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The Fool's Mate
The Fool’s Mate Can you keep a secret? I’m not meant to be here. Officially I’m on holiday but I’m actually living here. What is the first thing you do on holiday? Relax at a hotel? Find something to eat?I had a panic attack. I broke so many rules when I refused to go back home, but life there was getting complicated. This was a new start: chapter one, page one. I just need to be careful. I have to be very cautious when I speak; one wrong word at the wrong time to the wrong person and I could do some serious damage.I stare at the Sun and think about my new life. It started against outside Mar...
My 12th Birthday Anniversary
Write about a character discovering something new about their past that changes how they remember an important moment.My 12th Birthday AnniversaryI was on a Saturday, some thirty plus years ago. I was turning twelve and the excitement was fever-pitch. And your birthday takes an extra dimension when it falls on a weekend when no one has some work-related excuses not to spoil you. As I opened my eyes that morning, I knew it was going to be a blast. I was the star of the day. I also knew my parents were going to surprise me – they had done so on most of my anniversaries in the past. Once, howeve...
THE BIRDS AND THE BREADCRUMBS
“Don’t throw out the old bread. Please, save it for me,” Rachel requested. “At the picnic in the park last Saturday, we watched the birds vacuum up the leftover crumbs. It was so neat, Mom! Thebirds were just like you when you vacuum the dirty carpet.” “That’s an interesting comparison,” Mom replied. Rachel was left-handed. The pediatrician explained that she might have a propensity for seeing things in artistic and creative ways. Left-handed people were often different in ways like that. Rachel was often seen sitting on the front porch of the house, methodically tossing small pieces of old b...
In the Shadow of the Hills
The writer Daniel Defoe had written about the hills. There was apparently gold in them. It turned out to be fool’s gold. William Langland the fourteenth century poet had dozed off on them and dreamt an allegory. The Malvern Hills have been there for so many years, you tend to forget that they are there. On both sides of the hills there are apple trees in abundance. There might be arguments about who produces the best apples, Worcestershire or Herefordshire, however for views from the Beacon, you can’t beat the orchards of the latterwww.onedoor.cc, and it is among those where we find the village of Cradley n...