The secret life of
He received the all clear signal, banked left and began his approach. It was a move he and hundreds of others had done before, yet at no point did he relax his concentration. Too many times he had seen or heard of a sudden gust of wind catching someone off guard and knocking them either off track and they had to circle around and try again, or slammed them into the sides.
The humiliation that came with being tossed around because you weren't paying attention was something he wished, very strongly, to avoid. Especially since the incident last year. Besides, with over 50,000 others in the hive, it wasn't like there was a place for a Bee to hide when the mocking became too much.
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June 24, 2011
7 responses to The secret life of
Really enjoy the twist, I had an image of the London Marathon as I read and it switched straight to a bee hive very clever piece of micro flash fiction.
Oh poor bee. I too thought this was a fun run or something, very clever little twist, nice piece of micro fiction!
No place to hide.…so fitting in a hive.
Glad to see I caught everyone slightly off-guard. That was the plan after all ;)
You certainly caught me off guard Anthony. Nice work!
I had to read the last sentence twice because it threw me. I was imagining plains/helicopters flying through the Grand Canyon. Nice twist!
I love this! The twist and reveal at the end was brilliant. The soft humour is great.