Written for “Can You Tell A Story In…” –
Esther asks: “Can you tell a story in 23 words?”
We must use these three words in what we write:
‘quinoa’, ‘ferret’, and ‘thwart’. Here’s my 23 word story.

“You can try to keep the quinoa from us” the militant ferret shrieked,
“but you will never thwart our plans for world domination!”
NAR©2024
23 Words
This is “The Animal” by Disturbed
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hahahaha got it
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Hee hee hee! The Wild Bunch! 😂
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Message received and understood!
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Don’t Bogart that quinoa, dude! 😎
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Brilliant take Nancy!
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Thanks so much, Di! This was an awful lot of fun to write. I’m glad you liked it!
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I smell a Hollywood blockbuster in the making–start writing the screenplay now!
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Hahaha!!! Know any ferrets looking for work? 😂
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Hilarious interpretation of that interesting word combination. Ferocious ferret! Thank you for the laugh, writer Nancy. ✍🏼✨
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Probably the strangest word combo yet! What fun this was! So glad you enjoyed it, Michele. 😁
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Lol I love this! So funny! ❤
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Thanks so much, CA! I ‘m very glad to know you enjoyed this one! ❤︎
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Brilliant response! When I read the three words to use, I thought, what the hell is she gonna come up with. Was not disappointed.
And I want to love quinoa but it don’t love me!
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This is such a fun challenge and it’s a real bonus when it works. I had a great time with this one!
Don’t look at me; I’m giving all my quinoa to the ferret! 🤣
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No kidding. Ya done great.
Hahahaha! Alrighty then 😉
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😂
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A good Sunday laugh!
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So glad I was the source of that, D! Great fun! 🤩
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Wow! An excellent story Nancy . 🏆🙏👏
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Thanks so much, Dawg! Glad you liked it.
Woof!
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😆 haha
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So silly but great fun. Thanks, Sadje! 😅
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🩵🩶💙
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Remind me not to go near any ferrets!
I tried the song to see if I liked it any more than their massacre of Sound Of Silence. I didn’t 🤣
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Do you know how difficult it is to find a song about maniacal ferrets intent on world domination? Next best thing. 🤣
Nope, I’m not into ferrets. 😉
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Probably a niche area, I guess. A near relative would have been Pop Goes The Weasel 🤣
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I’m sure you realize by now that I don’t love (or even like) every song I use; that’s not going to keep me from using it.
Thanks a lot for the Pop Goes the Weasel ear worm …. NOT! 🤣
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🤣
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*proceeds to quickly run as fast as I can for dear life* I don’t love quinoa enough to sacrifice my life lol 😂
Good one, Nancy
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I’m with you, sister! They can have all my quinoa! 😂
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Indeed 😂
Quinoa is worth that much trouble
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Let’s just give it the quinoa and back away slowly.
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You’ll get no argument from me!
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That is just fabulous! I love the image. Amazing ❤
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This was such fun! Thanks, Esther!
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Hey! How’d you do that, Nancy?! ❤
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Help! I’m being held hostage by rabid ferrets in search of global domination! Send quinoa!!!
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😳🥺😲
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That doesn’t look like the friendly ferret that Frankie met in the Gardens … 🐶🌝
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Woof Woof!!
He’s a bit on the aggressive side, isn’t he?? 😂
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absolutely brilliant 😁😁😁
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This was so much fun, Sis! I was making myself crack up. Thanks!! 😊😂
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Be on the lookout for well-armed ferrets!
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I’m no dope. I’m packing quinoa! 🤣
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