Not So Flimsy: INKtober 2026
Everyone said Jasper's house wouldn't last a night.
He built it on the windiest hill in town, out of things no one wanted, torn paper for a roof, broken sticks for stilts, tape and rusty pins to hold it all together.
When the first storm came, the whole village came out to watch it fall.
The wind howled. The paper roof flapped. The flag tore. The stilts groaned.
It swayed left and right. But it didn't fall.
Jasper was inside, sitting perfectly still, holding a single pin in place with his finger.
"You're not flimsy," he whispered to the house. "You're just light enough to dance."
The next morning, the villagers woke up and the sturdiest barn in town had collapsed.
On the hill, Jasper's flimsy little house was still standing -swaying slightly, like it was humming.
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Flimsy But Standing
Jasper's house was built to sway!
Oh.. Yes!!!!!
Upvoted! Thank you for supporting witness @jswit.
In principle, a reliable shelter from wolves—but not from bats :)
lmao yeah that's actually a perfect description 😂
The benefit if a house like this is that the wind plays with it and the house dances along unlike those strong buildings always fighting the wind.
Interesting those villagers came out during a storm to watch Jasper loose his home..
Real talk, the ones that bend don't break. And yeah, people will always show up to watch, rarely to help.
How yrith. Good karma exists and so do plagues ... A domino effect of the strongest buildings collapsing can be watch from the hill
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