On the side of the road, the car was parked.
On the side of the road where mother warned never to linger, there parked the car.
A monstrosity of rainbow proportions, a rarity in itself.
Mother would no doubt guffaw at it and in the most stringent voice she would say, “the owner definitely could not afford to buy a new car, thus, they tried to reinvent a rickety one. How many brand new cars would you find painted in such a distasteful way? The owner is certainly a sad person searching for happiness, but without wealth happiness is just management. You need the means …” and on she would go weaving various life lessons into her never ending diatribe.
The mother said not to linger and so I did not.
Time to take home her birthday gift. She certainly needed some color in her life and laying bush-beds with the reverend every Friday night didn’t seem to hit the spot.
Mother said not to linger, the bushes have ample accommodation.
In response to the writing challenge flash fiction for aspiring writers hosted by Priceless Joy click on the link to visit the blog. The photograph is from S. writing (interesting photo can’t wait to see all the stories it inspires) and the challenge is to write a 100 – 150 words (+/- 25 words) story inspired by it. Do click on the link for other stories.
Excellent take on this image, so well done…a gift to treasure I am sure…
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🙂 not sure mum will feel the same.
Thanks Michael.
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Mother certainly does need some colour in her life, maybe then she’d stop disapproving of everyone else and be happy 🙂
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Indeed she does!
Not sure the car will have the desired effect.
Thanks Draliman.
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Uh-uh! Not sure if she’d like that, too. Lovely take on the prompt. I love that it sounded poetic. ❤
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Thank you very much Maria.
I dont think so too.
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Haha. But who knows, she may have a change of heart. 😀
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Hmmmm …
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Hahaha! I think it is the perfect gift for this mother! Haha! Hopefully she will think it is a treasure and not trash. LOL! Cute story!
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Thanks Joy.
Mother will not be very happy with tthis gift.
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I would love to see mothers reaction.
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It’s not going to be a very pleasant one in my opinion.
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Ha, ha, I’d like to be a fly on the wall when Mother sees her pressie :D. Nicely done!
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I would like to be one too oh.
Thanks Sonya.
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She’s not likely to forget that gift. Nice take on the prompt!
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Thanks Graham!
She definitely won’t be forgetting it anytime soon.
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I’d love to know what she is going to say when she sees her wonderful gift 🙂 Good take on the prompt!
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Thanks Angie.
I doubt it will be anything nice.
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Haha, I hope mother enjoys her gift. I think some colour is what the doctor ordered!
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Might be but mum doesn’t like taking anyone’s advice.
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Yeah, Mom’s are kind of like that. There advice is the best, even when it’s not lol
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True!
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So the saying beauty is in the eye of beholder was never so true! Very nice take on the photo prompt. I think my mom would call it a monstrosity too!
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🙂
Indeed it lies in the beholders eye.
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I’m not sure her mother will appreciate the gift but her reaction to it would definitely be worth watching! Good story, Chioma. 🙂
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Indeed it will be very entertaining.
Thanks Louise.
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I think mother would do well to have a bit more positivity and color in her life. Maybe that car is exactly what she needs :p
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Hehehe
Not sure she will agree with you.
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