Swooped

I give to you a story in eleventy-one words... (To read from the beginning, click on the 'Loose Grate' link below.)

‘Thank you,’ uttered the giant.

‘Put him down,’ the thin one responded bluntly.

The giant lowered the fat one to the ground.

‘And the stick?’

‘Stick?’

‘Yes, you picked up a stick. I want it back.’

‘I’m sorry. I don’t have your stick.’

The thin one unsheathed his stick and pointed it at the giant’s shin. ‘Don’t test me.’

‘Wait, wait,’ the fat one cried. ‘There it is!’ He pointed a few yards away.

The thin one glanced over to confirm. ‘Go get it,’ he ordered the fat one.

But he wasn’t fast enough. In mere seconds, a golden figure swooped from the sky and snatched the stick from the ground.