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“You have been here for 4.5 billion years??”, she stated. “You mean.. as a species, right?”

“No.. We have been here for 4.5 billion years. Evolution was a blast. You can blame Tobin for the platypus.. Oh.. and sorry about that whole Adam and Eve thing. Big misunderstanding. Didn’t mean to get you kicked out of Eden.”, Flandip said.

“So.. could we have just done this a few years back?” he continued, returning his focus to Hunter’s Catfish.

“Umm… Wait..”, Jocinda said. “Eden, evolution, 4.5 billion years… What about the giant cookie? Is there anything in this madness involving a giant cookie?”

Tobin and Flandip looked at each other and started moving around rather nervously.

“Well.. you see…”, started Flandip.

“Um… yeah…”, murmurred Tobin..

“The cookie was our fault. We got bored waiting for you though so took care of it 500 million years ago.” said Flandip.

“Not to belittle your VERY important part in it though.”, stated Tobin apologetically.

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