Harsh Mistress - A Short Story for the weekly writing contest ZapFic50Monday - Prompt: "Eagle"
The ZapFic50Monday is a literary initiative from the Freewriters Community in which writers have to create a story, using the prompt provided, with exactly 50 words: no more, no less!
Harsh Mistress
Spotting a vulnerable cottontail rabbit, it dived with incredible precision, talons seizing his prize.
Back at the nest, his little eaglets eagerly awaited to devour the spoils.
Mother Nature is a harsh mistress, as they say...
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