Once In A Lifetime
Apr 29th, 2024 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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It was a once-in-a-221-year-event, the simultaneous emergence of two different cicada broods. One was the 13-year group. The other, the 17-year variety. So, as predicted, a trillion cicadas emerged, one-by-one, from the warming soil. Sam and Waldo were two such cicadas.
“Can you believe it?”
“What, Sam?”
“We’re In the southeastern United States.”
“What a racket.”
Cicadas make noise through a special organ, a tymbal.
“What?”
It was increasingly hard to hear.
“HEY, WALDO?”
“YEAH.”
“I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SAY IT.”
“WHAT?”
“I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU…BUT AFTER 221 YEARS, I THOUGHT IT’D BE A LOT BETTER THAN THIS.”
From Guest Contributor David Sydney
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