JKWriter's 100-word story for September 1, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on September 1, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Callie shook her head and tried refocusing her eyes. That couldn't possibly be what she thought it was. After a few min she walked over and took her binoculars out of the bureau drawer and walked back to the window. "I'll be damned," she whispered to herself. She wasn't seeing things. Those were a pair of shoes sticking up through tall hay in the field. It was too far even with the binoculars to see, but they looked like they might be attached to a pair of legs, too. So, off she went down the hill to investigate the mystery.

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