Chris' Christian Blog

April 10, 2020

Prompt: "How would eight year old you have reacted to being quarantined and kept out of school and society for so long?"

I probably wouldn't have given it much thought. I grew up on a 198 acre farm in the middle of nowhere. Our nearest neighbor was 1 mile away. We didn't see a lot of people anyway. I seldom looked forward to school either so I wouldn't have given it a second thought. I'd have just gone and played or something.

Prompt: "Tell us a flash fiction story about a boy in a red hat."

A boy in a red hat went down to the river to swim. The water was so muddy looking that he decided against it. He started back up the bank when he lost his footing. He rolled down the hill and splashed into the filthy river. He raised up spitting and sputtering with a fish in his hand.

"Let me go," the fish called. "If you let me go I'll grant you three wishes."

The boy let the fish go and went about his business. "I wish I had some dry clothes on," the boy said.

Suddenly his clothes were dry. "Wow," thought the boy "the fish really did grant me three wishes. I wish I had more proof."

A sign appeared in front of him. It told him he had one more wish. Now he knew for sure. What would he do with his third wish. He could wish for money, health, anything. He wished he could make up his mind!

Prompt: "Write a post inspired by this word: moving"

I always hated the task of moving. My ex-wife wanted to move every few months. It got rather tiring. I hated it.