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Sawdust
In 1870, no town in the Wild West was as dangerous or dusty as Sawdust, Nevada. Public drunkenness, gunfights in the main street, and rotting buildings - that was Sawdust.
For every drunken gunfighter there were several termites. Moe, Curly, and Mel were three of them. Al was the termite boss.
Termites build multi-tiered mounds.
“Moe, you're working on the back tier… Curly, you're in the middle…”
Al twisted his antennae.
“Mel, you're on the front tier.”
“Please, not the Frontier.”
“I said the front tier… But wait a minute…”
He knew Mel. Maybe he should send Mel into downtown Sawdust…
From Guest Contributor David Sydney
For the prompt Frontier
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