Animal Dilemmas – Dragon Panda
Short Story The Panda tried to open its eyes to no avail. The more it tried the more they hurt and the smell of blood clogged its nose. The Panda put its paws...
Author: Xidan
Animal Dilemmas – Sea Horse Shrimp
Short Story The cloud of shrimp continued on its aimless journey carried by the currents, in search for food and occasionally reduced in numbers by a passing whale with a gaping mouth. The colony...
Animal Dilemmas – Catfish Swan
Short Story The swans and ducks settled on the edge of the pond under the fence. High-pitched sounds were unnatural to them and signaled danger. Hours later they shed their fears and redistributed evenly...
Animal Dilemmas – Aardvark Gnu
Short Story The Gnu ran blindly, mad with fear through the tall grass. After its first leap, the cheetah landed on a broken bottle buried in the mud and cut both its front legs....
Animal Dilemmas – Parrot Seagull
Short Story The seagull had won. It survived near certain dead due the kindness of a good natured squirrel. It defeated its enemies and took back its throne as a leader of the colony. Its statue...
Animal Dilemmas – Lion Hippo
Short Story The Elephant did not enter the forest because it was not thirsty enough. It was not afraid of a single lion but it knew that groups of lions can cause it serious permanent...
Animal Dilemmas – Camel Moth
Short Story The Queen Moth crawled up the crack in the rock into the light and flew up in the hot desert air. It circled the large rock that was its kingdom and the...
Animal Dilemmas – Elephant Cheetah
Short Story The Cheetah slept stretched out on a large branch on a leafless tree. The cool night air purified its mind. The nights in the savanna were clear and starry. The Cheetah could...
Animal Dilemmas – Oak Tree Pheasant
Short Story The Pheasant was hazy with thought. The Satyr had stirred its brain and robbed it from peace and order. The Pheasant made it a point to avoid drifting creatures and their toxic...
Animal Dilemmas – Satyr Beaver
Short Story The Beaver led a life of building and maintaining the dam on the brook that run among the trees. It raised four generations and the the first three were already successfully relocated...
Animal Dilemmas – Beaver Manatee
Short Story The Manatee didn’t have time to think what happened to the Catfish after the giants pulled it out of the water half dead. They threw its daily ratio of greens in the...
Animal Dilemmas – Manatee Catfish
Short Story The old Catfish has spent all its life alone in the tank. It received the only bites of the the world outside through the small fish the giants let in its tank...
