STORY STARTER
Submitted by tinyelephant44
Write a short story about a fantasy creature going to the doctor for their yearly check-up. What would they measure? What constitutes as 'normal'?
Bigfoot’s Check-Up
A Bigfoot goes to the doctor
For his annual check-up
To make sure he’s okay
To make sure he’s in good health
The doctor measures the amount of fur Bigfoot has
Bigfoot had a lot
Which is very healthy for Bigfoots like him
The doctor got inside Bigfoot’s fur
To see how deep his fur was
It was profound
It took the doctor a whole hour to get out of the fur
Which is again healthy for a Bigfoot
He tested Bigfoot’s strength
By seeing how many curls it could do using the doctor
Who weighed 147 pounds
The Bigfoot picked up the doctor and started going
Bigfoot did 5 million reps using the doctor
With both arms
Leaving the doctor, he was pretty tired from being his dumbbell
But happy since that’s a very healthy strength for a Bigfoot
He tested Bigfoot’s weight
Seeing if he’s too big or not big enough
Bigfoot got on the scale
He fell to the floor under him with the weight
Then the next floor to the room under
Then the next one
And the next one
Which is a very good indication of a healthy Bigfoot’s weight
He tested how deep and intimidating Bigfoot’s voice was
He got out a microphone for Bigfoot
He wanted Bigfoot to roar as loudly as possible
The Bigfoot took a deep breath, in and out
Licked his lips
And coughed to clear his throat
Before he roared so loudly, so horrifically
He made everyone in the whole hospital scream
And promptly run out of the building
As quickly as humanly possible
The doctor was happy
As he shivered
Cried many tears
And had his ears bleeding
Since that is exactly how Bigfoot is supposed to sound
The doctor told Bigfoot, to his face
“You’re a very healthy Bigfoot!
There’s nothing wrong with you whatsoever!”
The Bigfoot smiled at his doctor
Gave him a big hug
Making the doctor both happy and struggle to breathe
The Bigfoot let go of the doctor
The doctor fell to the floor
Trying to calm down and not have another panic attack
The doctor shoved his right hand into the right pocket of his white coat
Getting out a container of prescribed SSRI drugs
Opening up the container and getting a few pills in his mouth
The doctor rolled and rolled around, stricken with anxiety
Wheezing, moving wildly and uncontrollably
Waiting for the meds to kick in
Once the drugs do, he stops moving
Stops moving completely
Frozen in a panicked state
Bigfoot looks confused
The Bigfoot starts to whistle and walks out to the door
Until the doctor says
“Don’t forget to pay me
Before you go”
The Bigfoot sighs and gets out his cash, hidden in his fur
“Thank you, you great Bigfoot, you”
The doctor said as he was no longer frozen
But he was still on the floor
The Bigfoot sticker out his hand, wanting to help
But the doctor quickly replied
“Don’t touch me, right now, Dinosaur sex addict Abraham Lincoln
I need to rest for tomorrow when I save the world from evil, Communist unicorns
Gay, pregnant teddy bears
Hypocritical Twitter transphobes
And the teacher from That’s My Boy starring Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg!”
Bigfoot looks at the doctor on the floor
Looks at how spaced out the doctor is
Bigfoot slowly opens the door
And goes away, wishing the doctor a good day through light grunts with a smile