Title : The Weather Made Me Do It
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The Weather Made Me Do It
[Time to repost this, I think. This short fiction first appeared at Eternity Road on February 2, 2011 -- FWP]
Phil awoke gradually as was his habit, stretched languidly, and peered about him for signs of the day. The light was faint but definite.
Time to get up, boy. You have your duties.
He tottered out of bed, donned slippers and robe, and went as usual to the front door for the paper and the morning post. But as he popped his head out into the day, he found himself nose-to-muzzle with a 12-gauge shotgun. He froze.
Do I have an enemy I didn't know about? I've been doing this for years without a quibble. I thought it was popular. There've been songs about it!
"What...what do you want?" he stammered.
A quiet but steel-hard voice issued over the unwavering barrel. "Just go back into your hole. No, don't look around first. Just pull your head back into your burrow and we'll say nothing more about it."
Phil gulped, nodded minutely, and retreated into the warmth and safety of his hole. From outside, he heard a sigh of relief.
"Think it will work?" came one soft voice.
"Who knows? But we had to try something."
"At last, we agree."
Two pairs of footsteps faded off into the dawning Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania day as Phil returned to his bed.
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