Giant

I give to you a story in eleventy-one words...


They ran as fast as their diminutive legs could carry them. Behind them came a sound like chattering teeth followed by an ear-shattering squeal. From the bush exploded a sleek creature with azure fir. Scarlet eyes shone from its elongated face. Where ears should be, the creature had black jutting horns, one of which had been badly mauled.


‘Run!’ the thin one yelled. The fat one lagged. ‘It’s right behind you!’ He stopped, pulled out his stick and turned just in time to be flattened by his fat partner. The creature slowed, squealed. The creature’s transparent fangs magnified its orange innards as it prepared to pounce.


Then the giant stepped in.