FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL
PRACTITIONER- 2017 WEEK #25
Posted on June 14, 2017 by rogershipp
FLASH
FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2017
WEEK
#25
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THE BIG
HOUSE
The library in the big house was an unknown quantity. There were rumours in the village that it was
stacked from floor to ceiling with books and papers. Hetty had never read a book in her life. She wasn't lucky enough to go to school. Her mother kept popping out babies and Hetty,
being the eldest, was a surrogate mother to all the children while her mother
struggled through yet another pregnancy.
Her father worked at the big house.
He told her that it was another world.
Another life that wasn't for the likes of her. All she could hope for was to enter into
service when she was 12.
Three years from now and Hetty would be out of this
hovel. Out of washing nappies, wiping
runny noses. She would be able to see
all these books, maybe she would be allowed to touch them while she dusted
them. Maybe she could learn to read,
somehow, someday she would read. That
was her dream. A dream that she didn’t
dare voice. A dream she would never
share with anyone. A dream that kept
her going. A dream to see her through
the drudgery of her days.
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Well done. I feel her yearning and hope she gets that for which she is wishing.
ReplyDeleteI do feel sympathy for Hetty. Nicely written!
ReplyDeleteHow sad to have dreams that seem bigger than possibility. But I suppose that the dream is what keeps someone like Hetty going.
ReplyDeleteBooks do seem to inspire dreams.
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