100 Word Story: Caw

“Hello! Hello!”

“Yes, ma’am. You’ve reached 911. What is your emergency?”

“There are three crows on my porch and they are looking at me.”

“Birds? There are birds on your porch?”

“Yes. And they have their beaks open wide and they’re staring at me.”

“I can see why you’d be upset about that. Are they making any threatening gestures?”

“Beyond gaping? No.”

“Have you thought of giving them something – bread or some crackers?”

“God, no. Then they’d show up everyday. Fly around my groceries. Peck at me.”

“Perhaps you could scare them away.”

“It’s too late for that. They’re staying.”