thaopixelpoet's 100-word story for July 31, 2025

thaopixelpoet wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 31, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

This is Elfie, the most intelligent and friendly elephant there has ever been. Elfie loves cabbage, carrots, sugarcanes, sugar, and flipping hats off male tourists. He is very gentlemanly with the ladies, though, never makes fun of them and shows them a good time. With his trunks. And his tricks. Yes, Elfie was born with two trunks. In the womb, Elfie had a twin. A medical abnormality occurred and killed the twin, merging his trunk into Elfie's. We still hold a small memorial of Elfie's dead twin, over there at the banana bush with the monkeys. Yes, bathroom's that way.

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