Fredrick's Tree (microfiction)
I sat down and compared the photos. I'm completely convinced. That tree...it's in a different spot each day! At first I wasn't sure, thought it was my old mind fooling around with me (I always was the eccentric one). Next, I saw it slowly inching to the center of my backyard. I could hardly believe my eyes! But my wife called it 'devil's shenanigans' on my brain and suggested we high-tailed outta there. Needless to say, I said no. Now I'm over here trying to figure out what it's moving could possibly mean.
I stared at the pictures looking for a connection. I tried tracing a pattern and looking through the days it moved but drew up empty. Passing the family computer I had a thought 'What if I fast-forward it? Like a video.' I grinned and called up my grandson, he'd know what to do. It took a few minutes but he was there and got me the video I was looking for. Needless to say Chrome does not only refer to light and YouTube is my new best friend. As I watched the video, I realized it spelled a word!
Leave.
I grabbed my wife and sped out to spend the night at a hotel. That night an arsonist burnt down the neighborhood. So many died, but that tree...it saved us.
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