I am famous (in my own mind) for being late on these word challenges. In order to catch up, I like to smoosh several challenge words together in one swell foop. This 200 word drabble holds FIVE challenge words: nut, spiral, coarse, jiggling and split. I hope you like it.
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The nut executed a beautiful spiral, shot through the trees and konked Dean in the head.
"Ow!" Dean glared at the branches above. "Knock it off!"
A large squirrel with a lot of coarse, dark hair and broad shoulders charged into view, tree branch jiggling nervously underneath its paws.
Dean gave the indubitably scowling beast a nervous smile.
The squirrel gave a furious shriek in reply and an absolute hail of nuts and pine cones suddenly flew through the air.
"Ow! Hey!" Dean snatched up a branch from the ground and started swinging. "Cut it out, damn it!"
His makeshift bat sent most of the missiles back into the air, but a large pine cone made it through his defenses and Dean staggered back, blood spurting from a split lip.
The squirrel froze.
After a moment, it ran down the tree trunk and leaped onto Dean's shoulder, staring anxiously into his face.
Dean gingerly touched his lip. "Nice shot, Sammy."
The squirrel squeaked indignantly, whipping its tail back and forth.
Dean sighed and plopped wearily down onto the ground, wincing as the squirrel dug in its claws.
"Just calm down, little brother. Bobby says it'll only last a few days.