FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017
WEEK #10
Posted
on March 1, 2017 by rogershipp
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Your Photo Prompt for Week #10 – 2017
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TWO YEARS TO WAIT
Charlie pressed his nose up against
the window of the pet shop, they were so cute.
He wouldn’t be allowed even one of them at home let alone the
family. How did they all live together
like that? Their own situation at home
was cramped enough, he was the eldest followed by, Harry and James and now his
mum was going to have another baby. Then
there was dad, who was always at work and of course there was granny.
Granny wasn’t really a
granny. For starters she didn’t look
like a granny, she didn’t have any grey hair and she went running in the
mornings, she drove a sports car that spewed up dust on the gravel path leading
to the house and wore make-up and nail varnish.
His mum was always shaking her head
but without granny’s money coming in they couldn’t pay the bills. At 12 years old Charlie knew what was going
on, he listened in at the top of the stairs to the adults chatting when he was
supposed to be in bed.
In another two years he would go
to work, perhaps as a paperboy, then maybe he could get his family of mice.
Word count: 200
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This is so sweet and superb. I liked the matter of fact style here.
ReplyDeleteNice work.
ReplyDeleteCute photo if you're looking at it as a potential pet owner. As a home owner, it's terrifying!