magisternihil's 100-word story for June 19, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 19, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

When Pooh disappeared, everyone was devastated. They searched the Wood, high and low. Christopher Robin ended up having to take Piglet home with him, the poor little guy was so inconsolable. They put posters up all over the area, some listing Pooh as missing, some warning of the Heffalump, who was undoubtedly to blame for the bear’s vanishing. It would be kinder to say he was never found, that no sign of him was ever seen again, but Roo knew the truth. Roo had been watching on the day when the game of Poohsticks went sour. Roo had seen everything.

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