Thanks to https://rochellewisoff.com/ for hosting Friday Fictioneers - if you follow the Blue Frog link from her blog you can read other stories.
I am also gardening, of course, and once I put that hat on I can be engrossed for hours!
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THUNDER OF WAR
After
months of hiding in the cellar, trembling at each explosion and venturing out only
when driven by hunger, Shira crept away through the ruins.
Carrying
her daughter through the broken timbers and glass shards, she dodged from shadow to shadow
until they were in the fields.
They dropped flat every time a bomb fell, but when they reached the
hills the sounds of war were mercifully distant.
Sheltered
beneath a tree, they slept until woken by a crash directly overhead.
The
child screamed, but Shira said soothingly, “Hush, it is only thunder. See,
here comes the rain.”
Lucky you getting the weather for gardening, still to arrive here. Good re-run, Liz.
ReplyDeleteI've been gardening between showers, Iain - where do you live?
DeleteI could see thunder being a problem for the rest of the kid's life.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right.
DeleteElegantly constructed. They built them to last in those days
ReplyDeleteThank you, Neil.
DeleteBeautifully written. It's a tale many can relate to I'm sure.
ReplyDelete'Retribution', my short story.
Thanks Keith - the number of people whose lives will never be the same because of this idiocy called War.
DeleteNicely done. there's a sense of relief towards the end.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandra.
DeleteI love the sweet ending.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dawn.
DeleteI was holding my breath reading this! Thank goodness they got away to safety.
ReplyDeleteWonderful write, Liz.
...AND BREATHE!! Thank you, Dale.
DeleteA good story with great description, Liz. It fits today's news also. Well written,Liz. All the best with your present work in progress. ---- Suzanne
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suzanne.
DeleteDear Liz,
ReplyDeleteWell constructed story. I could almost hear the thunder.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle - we actually had thunder while I was on line!
DeleteA wonderful story, for sure.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda.
DeleteYou built the tension well and the ending was a relief. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brenda.
DeleteLovely way to end the story with hope for a better future.
ReplyDeleteThanks Subroto
DeleteThanks Subroto
DeleteWhat a relief... I also saw war in the image.
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised - there's been far too much of it lately.
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