We Didn't Think That Far - (Zapfic Writing Contest - Week 96): Prompt: sentence

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ZAPFIC - tell me a tale in 240 characters or less Writing Contest - Week 96

Ben sat in the outer room.

No time to coordinate their stories, Ben settled on a plausible one as he saw Jim exit the Principal's office crying, while gripping a pink slip.

A loud gulp could be heard from Ben as the Principal yelled, "next".

It's ZAPFIC!
THE MICROFICTION CONTEST WHERE EVERYONE WINS!
Steem's longest running shortest story contest!

CONTEST RULES

What is #zapfic?	A short micro fiction story written in 240 characters or less.
Who created it?	@felt.buzz was the inventor of the hashtag and contest.
What type of contest is it?	It's a weekly contest with a big prize pool.
What are the rules?	1. Create a post using the #zapfic so @felt.buzz can find it;
	2. Post must contain 240 characters or less; (Use a word/character counter like this free one (https://wordcounter.net/) to check your character count!)
	3. Post must be a coherent story;
	4. It would be a great idea to link back to the contest post so others may find it should they wish to join;
What do you win?	The winnings may vary, so look for @felt.buzz's post;
	PLUS, every valid entry will get resteemed and upvoted by 50% by his main Steem account.
	PLUS, if you use the tags #creativecoin, #palnet, #neoxian and #marlians you will get a 50% upvote from @felt.buzz’s tribe curation accounts too!

It’s a contest where everyone wins! So, if you didn’t join in this week, how about participating next week!

Thanks,
@justclickindiva

Happy rest of the week everyone with whatever your endeavors.

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