It's time for the weekly challenge at Shailaja's blog once
again. Shailaja of The Moving
Quill and The diary of a
doting mom fame, hosts an interesting weekly feature, 'From
15-50' flash fiction challenge', on her blog every month. Do visit her blog
to read all about it and participate.
I had fun participating at the challenge last month and was also immensely pleased to know that my ambitious attempt to write fiction in 15 words was adjudged one of top 5 posts. I'm a little late in acknowledging the honour here, but, as they say, it's better late than never. :-)
Here's my response to this month's challenge. I've chosen to use 50 words this time, using all the prompts :-)
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Finding new haven
The girls lined up, identically dressed. Their peasant parents
had just a single cloth to cover them with. They had hoped for a boy to
alleviate their misery, but had three girls in a row.
“Blessing or curse is after all a matter of perspective”, said
the Adoption center tagline.
Word count:50
Word count:50
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Word prompt: Perspective
Phrase Prompt: ‘Three in a row’
Picture Prompt:
Nice take on the prompt..I especially like the last line about blessing being a matter of perspective
ReplyDeleteThanks, Naba!
DeleteRightly told Uma - “Blessing or curse is after all a matter of perspective”. Good one.. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Vinitha! :-)
DeleteThree girls in a row- is true for many parents. Truly depends on perspective.
ReplyDeleteCongrats for being adjudged amongst the Top-5 for last month :)
Anita- Perspective
Thanks, Anita :-)
DeleteInteresting take on the perspective. The parents got three blessings in a row, that's what I think :) A good one, Uma.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to think that way too, but apparently the parents didn't think that way, Beloo :-(
Deleteand, thanks a lot :-)
Nice take on the prompt, Uma :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anu! :-)
DeleteVery well jotted Uma. So true. A matter of perspective. Great Take. Keep Writing. Cheers and congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Shanx! :-)
DeleteAh, that is a lovely thought! Love the way you incorporated two prompts, Uma :) Adoption is such a noble and wonderful cause and the need of the hour today.
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking this up!
Thank you, Shailaja, for the prompts and I'm glad you liked the take :-)
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