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50 Word Thursday — Play Time

Posted by Lisa or Li on

Brooke and Betsy were two very spoiled Gargantuan twins. On their parents’ last interplanetary Earth wilderness adventure they’d returned with a real castle full of real live humans for their birthday presents. It was such fun to try dropping different foods into the courtyard to see them scurry to – or from – it. The ice cubes dropped in had them crawling and sliding all over the place and had them emitting weird squeaks. This latest experiment with the sun lamp was having a curious effect on them; most of the time they hid.

Betsy, who had the darker nature of the two, one day said, “I have always wanted to frighten them more.” First they baited the large mesh cage with fresh fruit and were able to capture a dozen. They then raised the cage on a rope – and dumped two 5 foot-long ants into the courtyard.

 

Image by Cari R. from Pixabay
“I have always wanted to frighten them more.” 
by Shirley Jackson, from We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
 

Teresa is the host of this Thursday’s 50 Word Thursday.  Teresa says:

Rules: 

  • Find the muse within the photo or line provided and follow where it leads. It can be a story, anecdote, poem. Anything!
  • Story must be between 50 and 250 words, in 50 word increments.
  • Link back to this post with the tag 50WordThurs so that everyone can find it, or post your response in the comments below.

HAVE FUN!

12 Comments Add yours

  1. map195's avatar map195 says:
    May 15, 2019 at 9:20 pm

    good share

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      May 15, 2019 at 10:34 pm

      Thank you.

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  2. newepicauthor's avatar newepicauthor says:
    May 15, 2019 at 10:42 pm

    I hope that I never run into those girls.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      May 16, 2019 at 12:20 am

      lol I hope you don’t either! Hopefully you are not traveling to Gargantua in the near future.

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  3. talesfromthemindofkristian's avatar talesfromthemindofkristian says:
    May 16, 2019 at 3:13 am

    WOW quick off the mark, and brilliant too. :-)

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      May 16, 2019 at 11:43 am

      I’m learning the quicker I get them done the more likely they are to get done. Glad you liked it :)

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      1. talesfromthemindofkristian's avatar talesfromthemindofkristian says:
        May 16, 2019 at 4:06 pm

        That’s so true, never put off for tomorrow what you can do today, because sometimes something unexpected crops up. :-)

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  4. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:
    May 16, 2019 at 6:50 am

    Great imagination!

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:
      May 16, 2019 at 11:44 am

      Thanks!

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      1. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:
        May 16, 2019 at 12:18 pm

        Welcome 🙏

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  6. Michele Jones's avatar Michele Jones says:
    May 23, 2019 at 2:31 pm

    They were certainly not very kind.

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