Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers ~ Writing challenge.
Hosted by Priceless Joy.
The goal is to write a story between 100-150 words (give or take 25 words) based on the provided photo.
This week’s photo prompt is provided by pixabay.com
THE MESSAGE
by John Yeo
“Come and buy my pretty balloons, you will have fun, if you buy one of my beautiful balloons.” The lady selling the balloons, smiled right at Mary.
” How much for a balloon?” Mary’s mother asked.
“£5 pounds each.”
“Please Mummy,” begged little Mary, “I need the little girl halfway up.”
“OK! Can I have the one she wants please.”
The balloon seller smiled.
“Fill your name and address in here and should your balloon escape and fly away high in the sky, there’s a phone number on here that the finder can ring and you could win lots of money if it lands very far away.”
When they got home Rags the family dog saw Mary’s new balloon and jumped upon her barking and wagging his tail. Mary bent to stroke him and let go of her new balloon that went flying high in the sky.
“Oh! Rags, you made me let go!”
Six months later a telephone call came to say that Mary’s balloon had reached Thailand, and she had won the prize of £500 pounds.
(175 Words)
Copyright (c) Written by John Yeo ~ All rights reserved.
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What a cute story John! I love the idea of the balloon ending up in Thailand and Mary winning 500 pounds (I think that symbol means pounds). Great story, once again! Thank you for participating in FFfAW challenge!
Thanks for providing such an unusual prompt PJ ~ I think it called for this sort of response.
Lovely story.
Thanks YS ~ Good to write one like this now and again. An antidote to violence ~ 🙂
Such a sweet story. Makes me want to lose a balloon. 🙂
Ha! Ha! ~ Thanks Nortina that could be a good way to make a profit if it landed in the right place. 🙂
Really nice story! Such a wonderful surprise for them. Rags deserves a huge steak! 🐕🍖
Can I have one please? The olfa one to be precise..
sorry olaf
A very lucky balloon.
Yes one in a million ~ I think Donna ~ 🙂
A very sweet story, John. 🙂 I always find it incredible to think that a balloon can float all the way to Thailand! They were very lucky to win the prize.
Thanks Louise for reading and commenting on this post. I guess the distance depends a lot on the way the wind blows and the air currents high in the sky.
Great job! This wonderful story addresses how mistakes might seem unfortunate in the present moment, but they might be just the thing to string us in a direction we hadn’t imagined possible.
Thanks for reading and commenting Izzy 🙂
Always ^_^
I like that! That’s a brilliant idea. Makes want to go buy a balloon and promptly lose it. Fun story!
Thanks for your great comment Eric ~ I’m glad you enjoyed this post. 🙂