PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
Put a Straw in It
When the giant coconut appeared in central L.A., many people thought it was a prank.
No one could find a way inside. The government tried to cordon off the immediate area, but locals found ways to sneak in.
One intrepid local decided to take a wooden shaft and stick it in the coconut, like a straw. Sure enough, the surface opened, and delicious coconut milk flowed out.
A few days later, the aliens arrived. “We hope you enjoyed the gift of sustenance.”
The street holds the sickly sweet smell of coconuts to this day.
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Thanks Rochelle and Dale for this week’s prompt! Have a great week.
A very cute story. It sounds like the aliens came in peace…
That’s better than a lot of the smells in LA. 😉 😀
I hope the aliens hadn’t delivered a Trojan horse in the form of that giant coconut! Great take
LOL. I guess that would be a Trojan coconut. (I just wanted an excuse to type Trojan coconut. Twice.)
Haha. That has a nice ring to it, Anne. 🙂
A sort of alien intelligence test. Wonderful, Anna
What a quirky and original take, Anne. This was fun – and these aliens sound like the non-invasive, well, non evil anyway, type!
Hah. I like these Aliens. They know our nutritious requirements. 😀 (I hope they don’t make tests for the human zoo…)
They sound like very nice aliens unless this is just a sweetener for less pleasant things to come!
Here’s mine!
Anne,
Hope this was no poisoned gift, but I’m suspicious given the closing “sickly sweet smell of coconuts”!
pax,
dora
I’m with Keith and Dora. I’m worried the aliens intent in the long run is not a good one (“sickly sweet smell of coconuts”). A bit of mystery. Well done!