Backstage at the Unicorn Rodeo

Alan P. Scott - Fictions - 100-word stories

the right qualifications


Come in, son. Take a seat. That one's fine.

Your scores are very impressive. Not everyone has what it takes to be a Unicorn Rodeo clown. Acrobatics, good. Tumbling and dodging, fine. Excellent pratfalls. You did seem a little too nervous, though. You DO know they can't touch you? Unless...

Oh.

You realize our insurance won't let us let you go out there... like that? No, I'm sorry, I can't just take your word for it now.

Do you want the job? All right, then. The 'corns don't care how it's done.

Bend over, boy. It's for your own good.


Huh?

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