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Hello! Welcome to Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge. Each week I will post an image I grab off the internet and challenge bloggers to write a flash fiction piece or a poem inspired by the image. There are no style or word limits.
The image below is from Bao Menglong on Unsplash.
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The image depicts a monkey sitting on a rock. We see brown, earthen floor and branches, trees, and plants in the background. The monkey holds an ear of corn, mostly peeled, but with some of the husk remaining. The monkey gazes at the corn intently. We see that his tongue sticks out, and he has bits of corn around his mouth.
If this week’s image inspires you and you wish to participate, please write your post and use the tag #FFFC. Please create a pingback to this post and/or manually add your link in the comments. I hope it will generate some great posts. Don’t forget to stop back and read/comment on the posts of others. Thank you for participating!
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Meet John, a father whose smile is as constant as the sun, and his 10-year-old son, Toby, a bundle of perpetual curiosity. “What thrilling escapade do you have in mind today, Toby?” John’s voice was laced with excitement, mirroring the anticipation in Toby’s eyes.
“Dad, can we please go to the zoo today?” Toby’s eyes sparkled with anticipation. “I’m so excited to see the monkeys!”
“I guess we can go there for the afternoon. Clean up your room first. Then we’ll have lunch before we leave. Eating there would be too expensive, but I promise, if you behave, I will buy you a delicious ice cream treat. How does that sound?”
“Oh, cool, Dad, I will behave. I want chocolate with chocolate jimmies.”
As the clock struck noon, they stepped into the zoo, a vibrant world of colors and sounds. Toby, map in hand, immediately set his sights on the monkey cages. Nestled in the heart of the zoo, they were a tantalizing promise, a reward for their journey through the other exhibits.
They approached the monkey cages, and Toby was delighted that one of them was sitting out on the rock eating an ear of corn. Most of the other monkeys were inside, out of the heat. You could see some of them swinging in the trees that were in their cage. “Can we have our ice cream now, Dad?” Toby was more inclined to want ice cream now that he had seen the monkeys. He wasn’t interested in the rest of the animals. It looks like John would get a break and leave right after their treat.
Tessa –
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