A Plush Rodent Named Eric (Flash Fiction)

By Dan Leicht

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She bent down to pick up the blocks, not noticing they spelled out the word “humor”. Her son, age six, was asleep on the couch clutching a small plush rodent he’d named Eric. After stacking the blocks in the corner of the room, spelling in the process a brand new word not yet listed by Webster, she walked over to her favorite chair and plopped down. Beside her was a…