The Pigeon of War

Write a story about a carrier pigeon carrying the wrong message behind enemy lines during WWII.

In the chaos of war, human error can result to hilarious consequences. Using the backdrop of World War II, this prompt invites you to explore the potential hilarity ensuing a carrier pigeon ending up with the wrong message, and delivering it to the wrong people. What kind of absurd situations would this result in? How would the soldiers on both sides respond? The theme of miscommunication and mistaken identities could be played up for laughs in this prompt.

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