Decameron 2020: The Pangolin’s Lament (or, The Birth of Covid-19)

Author’s Note: A.) I’ve always enjoyed short-story contests of 50 words or fewer. B.) As of this writing, pangolins are one of the animals most suspected of giving humans this strain of coronavirus.

The pangolin hunter smiled, looking at his wriggling snare.

“Listen,” the defiant pangolin said. “I’ll make you a deal: Let me go, and I’ll let you live.”

The hunter said nothing, reaching to strangle the little anteater.

“Okay,” the pangolin resigned, blowing a juicy sneeze in the hunter’s face.

2 thoughts on “Decameron 2020: The Pangolin’s Lament (or, The Birth of Covid-19)

  1. paul coulter

    So enjoying the stories. Great idea. Thank you, Nathaniel.
    Pangolin Lament. Who possibly could have imagined a disgusting Wet market in a never before heard of place called Wuhan would change the world?

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