Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…” #272
exactly 38 words using these four required words:
‘hullabaloo’, ‘queue’, ‘slug’ and ‘beam’.
This is my 38 word story.
TRIGGER WARNING: I KNOW, IT’S A SNAIL! SUE ME!
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK
TO TRAIN THAT SUCKER TO DO THIS?!
I was standing in a queue at the House of Waffles
when a slug slithered by.
All at once he started dancing the hullabaloo,
flashed his high beams at me
and took off like a bat outta hell.
🐌
NAR©2025
38 Words
This is “Bat Out Of Hell” by Meat Loaf
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for Nancy (The Sicilian Storyteller), The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephant’s Trunk, and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.
The Elephant's Trunk 
Brilliant!
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Thanks so much, Di. Glad you enjoyed it!
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That is an awesome and sorta inspiring clip! G’wan with her bad self, and get on board! 🤩
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Count me in, Liz! 🚀
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You may just have explained something! I have about 60 concrete steps up to my appartment, and I’m forever finding slugs feasting on the plants in the tubs on my balcony! That’s how they get up here!
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Now you know! Goodness knows how long it would if they did it the old fashioned way!
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I’m late to the party but, still laughing.
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Maybe late but not the latest! People are still arriving. Everybody hullabaloo!
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In stitches!
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LOLOL!! Here’s a needle and thread! 🪡🧵
Sometimes I crack myself up writing this stuff! 😂
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It’s like having your own built-in audience!
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Yes! It’s great fun …. until I start booing and heckling myself!
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Yes, there’s that too! I have the most amazing conversations with Dorothy, and often I lose the arguments!
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See? It’s not like we’re crazy or anything…..right? 🤪
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Yeah, I’ll go with that…
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A neat little story but… but… the short version of Mr Loaf’s masterpiece? How could you? 🤣
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Thanks! My apologies to you and Meat. What was I thinking? Probably that you’d be the only one to notice or care. I’ll remember next time. 😂
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🤣
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This video is amazing.
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Thanks, Sadje! Isn’t it fun?
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It is indeed
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This is a fun and funny story in such ‘short order’ cooking up laughter. The GIF is great.
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Thanks, Dawg! I had an idea of what I was going to write but when I found that GIF, the story practically wrote itself!
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That is so funny and what a great Gif to go with it, with the perfect song!
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Thanks for acknowledging the song, Esther. It’s almost as difficult finding the right one as it is writing a story! I’m glad you enjoyed both today.
Thanks for the fab prompts!
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I think Marvel found inspiration for its new superhero movie, “Captain Slug.” Don’t forget to collect your royalty checks.
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Capt Slug! Hilarious! Thanks, Fan.
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I need me one of them full auto snails! 😄
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Pretty cool, eh? Thanks, man! 😎
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Hell yeah. This needs to happen! 😄
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Well, if anyone can ‘make this happen‘, it’s you and your mad skills!
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I’ll need a 3D printer, a thermos full of dark roast, plenty of pizza, three box fans, two styrofoam coolers and sixteen pieces of duct tape.
Soon the world will bow before…
MECHA-SNAIL!
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Hahaha!! Sounds like a plan!
Don’t tell me you’re a fan of Mechagodzilla??
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I actually don’t follow much of anything Godzilla related lol
I have the passing familiarity, but that’s about it. 😄
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We cut our teeth on those classics. The real old ones are so corny, they’re laughable but still fun to watch, especially after imbibing. 😎
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I recall seeing the old ones on Saturday afternoon television. Classics. In a way 😄
Old Godzilla and Kung Fu movies – Saturday staples LOL!
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Haha! Perfect! I love the gif too 🤣 😆 I’m always so impressed with your responses to the prompts ✨ really a complete short story in 38 words! Well done, Nancy 💖
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Thanks so much, Laura! You’d be laughing even more if you knew that each time I read the prompt, I read it wrong. First I read sloth 🦥 … than it was snail 🐌. When I finally realized it was slug, the story was done and so was I! This is the result.
So glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the excellent comments! ♡
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🤣 😆 that’s too funny!! I’m sure I’ve probably done something like that before. Either way it came out great! ✨
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