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The Tragically Affordable Caribou
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AI-generated painting and story
The story
The caribou had been on clearance for three weeks. No one wanted it—not for its majesty, not for its silence, not even for the way it blinked slowly when the TV flickered. It had been priced down from $299.99 after the holiday season, then again after the return window closed. The owner, a retired actuary, bought it on impulse during a liquidation sale, thinking it would make a conversation piece. It didn’t. It just stood there, absorbing the hum of the refrigerator and the occasional sigh of the radiator. One Tuesday, the caribou lowered its head and nudged the price tag with its nose. The tag swung. The number didn’t change. It never would.
The brief
A lone caribou stands motionless in a dimly lit suburban living room, its antlers slightly chipped, one hoof resting on a faded rug, a single price tag dangling from its ear reading $19.99, under the soft glow of a floor lamp casting long shadows across beige walls.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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