[#ShirokumaLiteratureClubOctober1] 20-Character Novel

I am creating a single story using all the monthly prompts from the Shirokuma Literature Club. As a regular member, I get to know all the prompts at the beginning of the month, which is how I came up with this idea. I am taking on the challenge every month, with the first installment being a 20-character novel, and subsequent installments being stories without character limits.

In addition to the above, I have decided to adopt a style this year where a grandmother reads a story aloud. Therefore, the part that begins with the Shirokuma Literature Club prompt becomes the story being read aloud, and the narrative unfolds with a conversation following it. I would appreciate it if you could join me to see if I can successfully complete 12 stories in 2025.

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I suddenly wondered what the moon might taste like.

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“Can you eat the moon?”
“What would it taste like?”

The sister and brother were wide-eyed with curiosity. They started getting excited, wondering if it would be sour like a lemon or crunchy like a cookie. Seeing them in a mood where they might start asking for a snack instead of going to sleep, the grandmother hurriedly suggested,

“Hey, shall we go buy some cookies that look like the moon tomorrow?”

She proposed. To her two grandchildren who cheered with joy, she said,

“Those cookies sell out really quickly, you know.”

She glanced at the clock. It was long past the bedtime for the two preschoolers.

“I wonder if you’ll be too sleepy to buy them tomorrow.”
“Me! I’ll wake up early!”
“Me too!”

Watching her grandchildren hurriedly get into their futons and squeeze their eyes shut, the grandmother smiled happily.

(To be continued)

Club President Kosuke Komaki, thank you again for this week.
I will do my best with the month-long story for October as well!