"So, let's dig her up."

    Paul was a young boy living in a great family in a great house in a beautiful suburban neighborhood with lots of old white people. Paul wanted to be a paleontologist. He had wanted to dig up dinosaurs and discover history for as long as he could remember. Paul also loved animals, and for his 9^th birthday his parents had gotten him a cat. Kitty, as she was named by Paul, lived for 3 days before being fatally hit by a car.

    "So, let's dig her up" suggested Lenny.

    Lenny lived down the street. Paul met Lenny in kindergarten and they had been friends ever since.

    "She's definitely nothing but bones by now, and you're always so into digging stuff up, why not?"

    Paul couldn't find anything wrong with the plan. He was young, and Kitty had died so soon that it was not as if he shared some special connection with the now deceased house pet. It would be a fun experiment, good practice for digging up dinosaurs in the years to come.

    Paul and Lenny walked out to the old shed in the backyard and each grabbed a spade. It was a beautiful spring day and a light breeze rustled green leaves as the two friends walked across the backyard to the dirt patch where Kitty had been laid to rest. A single wooden plank bearing "R.I.P." was all that marked the grave. The boys ignored this and began the dig.

    Time passed and the operation was running smoothly. Excitement built in the boys as they felt their spades hit soggy cardboard. It was the box holding their discovery, and Lenny quickly brushed off the dirt and reached down to pick up the make shift coffin.

    As he lifted the top off the old shoebox, Lenny let out a scream that was heard throughout the beautiful suburban neighborhood. He dropped the box and ran home. Paul, still sitting by the hole they had dug, began to cry.

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Posted by Cody Brinkman 2008-01-12 16:44:08 .... did kitty eat his brains + Report this comment
Posted by tarhead 2008-01-12 17:55:14 cool good body, good ending... + Report this comment
Posted by r.e.potter 2008-01-13 07:19:58 hmmm Not sure what to make of the ending. I was expecting more of a 'BANG'. But regardless, great premise for a story. I wish I had thought of that theme...good job. + Report this comment
Posted by darknstormy 2008-01-13 09:15:00 Unfinished The story had great potential but it went unexploited. It just felt unfinished. + Report this comment
Posted by Dirkin 2008-01-14 05:01:58 .... I would like perhaps if the age Paul had been when digging was stated. It would help to imagine what state the kitty would have been in, and so perhaps explain the reaction of the boys. Otherwise well written + Report this comment
Posted by jakebullock 2008-01-14 09:55:24 explanation lemme try to explain a bit behind the meaning of this story. it's kind of a stretch, but i was thinking about how people (teenagers especially) are confident and cocky about everything they do, and usually have no problems taking risks or doing stupid shit because they aren't worried about death. but when you're actually face to face with death, everyone is afraid, and some people might not realize until they actually have a near death experience or something. the dead kitty represents death, and the 2 boys come face to face with death and realize it's not such a lighthearted matter. that probably doesn't make sense but that's what i was going for lol. + Report this comment
Posted by Yanu 2008-01-14 12:46:23 :) Makes perfect sense Jake. Excellent universal truth. + Report this comment

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