With apologies to Edgar Rice Burroughs
PHOTO PROMPT © Ceayr
A family of owls rescued baby Nazrat from the wreckage of his parents’ Cessna and raised him as their own. He grew to be the wise man of the village with a penchant for gobbling rodents, head first and whole.
It was natural Gilbert should consult him on why the tadpoles he studied weren’t metamorphosing.
Nazrat pondered; he rolled a dangling tail to the opposite corner of his mouth before proclaiming, “An extreme result of poor parenting.”
“Poor parenting?”
“If their children are to mature into worthy citizens, the parents shouldn’t spawn in the fountain of youth…that’ll be five bucks.”
Written for Friday Fictioneers – a 100 words story based on a photo prompt. Hosted by Rochelle. Read the other entries here.
Michael Wynn 
That was a wonderful read! Smart, too 😉
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Thank you Dale.
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Nazrat isn’t just a village wise man. He’s got a shrewd eye for a mark
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He’s not turned out as altruistic as he ought to have.
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I love fictional snake-oil salesmen! Nicely written – you tell the story very slickly.
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Thank-you Penny. It’s how Tarzan may have turned out if raised by owls instead of apes, hence his name.
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Ah! Nice one, Michael!
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Cute but sad tail of a tadpole so to speak.
Randy
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Thank-you
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What a wise man…and a very smart story.
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Thank-you
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Great imagination Michael.
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Thanks Iain.
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Brilliant! Your imagination is incredible!
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Dear Michael,
I’m intrigued by the wise man raised by owls. Imaginative and clever story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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HI Rochelle, it’s an imagining of how things might have turned out if Tarzan had been raised by owls rather than apes
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What a clever story. Nicely done.
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Thanks Jo
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Five bucks seems cheap, I would have at least added plus one coffee.🙂
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Now you come to mention it, I won’t do anything without a coffee. Good point
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Ew. That’s a picture I’ll have to try to unsee 🙂 Very clever, fun story.
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Thank-you, but if you’d been raised by owls you’d like raw rodent 🙂
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Sounds like being the Wise Man is quite a lucrative business. Plenty of cash and all the rodents he can eat 🙂
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Yeah, but wisdom doesn’t come cheap and working for free won’t put rats on the table
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What a clever tale! Ooo I enjoyed this!
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Thank-you Violet. It’s the story of Tarzan if he’d been raised by owls instead of apes
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A really imaginative take on the prompt – as others have said, your wily wise man is a great character. Well done, Michael
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Thank-you Lynn, he’s Tarzan but how he would have turned out if owls had found him as a baby, instead of the apes.
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A fascinating idea, Michael. Really imaginative
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I got stuck on the rodents. Ugh! As I’m pondering lunch. Eh.
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Bon Apetite 🙂
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Very clever.
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Thanks Dawn
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Clever take to the prompt.
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Thank-you
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it’s very creative of you to come up with this story. well done.
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Thanks and sorry for the late reply
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Now, I also wish I’d been raised by owls.
Not so sure about biting the heads off rodents though.
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Come on Russell, you can do it if you try, 🙂
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It’s not the blood & guts I detest. I just don’t like eating hair in with my food.
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True it can make you cough and you don’t want to be coughing at the moment
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Fun story. He’s smarter than most. Some shouldn’t breed.
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Thanks Tannille
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Hahaha OMG I love this!
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Thanks Laurie
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