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| PHOTO PROMPT © Priya Bajpal |
The tiny seaside hamlet was all agog with rumours of a raid
in their community. Some said it was
the environmental protection agency while the others felt that it was the IRS. The tiny group at the cafe sipping soy lattes
said it was time the Marine Molluscs Mafia got it’s just deserts.
The local Conchologists were divided. A segment felt that by selling fossils she
contributed important information about prehistoric life to the scientific
community, while others were against disturbing ecosystems.
Either way it is going to be a long time till she sells
seashells by the sea shore.
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It's another week of Friday Fictioneer. I am going to do another take on a classic tongue twister this week. I have done this before and here is my take from the last time The Shell.
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I'd love to read what you think about this post...
A lovely whimsy
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil.
DeleteNice take on the photo prompt!
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Thank you Susan.
DeleteAn interesting take on the prompt. Thank you...
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Thanks for commenting Maz.
Deletebrilliant stuff!!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteA delightfully different take - and your last few words were my first!
ReplyDeleteClick to read my FriFic tale!
Thanks Keith, we were inspired by the same tongue twister.
Deletethat was fun!
ReplyDeleteAn entertaining take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteThank you Penny.
Deletewhat an appropriate title for this story. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Plaridel, that's a cause for shellabarations.
DeleteHa, I bet you started with the tongue twister and then fashioned your story around it :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Alistair. I remembered I had done one before so tried a different approach this time.
DeleteVery lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa.
DeleteDear Subroto,
ReplyDeleteThis one was different from the other Shell story. It's all a shell game, isn't it? I enjoy your whimsical stories. Perhaps she'll sell shells to seven sailors. ;)
Shalom,
Ro-Shell
Thanks Ro-Shell. Maybe she'll receive orders over a shell phone.
DeleteWho'd a thunk that selling seashells could become such an issue?
ReplyDeleteI know Dale, but those problems seem to be coming out of the shell.
DeleteThe raid will cost them their only source of income!
ReplyDeletePiyali (WordPress)
True Piyali but as someone said "every seashell has a story."
DeleteI am agog too by the story. Nicely done subroto and learnt a new term conchologist.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anshu, there is always a fine shellection of words at Friday Fictioneers.
DeleteHehe, that was fun. Now, please help me to get that knot out of my tongue. :(
ReplyDeleteOops, that was supposed to be a :)
DeleteThanks Gabriele. You could go for the longer version.
DeleteShe sells seashells by the seashore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.