Any Bear | A 100 Word Story

#112 Project Fable

One day while plowing his fields, a farmer hears an animal in distress. He finds a bear trapped beneath a fallen tree. Without hesitation he manages to move the tree and the bear survives.

The following week, the farmer notices dark clouds rolling in. Signs that a storm is approaching. He rushes to his barn to secure his animals, then home. He decides wading across a knee-high creek would be faster, but he loses his footing and falls, hitting his head on a rock.

A bear nearby sees it happen and runs off to find shelter, as any bear would.

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Project Fable

Actions have consequences—what if it did not? A man rescued from the nether world discovers his soul accrues no karma. An emissary of Death plots revenge on the Gods. An empire is overthrown. Human virtue ebbs to its lowest. The age of malice has dawned.

By Sujan Sundareswaran

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