WHEN I’M BIGGER
Why does crying make your eyes all
blurry?
I’m hungry, but when I asked Mummy
for a biscuit she said I’d made her brush slip and she smacked me.
I don’t like
it when she paints her models because it makes her busy and cross. She calls me
a little pest and tells me to ask Daddy, but I don’t want to.
When I’m bigger I’m going to bite him
– perhaps that will stop him hurting me.
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This week's photo prompt was taken by Jeff Arnold and it made me screw up my eyes trying to get it in focus, hence my story, which happened so fast that it only reached 80 words. I hope you agree that I was right to stop there? Please leave a comment and follow the link from Rochelle's blog https://rochellewisoff.com/ to read other stories.
It doesn't seem possible that it's November already, but my son and grandson's Trick-or-Treat call last night made it clear. I shall have to get a move on with my decorating if our new old cottage is to look its best by Christmas!
Helter-Skelter - how about buying yourself an early Christmas present? My latest novel is on Amazon in paperback or Kindle, (click on the cover at the top of my blog to find it) and would make a great fireside read. Or a beach book, if you're in another temperate zone!
Sounds like a miserable childhood caught between two uncaring and inforgiveable parents.
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like a survivor, though.
DeleteSuch cruelty.
ReplyDeleteSadly there's far too much of it around.
DeletePoor ill-treated child. Nowhere to turn for a little kindness or attention.
ReplyDeleteI encountered some such children when I was working for a Housing Association.
DeleteGood one, Liz - dark, but a good one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Robert.
DeleteSad but powerfully written story, Lizy. I think it was long enough to get the message across loud and clear.
ReplyDeleteSusan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
Thank you Susan - there seemed to be nothing I could add, so I didn't.
DeleteAww, that's a sad little piece...
ReplyDeleteYes. Thanks for reading it, Helen.
Deleteeven a puppy doesn't deserve such cruelty. most definitely, these folks deserve what's coming to them.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope they get it.
ReplyDeletePoor little kid. I hope she gets through it all okay.
ReplyDeleteShe will, eventually. I know - it's my story!
DeleteShe does not seem to like both her mother and father. Father appears more sinister. He hurts her. Is he a molester?
ReplyDeleteThat's how I see him, Abhijit.
DeleteHeartbreaking voice in this thoughtfully told story, Jilly, Sugar on the Bee.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jilly.
DeleteShe's clearly not giving in to all that cruelty. Her time will come.
ReplyDeleteClick to read my FriFic tale!
She'll fight back the moment she can.
DeleteSounds like they have driven the poor child to contemplate revenge. Lets hope it doesn't come to that. Nice.
ReplyDeletePerhaps revenge will set her free.
DeleteYou definitely stopped just in time. No need to go further for this sad and dark tale of a most unhappy childhood. What horrid "parents" she has.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dale. Some people dont deserve children.
DeletePoor child. Some adults are crazy.
ReplyDeletehttps://trailbrooklane.blogspot.com/2018/11/chess-eyes.html
Some adults are wicked.
DeleteDear Liz,
ReplyDeleteI can't say I have much tolerance for either parent. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
They're as bad as each other, Dad for what he does and Mum for non caring.
DeleteOh that last line tells so much... if just her mother could see.
ReplyDeleteHer mother is too intent on her aet.
DeleteShe sounds like a tough cookie, which she must be, sandwiched between to unbending and cruel adults.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, she has to stand up for herself if no-one else will.
DeleteI hope she bites him hard enough to take a chunk out!
ReplyDeleteYou've created a resilient character..in less than 100 words...bravo!
Thank you, Dawn.
DeleteThank you, Dawn, I'm sure she will, she's feisty!
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