Sundry Microtales

1. "Sorry. But you're dad's favorite," she sobbed and disposed the poisoned cake.

2. Hunger drove the nation's politics. Their ire burned in poverty's plight.

3. Ate stale food after starving for five days. It tasted like honey.

4. "Butterscotch?"

The boy smiled. The ice cream cup erased his tears.

5. Husband taunted wife's culinary skills everyday; ate away the love between them.

6. Sometimes just looking at a cupcake reminded him of her.

7. It was raining chocolates. The clouds were of vanilla.

8. Hermione was scared. She kept some garlics before stepping into Diagon Alley.

9. "Water, water," the dying man pleaded. There wasn't any.

10. The troops must win the war if they wanted to eat.

11. Hyenas always snatch food. It takes a lion to shoo them away.

12. The invitation was only a formality, for the host ate everything himself.

13. The rich threw away food. Homeless boy scavenged it from the bins.

14. The toddler won’t eat spinach. The mother told her Popoye’s stories.

15. It was only a corn cob. But actually it was a date.

16. Mother waited for her son with sweets on plate. His body arrived.

17. With nose buried inside the microscope, she promptly forgot to have dinner.

18. Tree laden with apples was a party for the squirrels dwelling underneath.