Oh, Anne! This is wonderful! What an interesting take on this challenge! I felt so bad for all of the little characters as they waited and worried about their fate!

I love the twist about them having an existential crisis in the trash, and wondering what happens next!

And the sweet metaphor about usefulness and aging ... this is a lovely story, Anne.

And I cracked up about your comment at the very end, "If I just heard the voice, that felt more delusional and worrisome!"

Buckle up and get ready for more, uh, "creative writing" because Witchy will have other fun questions for our writers ...!

Thank you for entering this little contest - especially when it didn't seem like something you would do at first. Great job, Anne!