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Weekly Creativity #160 | Flash Contest #33: Choose One Proverb From a List of Five and Write a Story in Which the Opposite Is True

Choose one of these proverbs, and write a story in which the opposite is true:

“A stitch in time saves nine”

“The early bird catches the worm”

“A problem shared is a problem halved”

“A leopard cannot change its spots”

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder”

If you want a full-week’s challenge, do a different one each day!


To submit to this month’s Flash Contest, click here