50wordstories.ca » lonely https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Shadow Play https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=366 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=366#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:20:47 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=366 Billy loved to play hide and seek with his shadow.

He used to lose all the time, because his shadow would always find him again when he’d walk into the light, but Billy wised up, and beat his shadow by staying in the shade.

On overcast days, Billy was lonely.

]]> https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?feed=rss2&p=366 0 Loneliness https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=277 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=277#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:00:47 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=277 The last man on Earth was lonely. So he cloned himself.

But that got boring fast: “I can’t stand talking to myself like that!” he would exclaim himself.

He would sometimes hope some aliens would drop by. Seeing new faces would be nice.

Even if they came to take over.

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