Escape Artists
Cast of Wonders => Episode Comments => Topic started by: Languorous Lass on January 24, 2021, 09:45:43 PM
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Cast of Wonders 396: Staff Picks 2019 – Bunny (https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/01/cast-of-wonders-396-staff-picks-2019-bunny/)
• Author: Amy Brennan (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/amy-brennan/)
• Narrator: Roberto Suarez (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/roberto-suarez/)
• Host: Andrew K. Hoe (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/andrew-k-hoe/)
• Audio Producer: Jeremy Carter (http://www.castofwonders.org/people/jeremy-carter/)
• Artist: Alexis Goble (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/alexis-goble/)
"Bunny" previously appeared in Cast of Wonders Episode 356 (https://www.castofwonders.org/2019/04/cast-of-wonders-356-little-wonders-20-2018-flash-fiction-contest-winners/), Little Wonders 20, 2018 Flash Fiction Contest Winners, in August 2014.
Click here to listen to Episode 396 (http://traffic.libsyn.com/castofwonders/Wonders396.mp3)
You are crying.
Salty tears dripping into my fur and steaming off in the dry heat.
You hug me tightly, I feel your ragged breathing, your shivers as you hold in the sobs that want to be free.
I want to offer more comfort, but what am I? – Just bits of fabric with plush stuffing, a pink button nose and a pair of beaded eyes. I can do no more than be hugged, do no more than silently offer sympathy, wish to the legendary stuffed toys of the past – and to Velveteen most of all – that I can do more.
Tags: Alexis Goble, Amy Brennan, Andrew K. Hoe, border, escape, Jeremy Carter, Little Wonders, patience, quest, refuse, Roberto Suarez, saving, Staff Picks, stuffed animal, Young Adult fiction