THE THOMPSON TWINS
The
Thompson twins shared everything from cradle to cricket bat, so when they
joined up together to fight the Kaiser, their mother comforted herself by
saying, “They’ll look after each other,”
Then
James was shipped home, alone, minus an arm. After two weeks he tried to
re-enlist, pleading, “William needs me,” but the army’s response was brutal.
“You can’t fire a rifle one-handed.”
So James
took his father’s motor-car, followed the golden thread of William’s need to
the Somme, and dug him alive out of an abandoned trench.
They ran
the farm for decades with only one pair of arms between them.
Al Forbes' photo of vintage cars sporting Remembrance poppies prompted my 100 word story this week. Thanks as always to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers. To read how other writers interpreted the photo go to her blog https://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/ - after leaving a comment on mine, naturally!
