
PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook
This is our stop.
Are you sure?
Of course. Look – there it is!
That ruined castle on the hill?
It looks like ruins to you. That’s just so curious Muggles can’t find it.
But we’re….
Shhhh.
I don’t know. It doesn’t look like the movies.
Of course not. Hollywood changed it all and everything. Need to keep the tourists away.
Like us? We’re not wanted.
Don’t worry, I have a plan… Let’s go.
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Aren’t they cute?
Yeah, like the thousands of others since Harry Potter.
You’re just being cranky.
Right. Hurry, nobody’s looking, let’s say the spell and enter.
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Word count = 100
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Haha. Cute.
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:)
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Great dialogue.
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Thanks.
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Good story in dialogue, Trent. I’ve read they have a trip on a Hogwarts Express for tourists. Its destination is where else, Scotland. I also think it’s wonderful the series is printed in Braille. :) — Suzanne
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Thanks. I do find it interesting when books and movies create whole industries. And having the Braille version is great.
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Hollywood has magic power too, it seems. Love the dialogue. I’m just discovering the Hogwarts world, thanks to my 13 year old grandson, who reads to us from wherever he’s up to in the Harry Potter books. He’s reading them in Braille.
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Hollywood does have magic. I’ve felt the pull a time or two. I’m glad Braille can open the magic of the books to your grandson. Cool that he is sharing it with you.
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So they arrived on the Hogwarts Express – nice take on the world of wizards.
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At least the thought it was the Hogwarts express. Maybe it was and maybe it wasn’t, but they will never know… Thanks.
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Nice bit of Harry Potter inspiration.
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Thanks. That photo did seem so Harry Potter to me….
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I love Harry Potter and I really enjoyed this take, Trent.
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Thanks, Dale.
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Neat take on the prompt.
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Harry Potter was the first thing I thought of when I saw the photo this morning. But, it was so obvious that I was certain everyone would be writing the same…and well, I’m not known for playing the same beat as everyone else… hahah, or any beat…snorting laughter. Love your story. Us muggles didn’t even see the castle this morning. Need coffeee!
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It was the obvious choice, but I figured I was early enough that I wouldn’t be copying too many people ;) I occasionally go for the obvious, but for the most part I dance to a different rhythm section…
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A very amusing tale! I saw Harry Potter too, though I didn’t go that way with my story. My kids (now grown) were intensely into the books. Lots of fun, especially if you don’t take it seriously. =)
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Thanks! There is something about that train and the landscape – well, I don’t see many steam trains and the landscape in the movies is similar. I think it is when people take it, or any book or movie, too seriously is when the troubles start ;)
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Imagine their disappointment when it still turns out to be just ruins :-) Or will it…?
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As far as they can tell it will just be ruins…
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Pilgrims flock to the magical Mecca of Harry Potter film locations. I’ve been to Hollywood and it’s fun to watch the tourist acting like idiots on the Walk of Fame.
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Movie and book tourism is funny and can turn half sane people into complete idiots, though I do understand The Lord of the Rings – I hear New Zealand is gorgeous, with or without hobbits.
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I’m doing my best to avoid Harry Potter, but I fear my kids will drag me into it soon. Here’s hoping this muggle will be allowed in!
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At some point in time you will most likely be dragged into it… I’m sure you will survive relatively unscathed ;)
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It’s so good! Why avoid it?
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I think it’s something to do with going against the majority! ;-)
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Nice one, Trent :)
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Thanks :)
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This is lots of fun, Trent.
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Thanks, Robbie :)
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Dear Trent,
I’m woefully ignorant of most of Harry Potter. At any rate I smell a spell afoot. Imaginative.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle. I think the big thing to know about Harry Potter is that a lot of people think it is real and are off to discover the truth… There is also something about the photo that reminds me of the movies.
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Convincing the rubes that a ruined pile of stones is a great academy! Now that’s what I call magic!
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The type of magic that seems to happen all of the time…
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The photo seems to have brought out the Harry Potter in a few people. Nicely done.
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I think it the steam train – I almost never see them, usually seeing diesels or electric trains.
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Cute, Trent! :)
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Thanks, Penny.
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