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Leap of Faith: Fiction Friday
The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Photo copyright Luther Siler
Leap of Faith
The old man called her Faith (not her real name but she didn’t worry about it). She feigned indifference anytime he looked her way (as cats are wont to do), ate the food he left for her.
The yellow bird just showed up one day. She watched him plug in the cord attached to it. It came alive! The wings moved; its head turned back and forth. It was going to attack!
Instinctively, she launched herself from her hiding place in the tree, claws fully extended, aiming for the big yellow head. She had only one thought in mind: Protect!
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.
Along The Cliff
Spotted this cliff on the Violet Crown Trail in Austin, Texas. I don’t know what made the array of indentations. Can birds do that?
Water Garden
The Water Garden in the Corpus Christi museum district. It’s a full circle, but I couldn’t get a good angle to photograph it that way.
Goodie Bags
Thanksgiving was good: an extended family gathering at a nephew’s. He and his wife did all the heavy cooking (and cleaning), while the rest of us brought side dishes, salads, desserts, and drinks.
The best part was the Goodie Bags that our great-niece Bella gave us. She had a sign-in sheet for everyone to be sure we got our specific bag. Each one was uniquely decorated and had our names on them. We sent her a hand-written thank you card.
That’s us: Ant Tchrisha and Uncel Brucel. I’m keeping these; they are priceless. (The candy inside was pretty good, too.)
It's a long story ... 