Season 2, Episode 3: We Need to Increase the Budget for the School Water Feature
A tiny speculative fiction story for October 3rd, 2025.
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Show Notes
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 3, season 2, for Friday the third of October 2025, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is:
We Need To Increase The Budget For The School Water Feature
by Elizabeth Guilt
The three-field system was a way farmers grew food long ago.
Amelia, we don't do that here.
They used three fields: one for...
Amelia! Don't wave that about!
One for spring crops, one for autumn crops...
Amelia, I've warned you already.
One for spring crops, one for autumn crops and one to rest.
Amelia! Turn George back, immediately.
This helped the soil...
No, the bell is a signal for me, not for you.
This helped the soil stay healthy....
Class. Class! Amelia, come right back here. Class?
Ohh.
I'm sorry, George. Let's get you down to the pond for now.
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I think I should acknowledge a debt to Joyce Grenfell here. I wasn't consciously thinking of her famous sketch when I wrote this, but I think one of the names gives it away.
If you've never heard "George, Don't Do That" I recommend looking it up.
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Take care, everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow for episode 4.
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