A drabble is a very short story of exactly 100 words. Feel free to join in and write your own drabbles on Fridays and tag them with “friday drabble” and on Twitter with the hashtag #fridaydrabble.
A Life In Research
The door hissed closed behind him and he inhaled the conflicting odors of clean room and cage bedding. Disinfectant and dander.
Tiny nails raked plastic and dozens of eyes followed his movements as he set up his station. He opened the first lid and scruffed the initial specimen, immobilizing the creature – forelegs outstretched, head back, quivering mouth open, ready to take the dose.
Red eyes met hazel ones. The two most successful mammals on the planet: homo sapiens and rattus norvegicus, colonizing every corner of the globe together, billions upon billions with no sign of slowing down.
A great team.
Stevil 
That’s creepy!
Good! I was aiming for that!
“Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I’ll never be alone
And you my friend will see
You’ve got a friend in me …”
lol
Now THERE’S a song I haven’t thought of in a long long time! (For good reason!)
Many could argue that their are other species that are more successful than rattus norvegicus.
wordpress doesn’t have edits???
Nope – no edits. Though I think I can delete, but not you. (not that I would ever do that to you, buddy). More successful species? for sure. More successful mammals? I’m hard-pressed to think of others.
Creepy, weird, mysterious. I love it!
Thanks LD… it’s pretty much non-fiction. :)
Have you ever thought of extending your drabbles into longer stories, Steve? Many of these are awfully good and I would love to read a bit more.
Poor rat.
HG — it’s funny that you should mention that because you know I never really have except I think in NY resolution post, I mentioned getting a copy of Poets & Writers and there are a LOT of short story competitions out there, which made me think about turning some ideas into longer stories.
It would take a different sort of discipline for me, though the small word counts have made me economical with words,
Creepy, but right on the money. In a creepy way!
Nicely done for sure!
Thanks Lauri — it’s pretty much taken from real experience.
That one critter I hope never to see considering my current abode…a boat. :-)
BD — hate to say it, but that’s pretty much how they colonized the whole world!