{"id":3553,"date":"2026-08-16T05:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2026-08-30T05:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:14:16","slug":"wally-at-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wally-at-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Wally at Three"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Molly feeds the squirrels at the park every day at three. They gather around her bench and scamper after the breadcrumbs she tosses their way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">A grey squirrel hops up beside her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGood afternoon, Wally. How\u2019s my favorite little squirrel doing today?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">The squirrel chirps. She gives him a crumb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">One day, Molly doesn\u2019t come to the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">A few days later, a man sits on the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMama sure did love it here,\u201d he whispers, wiping his eyes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\">A grey squirrel hops up beside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, hello little fellow,\u201d says the man. \u201cDid you know Molly?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\">The squirrel chirps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\">*****<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\">100-word micro-fiction, a drabble<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molly feeds the squirrels at the park every day at three. They gather around her bench and scamper after the breadcrumbs she tosses their way.&nbsp; A grey squirrel hops up beside her.&nbsp; \u201cGood afternoon, Wally. How\u2019s my favorite little squirrel doing today?\u201d&nbsp; The squirrel chirps. She gives him a crumb. 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