The red squirrel raced under the canopy of a tree into a preselected secluded spot and immediately transformed into its basic, but Earthly unnatural, design.
A wind was created as the alien sucked into being.
It immediately rooted its many appendages deeply into the soft ground to prop it upright in Earth’s imposing gravity.
Freedom from the shapeshifting ‘squirrel form’ gave Splogg a moment of peace that he was only allowed to exercise once a year.
He’d done this one hundred twenty-two other times and STILL wasn’t able to identify any sign of intelligence.
How he hated this frickcacking assignment!
(100 words)
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a natural shapeshifting alien. What a cool concept! Great piece and wonderful tree picture.
Ah…Mason! I knew this one would appeal to you. Thanks!
For sure! I love nature and the paranormal its perfect!!
The shapeshifters ought to get together and have a party this week, for sure. Great story!
Amazed they haven’t given up by now. I have! 🙂
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Oh, the sympathy I feel for Splogg! Denied his natural form for over a century – that’s tough!
He could be just a spoiled teen whose lifespan is 20,000 of our years? We may never know! lol
I’m going to look at red squirrels differently though. 🙂
I thoroughly enjoyed this and am very sorry for Splog. Maybe he should try again in half a million years and look what the octopussi are up to. There may be intelligence around by then. Great story.
Really happy you liked it! Yes… your speculation on future intelligence sounds probable. 😀
Great disguise for an alien spy, pity he took root in the wrong place. Perhaps the White House garden would have been more entertaining, although deciding the degree of intelligence may be puzzling to him.
LOL… I’d have to create more alien swear words for that scenario! Thanks.
A rather strange and wonderful piece, Susan, very enjoyable.
😁 Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
Well, that’s certainly different! Nice one Susan.
Thanks… different is usually my goal. 😎
Me too!
…Tell me that you like it, yeah.
Yeah, I like it. I’m a sucker for sci-fi. I even have a character named Splorg. He’s not as gentle as Splogg seems to be.
🤭 Most kind! I like how you think!
I enjoyed reading this.
That pleases me. Thank you!
A shape-shifting alien, love it! The tree really does look like an alien. This is a very clever take on the prompt. =)
Delighted that you liked it! Thank-you.
Ha! So clever. A shapeshifter searching for signs of life! Well done
Much appreciated! It looked like an alien lifeform.
Nice to hear it from the ET’s point of view. Maybe he’ll be reassigned soon.
🤭 Thanks!
You’re welcome 🙂
Dear Susan,
I suspect Splogg’s been hanging around too many humans. 😉 This story was fun and made me smile.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks, Rochelle. Peace.