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| PHOTO PROMPT Copyright – Marie Gail Stratford |
Our school’s groundsman Patrick was a
straight meat and two veg man. In the years
before he retired I never saw him venture outside the confines of his
traditional fare.
So when I bumped into him at the local Asian
grocery store, I expressed my surprise.
“The wife wanted to get some
ingredients for tonight” he sheepishly replied.
Wife? The bachelor boy had succumbed
to the charms of a young Asian bride.
I glimpsed our old librarian Miss Wordsworth. What a bit of gossip to tell her.
“Yes, Miss Wo.., er, Emily and I got married
last month” he gushed.
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Written for Friday Fictioneers. Word Count : 100
A photo prompt of my favourite sauce and I nearly didn't write a blog entry this week. Writing motivation is a separate story in itself. Actually the Siricha Sauce was in the news recently but I decided to go another way.
Dear Subroto,
ReplyDeleteSweet story. Life is full of curves and surprises. I enjoyed this.
shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle. I didn't go for a too saucy story this time.
Deleteaww that was sweet :-) never too late to find true love...
ReplyDeleteThanks Kz, I am glad you liked it
DeleteSuch a sweet, tender story. I love this scene and how your brought us to the lovely conclusion. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dawn, I am happy that you enjoyed reading it.
DeleteLiked this. Sweet story. Actually hot and sweet sauce.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading and commenting Indira ji, life is sweet and sour anyway :-)
DeleteSuch a sweet tale! :)
ReplyDeleteSurprises indeed!
Thank you for reading and commenting. Some surprises are more pleasant than the others :-)
DeleteSubroto, Lovely story. People change so we should never be surprised. Well written. :) ---Susan
ReplyDeleteChange is the only constant in life. Thanks for your comments Susan.
DeleteBeautifully done. So the librarian is spicing up the groundsman's life now in more was than one.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she can read him like a book. Thanks for your comments Sarah.
DeleteTongues will wag as soon as he gets out of ear shot! However, he deserves to be happy and why not - Go for it! Nan :)
ReplyDeleteHe sure does. Thanks for reading and commenting Nan.
DeleteAh, the beauty of gossip...inaccurate too many times. Loved your story.
ReplyDeleteThank you Loré. Please gossip all about it :-)
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