THE RAVEN & THE SNOWMAN (a short story)

The snowman grinned while the raven perched atop its head and pecked at its rum-filled cherry eyes. Not satisfied with the cherries, the drunken raven launched into the snowman’s carrot nose with its beak.

As the sun sank and the snowman melted, the raven continued its torment until there was nothing left but a puddle of water in the grass.

A cold wind howled. Oblivious to the drop in temperature, the black bird devoured every last morsel of carrot. Only then did it realize too late that its claws had become frozen stiff in the iced-over water.

The raven cawed loudly into the encroaching night. It hopelessly beat its wings and pecked at the ice to no avail. Soon the sky started to snow in torrents.

The snowman grinned its eternal grin while the raven was buried alive.

Sharif Khan is the author of personal development book, Psychology of the Hero Soul, and fantasy adventure novel, Brave Fortune. Sharif is a former bookseller and graduate of the Humber School for Writers. Brave Fortune is his first novel. He lives in Toronto where he is working on forthcoming novels. Follow Sharif on Twitter and Goodreads and "Like" his Facebook Author Page.