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"Rye or pumpernickel? Or maybe
I just want some potato bread," he mumbled to himself, "you know what
I'll just buy whatever's on sale." He gazed through his relatively small
spectacles as he determined what bread had the best sale price.
"Are you finding everything
okay, um sir?" A nearby employee asked.
"Yes everything is fine,"
he responded but he didn't even bother to look at the retail worker. However,
he continued to feel the gaze of the employee, locked on his body. "You're
making me uncomfortable," he stated plainly.
"Sorry sir," the employee
apologized. "I'm just wondering how you got in the door. We don't exactly
have many accommodations for people for your si-I mean stature."
"I have my ways," he
looked down at the employee, "I'm sorry am I blocking the aisle?"
"No sir, y-you're fine,"
the retail worker assured him.
"I'll move along anyway,"
he stated, "I've already picked out my bread." After he deposited
several loaves of bread into his basket he hefted up his large body and walked
out of the aisle. Despite his girth and long lizard-like tail he didn't bump
into a single shelf or knock over any merchandise. Instead, his serpentine body
slithered through the aisle with grace and majesty. The life of a dragon was
difficult in a human's world, but he managed.
As the dragon deftly bobbed in
weaved between aisles, he left almost no evidence of his traversal. Not a
single product was displaced, yet many a gaze still lingered on him as though
he left a trail of destruction. He brushed off the many stares and proceeded on
his way to the deli.
"What can I get you," the
distracted deli attendant asked as the dragon approach.
"I would 5 pounds of your Swiss
Cheese," he answered.
"Five pounds? Are you sure?
Oh!" The employee at the deli finally looked up to see the dragon's form,
"right, five pounds." The employee picked up a block of a cheese from
behind the counter and weighed it. The dairy product came up to roughly five
and a quarter pounds. The employee shrugged, bagged the whole block as best he
could and slapped a printed out price tag on it.
"This is quite a bit more than
five pounds," the dragon felt the solid block of cheese in his claws.
"Are you sure you can give me this much extra?"
"It's fine," the deli
attendant waved him off. The dragon didn't argue with the free food and
deposited the cheese in his basket.
Finally, the dragon made his way
toward checkout. He arrived at one of the registers and place his basket, which
nearly overflowed with food, on the belt.
"Did you find everything you
need sir?" The cashier stuttered.
"Yes, everything was quite
excellent," the dragon chuckled as he arched his long neck over the
cashier.
"Your total is, whoa, $897.56,"
the cashier stated.
"Ah yes I have a credit
card," the dragon extended his tail out toward the cashier. Held within
the tail's coil was a shiny, new credit card. "Please excuse me but I
can't quite reach the machine." The cashier carefully accepted the card
and swiped it. He returned the card to the dragon's tail alongside the receipt.
"If you don't mind me
asking," the cashier asked, "how did you fit so much in that
basket?"
"Oh, that?" The dragon
chuckled, "old family secret."
"I see," the cashier
mumbled as he waved the dragon on his way. The dragon reciprocated the gesture
as he quickly slipped out of the building with his groceries.
"Did you see how he left?"
The employee from earlier ran up to the cashier.
"He just kind of slipped
out," the cashier tried to explain.
"What?" The employee
scratched his head.
"I didn't really know what I saw,"
the cashier admitted. "He zipped out the door so fast I couldn't process it." The two employees shared further confusion as the
dragon's form disappeared from view.
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And there's the last story for the year. It's been a fun ride, let's make next year great to!My plan is to expand out into significantly longer stories, hopefully starting in January, but it might be pushed back to February.
See you next Year! (Which just so happens to be next Tuesday!)
Until next time, Read, Comment and Enjoy.
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