Ragtag Daily Prompt for today is PONDER
Word of the Day challenge is ZERO
Daily Addictions prompt word: TROPICAL
And here’s my response, a just-for-fun tale…
THE TRAVELS OF TWO FLEAS
Two fleas went hopping on a mat,
having disembarked the cat
to have a moment out-of-fur
and once escape that thunderous purr.
Their tropical resort gets hot,
with itchy dandruff and whatnot;
sometimes they hunger for fresh air,
to see the world outside that hair,
so they opt for a walkabout.
The mat gives them a good workout.
Some minutes pass; their wandering zeal
is quenched by urge to have a meal
and so they seek their host again —
but puss has moved along by then
which leaves them with an unfilled yen.
And worse! The housekeeper now sees,
has zero tolerance for fleas,
so scoops the mat up from the floor
and shakes it harshly out the door.
They tumble off into the grass
and land together in a mass.
They sort themselves and find some shade
behind the thickest grassy blade
to soothe their bruised elbows and knees
and ponder life’s uncertainties.
So now two fleas hide in the grass
in hopes that some new host will pass.
Christine's Collection 
A fun tale!! You almost make the fleas likable!
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Well, at least sympathize a little bit. It can’t be easy being a flea … or can it? 😉
Thanks for your comment.
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Excellent. You make it all sound so plausible
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Thank you. We had a cat that loved too sit on the plush bathroom mat, which the heating duct sends a stream of hot air over. And we’ve had cats that go outside and pick up an “itch” now and then. So… Yes, definitely realistic. 😉
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🙂
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Charming and so wonderfully rhyming. Love it.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Ha!
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Oh, well. I stared at the bathroom mat too long. 🙂
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