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.
Anne Higa 
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!
Dear Anne,
One has to wonder about aliens who would send a huge coconut. What no lime in de coconut? (Someone had to. 😉 ) I think I’d be avoiding that road. Imaginative story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Like Rochelle, the first thought that came to mind was adding lime to the coconut. Now, I’ll have that song stuck in my head all day! 🙂
I don’t know, I get a bit of a creepy feeling. Why does the smell of coconut linger? Did the people not drink it? Did they all disappear? Were the aliens REALLY friendly? HMmmmmmmm.
Well that is a cool story and that’s a lot of coconut milk!
“When the giant coconut appeared in central L.A., many people thought it was a prank.”
I’ve spent a little time in L.A. This sounds like a very L.A. reaction. A lot of people would just walk by the giant coconut without giving it a second glance.