JKWriter's 100-word story for August 17, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 17, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Teddy Thomas was up early for a Saturday. It had snowed the entire night before and nothing was going to keep him from getting out there to play on it. On this fine day, though, he was met by his neighbor Ronald Kingsley, who was about the biggest blowhard that anyone ever met. "Heya Teddy-Wetty-His-Beddy! Beat this!" he exclaimed, pointing at a rickety little snowman in his front yard. Shaking his head and without even saying a single word...the tike went to work. What Ronald didn't know, is that his neighbor had just finished a sculpting class last week.

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