins afraid of Virginia Woolf?
lucielucie Jun 21 2018 @ 06:29
My fold was inspired by a Turkish arthouse film I tried to watch about some people living in a flat which then had a mouse. That's about it for plot. It was so boring I wondered why the mouse didn't move out. So I fixed that with this story.
LordVacuity Jun 21 2018 @ 21:09
It is nice to know that your fold was inspired but what of you lucielucie, were you inspired?
lucielucie Jun 22 2018 @ 13:23
Well, the answer is 'probably not' - if I'm answering the question that I think I'm answering.
SlimWhitman Jul 16 2018 @ 17:29
Well, you were inspired to write a fold, and then there was a domino effect from a very little mouse, so that's something, isn't it?
lucielucie Jul 17 2018 @ 11:58
You're right SW! It was worth watching a third of that film after all :)
SlimWhitman Jul 18 2018 @ 02:47
Aren't you worried you missed the best part?
lucielucie Jul 18 2018 @ 15:26
Well, in a word, no. But I think it's called Uzak if anyone wants to watch it & find out what happened to the mouse.
LordVacuity Jul 18 2018 @ 15:37
https://youtu.be/zEaZXZ0lvN4
lucielucie Jul 18 2018 @ 17:23
Oh...
lucielucie Jul 18 2018 @ 17:24
RIP little mousie