joeislove's 100-word story for October 20, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 20, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

It’s important that they think you can see them, even when they are sneaking up behind you. It’s not a dumb idea if it works, and this works. You see the tigers in these jungles are just not that bright. Lots of theories about that; seems like everyone has their own idea about why they are so easily fooled by the ol’ glasses on the back of the head trick. My favorite I’ve heard is that the landslides have caused them to take too many rocks to the noggin. My money is on the runoff from the lead mine, though.

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