Instead of a poem, I am trying a short story
this week in the Words For Wednesday
UNFINISHED MARATHON by
Granny Annie
The competition was
fierce and Gabby barely had enough energy to scrape by.
The hot sun had her boiling.
She she had to stop for a fast drink and took
the water handed to her in a can. That
was unusual but cans were recyclable and plastic bottles were bad for
the environment. Still the metal scraped her lip and she began to
bleed.
Her
hair was damp and knotty. She
stumbled and wobbled along the way. Suddenly she fell to the ground
and was sure that a bone
was broken. “Oh no, oh no,” she moaned in desperation.
Her
Aunt was on the sidelines and came to her aid. Gabby
was rushed to the hospital where they took an X-ray and
confirmed the break.
As
much as Gabby wanted to rejoin the race her family and her doctor
insisted that she stay. She was miserable and the hospital
food was not very tasty. Oh if only she could get back in the
race and join her fellow marathoners.
Gabby
could only protest over and over, “The competition will end without
me, and I have practiced so long to do this. “ She thought of
others she had seen fall by the wayside and knew that they joined her
thoughts of “Our precious hours are trickling away...”
Everyone
knew there would be next year and Gabby would put herself back
together and happily go for the win through all the misery again.
Words
provided by Elephant's Child: Stop, Can, Boiling, Knotty, Scrape,
Competition, Tasty, X-ray, Bone, Aunt, Gabby, Stay. The phrase
“Our precious hours are trickling away...”
What a great job you did! Well done.
ReplyDeleteWell put together, Annie. I love it. :)
ReplyDeletelike your story!
ReplyDeleterandom sentence version:
Stop in the name of love. I know you wanna if you Can-can. It it Boiling out there today! X-ray the T-bone. Knotty pine got sap on my hand... Can't even scrape it off. (See t-bone above) Aunt Gabby, stay awhile n keep on talking. My precious hours of one hour here is half over now! Tic, tic, ticking away on the keyboard.
Phew
I love it. Gabby is a much braver and more energetic person than I am. I really like Snaggle Tooth's random sentences too.
ReplyDeleteYour fertile mind worked wonders once more. Doesn't matter what form you take. Well done.
ReplyDeleteAfter a while I might try using Wednesday word and try a bit of fiction.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
Love Snaggle Tooth's contribution!
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