JKWriter's 100-word story for May 11, 2026

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 11, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The red little box with the fascinating little lever had bewitched the three year old child. No one seemed to notice little Miss Thing push the chair over and casually climb onto it. Her preschool teacher had her hands full with the four other three year olds in the class. They were making an art project that day and the little daycare was woefully understaffed at the moment. But...what could they do? So they carried on as best they could. When that lever was pulled though, they realized no one should have been left alone with so many toddlers.

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