A choice (Friday Fictioneers)
PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll
No one knew how it got there.
One evening it was not there, the following morning it was. Mother called it an eyesore. Father attempted to remove it with a hammer. The cuckoo clock withstood every blow.
I didn’t tell them what I saw that night.
Little bodies with pointy hats and wooden shoes, carrying tiny pieces of wood. Or that I’d heard high-pitch voices and smelt honey and fresh cut grass. Or that one spied me hiding on the stairs.
“Shhhhh,” it said. “When the clock chimes, the door will open.”
“What happens then?”
It winked. “Up to you.”
This is a Friday Fictioneers Prompt
Word Count: 100
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A portal – go girl.
Yeah i love a good portal mystery 😊
Brilliant opening and closing lines (and pretty good in between too!). Loved reading this. 🙂
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Thank you Susan!! 😊
Love this little flight of fancy Laurie 🙂
Thank you Iain. I’m in a whimsy kind of mood 😊
I was thinking pixies until I read Sarah’s comment, which threw a whole new sinister slant on it…No, I’ll go with pixies I think!
You’ve written a fluent and entertaining story, Laurie. I loved the closing line!
Thank you so much Penny. Go with pixies (i was think elves actually)
Loved the scent of honey and grass, and the decision about what comes out the door
Hmmm oh yes indeed. Always a choice, but which choice to make?
Nice fairy story, especially having child share a secret with the elves. I hope he or she does not come to any harm!
Thank you. I’m sure she won’t… well…
I can hear the clock chiming and want to be there to see what happens, or what I can make happen when the door opens.
Thanks Alicia!! Bong bong bong…
This is simply delightful!
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Thank you Keith! 😊
Dear Laurie,
Imaginative and clever story. I want to know what happens next. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle. Well time’s nearly up so…
I want to go on that adventure, too! Loved it. 🙂
would love to know what happens next. You got me hooked
Thank you!! 😊 time’s nearly up…
Elves and Pixies exist around every gothic cuckoo clock, Realy great take on the prompt
Thank you. It was what I immediately thought of 😊
Greatly imaginative.
Thank you Lisarey! 😊
I love the response from the winking sprite. Honey and fresh grass delicious too.
Thank you… oh yes they know many things those creatures
Great description and a wonderful inquisitive voice your MC has. A great hook too – leaving us wondering what happens when the door opens…
Thank you Sarah Ann, I really had fun with this one!
Great story! I like it! I thought about writing about little people, but that’s not the story that came off of my keyboard.
Thanks Symanntha I had fun with the elves 😉
Portal keep showing up in the most unexpected places. I must be more observant. 😊
Cute and very inventive, nice one Laurie
Thanks you Michael! 😊