283 - It was just after dark...
(For this exercise I had to choose some words from 3 different lists and use them in the story; the words I ended up with were: mushroom, taxi, chalky, bananas, miniature, and carnivore.) It was just after dark when, while I was finishing a rather chalky mushroom, a miniature carnivore entered my office. He was no taller than 3 1/2 feet, wearing a fifties zoot-suit, and sporting a fedora. He informed me that he had traveleed by taxi, stopping only once to use the washroom and purchase some bananas. It was only then that I noticed the large brown paper bag full of bananas that he had brought with him, (the thing was nearly as large as his entire body; dunno how I missed it.) From here we moved onto discussing many other subjects before finally coming to the obvious question at hand: Why would a miniature carnivore, (or any carnivore, for that matter), need to purchase so many bananas? His answer made everything clear: "As you can see from the badge on my chest, I am indeed a m...