Genre: Fiction
Word Count: 100
The Silo
“There’s a fence. That means we are not welcome!”
“Oh, don’t be such a sissy, Ruth! For once, let your sense of adventure out of its cage!”
“No, Beth, it is trespassing. What if the owner comes after us with a gun!”
“You watch way too many movies, Sister-mine! C’mon, let’s go see what’s inside the silo.”
Ruth grudgingly climbed up and over the fence after her sister and made her way cautiously to the tall edifice.
“Stop, or I’ll shoot!” shouted a man, holding a rifle.
Ruth fell to her knees, crying, when from behind came her friends.
“SURPRISE!!!”
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Gotta leave you hanging! 😉
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What if I don’t want to be left hanging????
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🙂 Well, with only 100 words to tell the story… I almost went with something very dark. Bodies piled up one on another – especially after the book I just read! – which is probably why I did go with the leave hanging…
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Oh my, you definitely have to write a book now and finish the story…
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Ha ha… oye!
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Good ending.
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Thanks. I had considered going dark, then changed my mind!
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Dark would have been fine too.
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😊 I was in a positive mood…
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LOL Good One, Dale. Sometimes I’m the Adventurer and sometimes I’m the Reluctant Rulebreaker. How about you?
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I tend to follow rules but am not opposed to occasionally breaking them (albeit reluctantly) yet I definitely have a sense of Adventure! Soooo, kinda like you, Sammy!
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I expected nothing less 💥
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😀 Like minds and all that! Have a most wonderful week-end!
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Thank you Dale. You, too. I’m headed now to plant my little flowerbed before weekend rains hit.
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I actually have a four-day week-end (Monday being Victoria Day and Tuesday the boys have a Ped day) so I’m hoping the weather cooperates so we can work in the garden too!
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Thank goodness it’s just a friendly game! I was worried there for a second. I like your light take, too, Dale. Fun story.
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I, too was worried there! 😉 Glad you liked it!
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Oh poor Ruth, I was starting to think she’d prove that bossy sister of hers right… 🙂
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Aren’t you glad she didn’t? 😉
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Well yes!
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Oh….so once again, this can go in different directions. So is this a celebration or a tragedy? Inquiring minds want to know….:) well done.
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Ha ha! Indeed it can. I like to think it was more of a celebration…
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Reblogged this on Anita & Jaye Dawes.
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Thanks for the reblog!
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I love the two sides of the same nickel…. Are fences meant to keep things inside OR to not allow things from the outside inside? Enjoyed.
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Thank you, Roger! Glad that you did.
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“Let your sense of adventure out of its cage.” Great line. I like the punch you create with 100 words and the “surprise” at the end.
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I’m not sure – a man with a gun? Perhaps I don’t get this.
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Her sister was bringing her to the silo where they had a surprise party waiting for her…
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Love the dialogue, the quick pacing and timing of it! What a relief at the end! Good story!
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Thank you DoD! Glad you enjoyed it!!
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Delightful dialogue and what a surprise! Nice? sister…..
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Thanks!
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Not the type of surprise I’d like! Great build up and tension of the girls sneaking over the fence.
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Thank you!
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That’s quite the practical joke 🙂
I hope she recovers to enjoy her surprise!
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Indeed!
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Now that caught me by surprise. 🙂
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Good! That was my intention…. 😉
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Strange place for a party! 😉
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Which is why it is perfect for a surprise!
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Now that’s what I call a prank. Nice one.
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Thanks Subroto!
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Surprise, you just wet your pants! Ha! 🙂
Good one, Dale.
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Ha ha! Thanks, Russell! 😉
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Haha, for a moment there I was worried (having just learned how dangerous silos can be). What a way to have a surprise party. Fun story. 🙂
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I admit to having thought of going dark but I (correctly, it seems) assumed many would. Besides, the fingers typed what they wanted to! I’m starting to understand the whole “stories-write-themselves-thing!”
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Dear Dale,
I had similar thoughts to Russell. That’s a heck of a way to surprise someone. 😉 Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Hee hee!
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Not funny.
My son does sh*t like that to me all the time.
One day I’m going to get him good.
Randy
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You know what Randy? I LOATHE practical jokes. My husband did one to me. Never tried it again.
I have, however, been surprised for my birthday four times (that is OK, there is no feel of danger to those!)
I hope you find the perfect one!
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I hope that sis gets to pay for that little surprise… unless the parto was excellent of course.
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I like to think it was a most rousing success!
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Hope it was a pleasant surprise.
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It was indeed!
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