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High jinks ensue when two caterpillar fairies who are close to death attend a grand fairy ball as a last hurrah.

Genre: Fable, Fairy Tale, Fantasy

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Excerpt:
\u201cAlas! We are doomed to die as caterpillars, never having become butterflies.\u201d Lickspittle shook hishead. He gazed up and shook several fists at the sky.

Sobersides sighed gravely. \u201cPerhaps tomorrow morning.\u201d

The two caterpillar fairies had woken that morning, and that meant that they were still caterpillars. And that would have been fine, save that they had both reached the age where most caterpillars had already formed cocoons and transformed into butterfly fairies.

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What\u2019s the Word (that inspired the story)?
There are two: Lickspittle & Sobersides
Lickspittle: a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
Sobersides: a humorless or habitually serious person.
(source: dictionary.com)

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The replay is available here: NILA'S WRITING WORKSHOP

(And there\u2019s information for how you can learn even more from me.)

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CREDITS
Story: \u201cLickspittle and Sobersides\u201d Copyright \xa9 2019 by Nila L. Patel
Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production:\xa0 Nila L. Patel

Music:
\u201cTrip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background\u201d by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by TRG BANKS
\u201cInsideoutworld\u201d
\u201cThe silver bus\u201d
\u201cGreat Aunt Henrietta\u201d

Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)*
\u201cWake up\u201d
\u201cLa voie divine\u201d

Music by JONATHAN SHAW*
\u201cChecking Inventory\u201d
\u201cIn Tranquil Spring\u201d
\u201cSpinning Tavern\u201d
\u201cSinning Tavern\u201d
\u201cThoughts\u201d
\u201cA Tale of Peace\u201d
\u201cLingering Evil\u201d
\u201cEncounter of Misdeeds\u201d
\u201cMidnight Creeping\u201d

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*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

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Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Jonathan Shaw licensed from GameDev Market
Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

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Find more music by Digital_Emotions at\xa0audiojungle.net
Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Jonathan Shaw at gamedevmarket.net
Find more music by Jonathan Shaw at jshaw.co.uk
Find more music by TRG Banks at bandcamp.com
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Two caterpillars, their raised top sections and heads facing forward next to each other at center. The rest of their bodies extend and curve down and out to either side of the frame. The caterpillar at left wears a vest and is smiling. The caterpillar at right wears a scarf that blows out to the right, has many arms crossed and is frowning. Discs of glowing spirals float above and lie below them.