The last post of the week is in response to Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge by Charli Mills and the prompt this week is ‘Waiting’. This week in her post Charli Mills talks about the challenges they face with completing on their house with VA loans dependent on certain work being carried out and an inspection to check compliance. Added into the mix is a starling intent on building a nest in the most inconvenient place.
Waiting for the Bus by Sally Cronin
The young girl waited anxiously for the bus. She huddled into the long queue of people standing impatiently in the rain, hiding her bulging rucksack between her feet. She was cold and wet but determined to get away from this place. The planning had been carried out meticulously, and she was happy that she had everything needed for a new life. Her stomach began rumbling. It was Friday and her mum made fish and chips for tea. People muttered as the five year old pushed through them, dragging her rucksack and heading down the street. She smiled in anticipation.
©Sally Cronin 2019
If you would like to participate in this week’s Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction here is the link: https://carrotranch.com/2019/06/21/june-20-flash-fiction-challenge/
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Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have enjoyed my story….thanks Sally.
I think the five-year-old made the right decision, Sally. Fish and chips on a Friday night is too good to miss.
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I know, one has to have priorities….lol.. xx
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Exactly! 🙂
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Ha! A determined youngster! Sally, this story reminds me of two women I once interviewed, sisters, who decided their mom wasn’t really their mom, so they took the baby (their brother) and left. Funny what goes through the minds of children, and one hopes they are safe on such sojourns to tell the tale later in life.
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I remember a number of my friends when I was a child going on the run and certainly David and I did.. We never got far but it was a different world then. Today with technology and online manipulation, traffic density etc I would be very much more worried x
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What a sweet story, Sally. I’m glad she had a hankering for her mom’s fish and chips. 💕🤗💕
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Thank you Michelle..I think whenever I contemplated running away I never got far as it was usually nearly tea time…♥♥
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A sweet story, although times have changed so much that I can see why Robbie felt it was scary. Where has the innocence gone? Fabulous, as usual.
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Thanks Olga.. they are online so early that you have to watch them 24/7.. thankfully Fish and Chips won the day. xxx
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Who would want to miss fish and chips? Good one, Sally.
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Thank you John..hugsx
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I thought this was pretty scary, Sally. Imagine a five year old doing this, my heart just about stops with anxiety.
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Both David and I did runaway attempts at about that age until about 8.. Never got far, not enough cash. But the lure of a good tea usually brought us home… xx
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