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Pickles found a comfortable spot on the bed and watched her owner pace back and forth with her phone.

The look of disappointment could been seen on her companions face. The promotion she sorely deserved was given to another.

Politics.

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For those interested in participating you can write your own 240 character story. Please do. The rules are simple to follow and I look forward to reading your take on the writing prompt.

You may peruse the following link for all the details

https://ecency.com/hive-161155/@freewritehouse/its-monday-so-its-time-for-zapficmonday-write-me-a-story-in-240-characters-or-less

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Rules:

Please post to the Freewriters Community.

Please post a link to your entry in the comments section of this post

Please use #freewritehouse and #zapfic tags.

YOU MUST use a word/character counter (if you search for word counter on the internet or in your phone's app store you will get a big choice!) wordcounter.net and include a screenshot. Entries without a screenshot will NOT be valid

Please use the prompt provided as you see fit (use your imagination)

Try to tell a complete story if you can!

The story should only be 240 characters long (including spaces) or less.