1) Eyes
Speaks All
Standing inside a bus, I saw him staring at me. His
piercing gaze caught my attention. His eyes challenged me. Well, two can play
this game! I stared right back at him and our eye-contact continued till the
next stop. As I passed him, smiling and ruffling his hair, the little kid said
"Bye Didi"!!
2) Splash of Color
“Red, Blue, Green, Orange... all those colours you
sport yourself and yet you dare tease me??”
“Colourful, colourful, you are colourful!!” came
the jeering.
“But it’s only a streak of pink”, she replied
ruefully, checking out her new hair-do from the mirror.
“Behind her, the happy parrot continued to guffaw,
“Colourful, colourful, you are colourful!!”
3) Mind
Games
Tiny
thoughts tickled my mind;
His
tiny trots engulfed me to find.
Where
did he go? Looked around;
Caught
him disappearing behind the forbidden blind-fold.
I
followed him, increasing my pace;
Was
pulled back by man without a face.
His
gurgling laugh made me scream.
“Mommy,
wake-up! It’s just a dream!!”
Relief
washed over me.
4) Flirt
Fail
“Hey there, you need a ride?”
“No thanks, I’m married”, she flashed him her ring-finger.
“Come on baby, get in the car. I don’t mind”, he winked at her
playfully.
She glared at him and continued to walk towards the house.
She turned back and yelled, “Honey, quit fooling around and
bring in the groceries!”
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Splash Of Color : Nice.
ReplyDeleteEyes Speaks All & Flirt Fail : Twist in the tail.
Mind Games : Poetic and nicely written.
Thanks for the comment Ajay :)
Deletei love these 55 fictions!! there is always a twist in the story, right? it has to be really difficult to write a story in 55 words. beautifully written, all four :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, the twist is the most important part. It gives me a challenge to think differently. Sometimes I tend to think in a narrow minded fashion and writing fictions always helps me to broaden my mind :)
DeleteThank you for you comment Debajyoti :)
I loved the last one. Absolutely cracked up reading it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Zeebs :) :)
Deletelove the 1st and 4th one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Leo :)
DeleteThe first one was interesting and really cute :D
ReplyDeleteI liked the rest, ESPECIALLY the 4th one!
You're really good at this, with the twists and everything!
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Thank you Blah :) and 4th one is my fav too!!
DeleteThe first and fourth certainly worked best. :)
ReplyDeleteNot many talking parrots in this part of the world, so hard to identify with this subject! *smiles*
thank you Jinksy. :)
DeleteHi and thanks for being my newest follower!
ReplyDeleteThe story of the remote reminded me why so many homes now have several TV receivers!
Loved these short short stories, very good concepts and expertly set up to surprise and delight!
Thank you Mr.Ray for your feedback and love your blog :)
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