Delectable Lives – Micro-fiction

by Chandrika R Krishnan
The men came as they usually did. The father knew that he would be picked today. So, he called his family close to him to bid them goodbye. The youngest clung to his spindly legs. He still was raw to the world at just one day old. His brother and sister laughed themselves silly at his tears, calling him a “chicken”! They flapped around at their own hilarity. As the father was rounded up among the others, the little one learned that as chickens they didn’t have much choice in life. They were born to land on someone’s plate delectably dressed.
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This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’
hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla
in collaboration with Dr. Preeti Chauhan.

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15 comments

ambica gulati July 20, 2024 - 8:03 am

And this is precisely the reason, I stopped eating non-vegetarian. To know you are being fed to be somebody’s meal, quite a turbulent thing. Nicely written.

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Manali July 22, 2024 - 5:01 pm

Oh dear, this one is like a wake-up call or seeing your own ugly side in a reflection. This sure made me feel glad I’m a vegetarian. Short and impactful is what I would call this microtale.

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Ratna July 24, 2024 - 8:11 pm

Crisp and impactful!

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Kaveri Chhetri July 25, 2024 - 2:00 pm

You hit the bull’s eye with this one Chandrika… so crisp and precise! I am a meat eater so I keep my mouth shut when anyone talks about cruelty to animals.🤐

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Varsh July 25, 2024 - 7:22 pm

This was good! I’m a vegetarian and can feel the pain of the family.

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Docdivatraveller July 26, 2024 - 11:02 am

That was an excellent micro story! I had never explored this genre before!

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Prasanna Raghavan July 26, 2024 - 2:15 pm

Oh! Chandrika, in what hilarity you poked at me as a chicken eater, how each of them felt on their chosen day. I promise you, I am going to stop bothering the chickens.

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Caroline July 26, 2024 - 3:52 pm

A good fiction story but as a non vegetarian, I chose to keep it to fiction only

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Harjeet Kaur July 26, 2024 - 4:20 pm

You have expressed deep emotions in a few lines. I chose to turn veg 25 years ago and never looked back.This was the reason for it.

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Ishieta July 26, 2024 - 5:53 pm

What a powerful punch! I wish everyone would understand the weight of their actions when they eat someone’s parent or child.

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Samata July 26, 2024 - 6:17 pm

Well this is altogether an excellent take on a precisely unknown genre- Its a reality . As a non vegetarian I will say its an example of ” Survival of Fittest”

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Neeta Kadam July 27, 2024 - 12:16 am

Excellent Chandrika. The reality in just 100 words. I am a meat lover so I don’t want to talk anything because I know the cruelty.

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Janaki July 28, 2024 - 9:40 pm

True that…the irony of a chicken’s life.

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Felicia July 29, 2024 - 11:18 pm

This piece has such a bittersweet tone.

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Noor Anand Chawla September 13, 2024 - 12:28 pm

Nicely done in a very minimal manner!

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