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Cuckoo's Nest: A Short Story

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\That’s it, you are running again. Back through the alley, you don’t remember where you came from, but then again there’s nothing to go back to. The path twists and splits every hundred feet or so, you choose the path of least resistance, or in this case, the least overgrown. At the next intersection, the voice calls over, “You are going entirely the wrong way. If you keep going, you are going to hit the nest”. This though chills you and you slow to a stop. “Alright, good! Now, here’s the secret to getting back home. All you have to do is spin in a circle three times, hold your left foot, and yell ‘zip-a-dee-doo-dah!’, and then, just like any good promise, it will be fulfilled”. Feeling like a fool, you comply, anything is worth leaving here. You wait a couple seconds, and just like magic, nothing happens. …show more content…

I can’t believe you actually did that”, the Voice said laughing. “Well, I wasn’t lying about the nest, you do not want to go there. That thing you saw, that monstrosity? There are thousands of them in this abandoned city. No one can remember if they caused the fall of man or if they are the fall of man, but no one lives long enough to find out” You, start trembling, “How c-come I was able to escape it?”. “Maybe it didn’t see you, or maybe it hadn’t ever seen a human before, either way, you managed to live. Be grateful for that” “But for how much longer”, you

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