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Friday Fiction: The Scar

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And now for something totally different: Last week I discovered Friday Fictioneers. Each Wednesday Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a photograph as a prompt with the invitation to write a story of 100 words. Here’s my first Friday Fiction story, 100 words exactly (not counting the title), and the photograph prompt.
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The Scar

Ow! A sheep bit Trina’s hand as her arm dangled out the window. Her index finger was bleeding, next to her scar. She bared her teeth, growling at the herd.

The scar. She had been five and the goat she was feeding nipped her finger, thinking it a treat. Nana cleaned, bandaged and kissed it to make it better. Nana was in a nursing facility now, but Trina hadn’t visited in months.

She looked at her scar again. Taking out her phone to video the sheep, Trina smiled. Sunday I’ll visit Nana. Lots to talk about this time.

Photo Prompt, copyright Sandra Crook

Friday Fictioneer photo prompt, copyright Sandra Crook

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The Guadalupe River running through Kerrville, Texas

From the past into the future

Along the crest of the Guadalupe I walk
In the shelter of trees whose ancestors
Remember the beginning of time
The river shares its history with me
As it flows past the bend, into the future
Doves fly up at my approach
Only then do we notice each other
The deer and I, startled

Six deer looking my way

On alert

UFO

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UFO. In this case, it means Unidentified Furry Object.

Recently I spent a few days in Kerrville, Texas. Early one morning, I saw this feline hunting in the field next to the hotel. Trust me when I say it was the size of a small dog, something about the height and weight of a Cocker Spaniel (or maybe even a little taller). The hotel desk clerk agreed with me when I asked her about it, as she had seen it on her way into the building.

Domesticated cat? Sure didn’t look like one.

Small bobcat? Are they white? Inquiring minds want to know . . .

I wish it was a better photo and that there had been something for size comparison, but this is the best I could do under the circumstances.

A small bobcat on the hunt in a field

A UFO on the hunt