Animal Dilemmas – Dragonfish Chameleon
Short Story The Chameleon finished enjoying the sun and the chat with Lemur. It enjoyed a good conversation but the Lemur’s beliefs were clouding its own. It preferred conversing with its own kind...
Author: Xidan
Animal Dilemmas – Chameleon Lemur
Short Story The Lemur left relived and uplifted. It put the shell back on its neck and started leaping from tree to tree. It forgot about its troop and dying. It thought that even...
Animal Dilemmas – Lemur Oyster
Short Story The boat hugged the coast for a while longer before it made a turn for the open sea. The two giants navigating the small vessel in turns made no conversation. While one...
Animal Dilemmas – Dog Mosquito
Short Story The Mosquito emerged from its wet shell. It was parked motionless on a tree leaf in the sun, so its wings could dry and it could begin its journey. The past few...
Animal Dilemmas – Oyster Vervet
Short Story The Vervet was cursing fate for setting it on this lonely trajectory that could lead to nothing good. The more fermented fruits it ate the more it realized that their sweet juice...
Animal Dilemmas – Vervet Leopard
Short Story The Leopard ate the snake slowly in the tree, but the little meat it had only arose its appetite. It had been a long day and the wild cat had hoped for...
Animal Dilemmas – Leopard Black Mamba
Short Story The Black Mamba waited in ambush four days before a small mouse finally passed in front of its hiding bushes the snake leaped forward and bit it with great pain for its...
Animal Dilemmas – Pangolin Aardvark
Short Story The Aardvark reached the ground of the termite mound in short time for it knew the way well. It was not going to feed on the mount for another few days giving...
Animal Dilemmas – Antelope Gnu Jerboa
Short Story The Jerboa had been hunted many times by snakes, hawks, fennecs but never had a foreign beast invested so much in digging it out of the hard desert floor. Once a snake...
Animal Dilemmas – Jerboa Coyote
Short Story The Coyote did not have a plan. It had been fed in captivity for so long that thinking ahead for itself was completely eliminated from its mind. When it ran out from...
Animal Dilemmas – Coyote Dung Beetle
Short Story The Beetle rolled into a stiff ball upon impact with the shaman’s table. It had landed on a stack of parchments with recipes for curries and stews. The Beetle held its body...
Animal Dilemmas – Moth Scorpion
Short Story The Scorpion was firmly holding the dead insect in its claw and descended steadily into the darkness of the earth. It was very hungry so it halted several times to take a...
