River
of DriftingThrough Life has again provided our Words for Wednesday.You can
see what others have done in the comments on her site or here in my
comment section or on their own blogs (if they tell us). Hope
you will join in with your story or poem.
Good words River. Thanks!
Good words River. Thanks!
angry, tried, street, slashed, astounded, swore,
and/or:
involved, solitary, longest, change, library, needling
SNAPPED
by Granny Annie
The
young couple stood on the street corner. You could tell that
the man was very angry.
Pedestrians attempting to cross at the light tried to
give them a wide berth as they passed the pair. Someone had dialed
9-1-1 and thankfully the police arrived just as the man pulled a
knife. He slashed at
the woman and swore
at her. She was astounded
by his sudden militant action.
Thankfully
a solitary
individual had decided to get involved
and had called for help. The woman was able to change
direction
and ran toward the
library
steps. The angry man followed her and the police officers pursued
him. The police managed to corner the man and demanded he drop the
knife. It seemed like the longest
time before he complied with their order. The officers placed
handcuffs on the deranged man and as they led him away he was
mumbling, “She just kept on needling
me....”
Next
Month's WFW will be brought to us by Lee, from the Kitchen
Connection.
Don't forget to hop on over, she's bound to have some good words.
Every Wednesday in April.
Don't forget to hop on over, she's bound to have some good words.
Every Wednesday in April.
This a a rather realistic portrayal of what goes on these days. Great job and OMG I realize now that my miserable eyesight read needling as needing and I read that list twice to be sure I had it right...for Pete's sake.
ReplyDeleteThat's okay. I have misread the words twice. Yes this story was based on many a true story as seen on crime TV.
DeleteYou grabbed those words and ran with them, Annie. Again, a job well done. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Lee. Look forward to your words in April.
DeleteLate to the party, and so impressed. Thank you. Sadly, on the crisis line I listen to tooooooo many calls about episodes like that.
ReplyDeleteBless you for working the crisis line. I had an opportunity to volunteer there once but didn't think I could be helpful through my tears.
DeleteThere's a lesson here, well two actually.
ReplyDelete1: stop needling
2: check suit pockets for knives before he leaves the house.
This is really good. I'm glad someone called the police.
Thank you River. Glad my "needling" never caused such a response.
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