After all these years, he finally understood how a groundhog could have such powerful, long-range weather forecasting skills. Millions of dollars worth of research into the brain of the groundhog and its relation to solar system properties had uncovered some startling results.
On February 2nd each year, specific (and previously thought to be unrelated) solar events and planetary alignments seemed to have an effect of the neurological systems of groundhogs, igniting an ancient instinct that alerts them to upcoming weather systems.
What he still couldn’t figure out, though, was how man had been relying on the groundhog for many years to forecast the weather, yet it had pushed even the most modern of his equipment to the limits to discover this amazing property in the humble animal.
He bent over the nearest cage, staring in at his favorite groundhog, Charlie, and wondered aloud, “How did they know what you could do, huh fella?”
“We told them, of course,” said Charlie.
As the scientist fell to the floor in a dead faint, Charlie continued, “And that’s why we’ve kept our mouths shut ever since!”
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Hope you enjoyed this little ‘Groundhog Day’ themed post, inspired by this prompt over at Today’s Author!
As always, comments and critique welcome!
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