A short story!

Keith's Ramblings

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I couldn’t get the birds in the picture prompts to tweet for me this morning, so I had a look back through some old avian based yarns and found one I posted back in 2017. Here goes!

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Live-alone Joan always liked the idea of owning a mynah bird, they are chatty little creatures and she thought it would me nice to have something to talk to. When she heard of one needing a home, she jumped at the chance.

However it had one embarrassing habit. Whenever someone visited her, it yelled, ‘hello gorgeous, fancy a good time?’ 

She mentioned the problem to her priest who also had a mynah bird, only his just said prayers. A meeting was suggested; maybe his would have a positive impact on hers.

Joan took her bird to the priest’s house where the holy mynah was deep in prayer. True to form hers shrieked,  ‘hello gorgeous, fancy a good time?’. The priest’s mynah chuckled. He walked over to the cage and said, ‘what’s so amusing?’ It looked to the heavens and said, ‘my prayers have just been answered’!

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Thanks to Sadje for hosting What Do You See?

32 thoughts on “A short story!”

  1. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin July 7, 2025 / 14:16

    Well done, Keith. What a glorious ending. I did not see that ending coming.

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  2. Pradeep's avatar Pradeep July 7, 2025 / 15:24

    Nice short story. Interesting ending!

    — Pradeep / Time and Tide

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  3. destiny's avatar destiny July 7, 2025 / 15:33

    couldn’t help that aaaaw at the ending, Keith…🤍

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      • destiny's avatar destiny July 11, 2025 / 16:04

        my pleasure…🤍

  4. Sadje's avatar Sadje July 7, 2025 / 15:41

    Haha a hilarious story

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    • Sadje's avatar Sadje July 7, 2025 / 15:41

      Thanks for joining in Keith.

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      • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings July 11, 2025 / 14:41

        Delighted to have amused you, Sadje!

      • Sadje's avatar Sadje July 11, 2025 / 15:29

        🥹🙏🏼🥹

  5. poetisatinta's avatar poetisatinta July 7, 2025 / 15:53

    😅Keith, your tale has a great setup and a strong, cheeky punchline – I expect no less, made me laugh – thanks 🙌

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  6. Dale's avatar Dale July 7, 2025 / 16:14

    Hahahaha! Love this, Keith! Did not go where I was expecting. Well, somewhat but not quite 😉

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      • Dale's avatar Dale July 11, 2025 / 14:54

        😁

  7. beth's avatar beth July 7, 2025 / 16:28

    ))))

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  8. Violet Lentz's avatar Violet Lentz July 7, 2025 / 17:05

    I love it! First out loud chuckle of the day!

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  9. Prior...'s avatar Prior... July 7, 2025 / 20:19

    hahah – very good

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