A Grizzly Snack - Freewrite Day 606 Entry & SBI Giveaway - Prompt: Nap

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The grizzly lumbered through the forest, sniffing and huffing at everything. He was starving, but luckily he had caught an enticing scent and was stalking it. It was getting stronger so it wouldn't be long now.

He kept up a good pace, letting his sensitive nose guide him towards his quarry. The smell became near overpowering, and he slowed to a crawl. His massive, clawed paws became noiseless on the soft ground. Closer and closer he crept.

A twig snapped under his paw, the noise echoing loudly in the overwhelming silence of the forest. But he didn't care. For he could now see his target, and there was no escaping from his hungry maw.

He opened his gaping jaw, teeth glistening in the sun, and darted forward, snapping his mouth shut with a loud clack. His mouth filled with the juicy, red liquid of...

A bunch of raspberries. Happily, the grizzly munched and munched, sucking the berries of the bushes. He was so lucky to have found a whole clearing full of the tasty treat, and after a whole afternoon and evening of gorging himself, he was a stuffed, and sticky, bear.

Now he was ready to go back go his cave, and take a long nap for winter.


Greetings my fellow Earth citizens :)

I immediately thought of a bear hibernating for this prompt. No idea why that's what popped up, but I like my story. Hopefully the ending went better than you were expecting :) I don't actually know if raspberries are a wild berry that grizzlies can eat, but I know they do eat some kinds of berries. I'll just say artistic liberty :p

While bears can certainly be scary and dangerous, sometimes they do seem like big, cute dogs. I'd love to someday be able to interact with one :)

I’ve found a really easy way to get pictures for some of the more obscure topics that I write about. Instead of going to Unsplash or Pixabay, I just search on Wikipedia, and use the picture there. So far, every one that I have seen is CC of some variety, so it works out awesomely. I highly recommend it.

I am having my FreeWrite’s be an SBI giveaway. This is a way to reward my fellow FreeWriter’s, and hopefully motivate me to do daily freewrite’s again. No promises on that, but I am going to make an attempt.

What you need to do to enter is simply comment on this post with a link to your freewrite. I will then assign you a number, and when I write the next post, I will pick using a random number generator. There’s no need to resteem or upvote, though it would be helpful to allow me to do this contest for longer.

I am also hosting another contest if you would like to enter that as well. Everyone is welcome :)

Looking Back/ Looking Forward SBI Contest

Until next time,

Aloha


Here are the results from the previous giveaway:

@fitinfun: Entry #1 - https://steemit.com/esteem/@fitinfun/freewrite-day-602-show-me-the-way-home

@wonderwop: Entry #2 - https://steemit.com/freewrite/@wonderwop/day-602-freewrite-friday-show-me-the-way-home

@owasco: Entry #3 - https://steempeak.com/weekendfreewrite/@owasco/the-burn

@carolkean: Entry #4 - https://steemit.com/freewrite/@carolkean/mom-s-cousin-lenna-part-9-day-602-5-minute-freewrite-prompt-show-me-the-way-home

@rokhani: Entry #5 - https://steemit.com/freewrite/@rokhani/show-me-the-way-home

I used Google’s Random Number Generator (if someone has a preferred method let me know) and got 2. So @wonderwop, you are the lucky winner and get 1 SBI.

Thank you all for your entries, I enjoyed reading them, and I look forward to your next one.


Here are the people who have responded with their own freewrites and entered my contest. You should definitely check out these awesome writers :)

@wonderwop, @fitinfun, @owasco, @carolkean, @creativesoul, @samioli, @mrscwin, @whatisnew, @rokhani


This is my response to the Freewrite prompt, a daily writing exercise that I am really enjoying doing. Thank you @mariannewest for hosting these.

https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-606-5-minute-freewrite-tuesday-prompt-nap

Prompt: “Nap”


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thank you so much. I am glad to join the contest.
Congratulate for the winners

You're very welcome :) I hope you enter again in my next one.

Here is my freewrite for nap:
https://steemit.com/busy/@fitinfun/freewrite-day-606-nap

Nice twist at the end of yours :)

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the twist.

You are entry #1

Thank you for the contest. Very nice idea. I'm learning about animals now :)

What a great #freewrite and thank you for the SBI unit. 🙏

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Thank you, I'm glad that you enjoyed your. You're very welcome :)

Cool, you are entry #2 :)

HaHa! I was expecting his mouth filled with the juicy red liquid of blood. Glad to hear it was just berries. Here is my entry and thanks for the chance. https://steemit.com/freewrite/@whatisnew/day-606-5-minute-freewrite-tuesday-prompt-nap

Resident cat here, wondering what you will write about a hippo. Here is today's new prompt. https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-606-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-hippo

Win a Membership in Steem Basic Income - Tell us About a Favorite Freewrite.

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Haha, I'm glad that I was convincing enough to lead you to believe that.

You are entry #3 :)

Thank you for sharing the new prompt with me.

Wow! That was both frightening and relieving in one fast read! Well done descriptions.

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Thank you :) I was going for a nice twist haha, I hope the beginning wasn't too frightening.

Welcome and mission accomplished!

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Excellent haha 🙂