Jackal's 100-word story for August 18, 2025

Jackal wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 18, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

I really don’t understand where I went wrong. I followed every step that Russell had in his “Best Moving Practices 101”. I felt he was uniquely qualified about the subject since he’s so close with Carl. However I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I did trust the physics knowledge of a child over doing mathematical equations. I will say there are worse places my house could have fallen. Like imagine in the ocean! Or a lions cage at the zoo. That would be scary!! I’ve been talking about figuring out a way to have a garden. So honestly it’s perfect!

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