“I don’t believe in them, they’re not real.” Betty continued exploring the bright yellow flowers.
“Well, I’ve seen them, I’m certain,” Agatha responded. “You have to know where to look. And when.”
“Sounds like a silly bedtime story to me. We ought to have grown out of that by now.”
“My mother says we should be scientific about it,” Agatha countered. “We don’t see them because they experience time differently to us. I can’t remember whether she said it was faster or slower. Quite an interesting explanation, though.”
Betty fluttered her tiny wings, alighted the petals. “Believe in humans? Nah!”
Author bio: Allen Ashley is a committee member for the British Fantasy Society. He works as a creative writing tutor with five groups currently running, including the advanced science fiction / fantasy group Clockhouse London Writers. He appeared in “101 Fiction: Heroes and Monsters” with “Entwining”. www.allenashley.com
Existentialism is part of 101 Fiction issue 19.
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