PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
I watched from the edge of the woods, carefully concealed from prying eye. A fuzzy streak was visible in the sky, a symbol of doom.
And then I saw it.
The mechanized, three-legged creature was alone in the clearing. As I drew closer, I decided it must be a robot, with a strange, one-eyed computer head.
Martian!
I picked up a rock to destroy the alien. I was about to knock it down when a giant approached.
“What a beautiful night,” the giant said. “I’m sure I can get some great photos of the comet. Careful son, that camera’s expensive.”
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Word count = 100
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What a great imagination! Great story.
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Thanks!
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This kid has a giant imagination! I like him already :)
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I like writing about kids with huge imaginations because it allows me to let my imagination run free ;) Thanks.
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I was on the wood sprite mode until reading other’s comments. Sprite or child – fun either way
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I can understand the confusion. I used the word “son” to point towards being a small boy with a big imagination, but I know it can be read other ways. Thanks.
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That child must have grown up protected from technology and stayed a kid with a great imagination. I think he’s met someone whom is going to teach him something.
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He knows technology, just thinks imagination is a lot more fun. Of course, that means he gets in a lot more trouble than he would if he had more screen time.
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That more or less happened to me. In Israel. There I was. Dawn rising. Camera in place, trying to catch the rays on the golden Dome of the Rock. Cops pull up. Damn! they’re gonna make me move.
No, they set up their OWN camera. Picture time!
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For some photos being in the right place at the right time is key. Looks like the cops thought the place and time you picked were ideal.
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I love imaginative kids. I’m afraid we’re losing some of that when we set them in front of screens and feed them chips and soda!
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Thanks. i do hope that kids are still allowed to have imaginations beyond what has been prepackaged for them. I know people have always said that about TV, but screen time is even higher now than it was when it was only TV.
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Yes, and I think parents were more concerned about what and how much their kids were watching than they are today.
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I think with screens so pervasive, and not just one big one in the living room, it’s harder to keep tabs on how much time they do spend in front of a screen.
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A regular Calvin, this one.
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Yep,that’s the direction I was thinking.
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Imaginative kid in the Calvin mode. Nice one.
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Thank. yes, I was thinking of a kid who gets in trouble because of his oversized imagination, kind of like Calvin.
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Cool. I like the comic book nature of the kid’s imagination.
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Thanks. It’s fun to write with a kids imagination, letting my inner Calvin (not the religious reformer ;)) out.
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I loved the giant.
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Thanks. i think that’s the way they sometimes look to little ones.
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That was a fun read. I was kinda hoping the little one looking up at the giants was some wood sprite. But a child’s imagination makes everything so much more exciting!
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Thanks, Dale. A wood sprite or other such being would have been fun, but I enjoy doing the imaginative kid stories.
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I like imaginative kid too…
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That camera had a near miss! If the boy had broken it, I guess it would have been ‘sure doom’ for him – or at least grounding for a week!
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Actually, that is just what I was thinking when I came up with the title. I wanted to mislead a little, but also, it would be sure doom if the boy broke his dad’s camera.
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:D Good one Trent!
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Thanks, Colline!
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So who was the little person?
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It was the “giant’s” son, a little kid with an oversized imagination.
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Ah. Thought maybe a troll or an elf or something.
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No, not fantasy this time. Well, I guess there is plenty of fantasy in the little boy’s mind ;)
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I like, in your writing, how you shift perspective through the imagination.
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Thanks. I use the kid with the over active imagination a lot in these stories. It allows me to let my imagination fee ;)
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Dear Trent,
Love the ending. Enjoyable and imaginative read.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle. I’m sure you’ve seen this imaginative kid a few times in past FF stories.
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Wow! Breathtaking read!
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Thanks!
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haha – very cute (sorry the word cute was what came to mind)- “careful, son..”
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Thanks, Y. I think at least of third of my FF stories have a kid with a huge imagination at the center.
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yeah – nice theme to have – and all so good
:)
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Thanks
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