Microfiction Monday #40 & #41

Another Monday, another Microfiction duo.

Here's the fortieth photo:


Here's my response:

The lobster squeaked.

The flower glowered.

This was not the beginning of a beautiful friendship...

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Here's the forty-first picture:


Here's my response:

The astronomers knew nothing of the starbabies, because they only looked up at the sky after their bedtime.