All of October - and for the last time today - Elephant's Child is supplying us with prompts. What we do to them is up to us, poem, story, shopping list,
ignore ... the grand idea is to make us write.
Go to Elephant's Child's place to read some good stories. This is a challenge,
where the old saying "The more the merrier" holds true, therefore: Please, remember
to go back, read other peoples' stories there or follow their links
back. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one
thrives on interaction.
Today's prompts are sayings actually almost cliches:
He had a chip on his shoulder.
Best thing since sliced bread.
With a cherry on top.
She wants to have her cake and eat it too.
Everything but the kitchen sink.
Bringing home the bacon.
I did not use all of them, and I used some other ones to give a sneak peak of what transpires on the journey:
During their conversation in the train compartment, Paul discovered that the chip he had had on his shoulder ever since he began school had disappeared. The scolarship had cleaned the slate, and meeting Anders in the train was the cherry on top. Now they were both on their way to be bringing home the bacon and they wanted to go all the way. What Paul still did not know is that you cannot have your cake and eat it.
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This is yet another enticing snippet of a story I hope that you can continue to develop. Thank you.
SvarSletAn excellent beginning with good use of the prompts.
SvarSletYou can't eat the cake and have it, but you can simply enjoy every bite and then relish the memories. Maybe that's what you learn as you get older.
SvarSletIt's nice little snippet. Although I wouldn't' use bringing home the bacon because it just didn't sound right to me for this story but that's me, it just sounds too modern, the phrase that is. For some reason, whenever I read scenes in trains, it always seems like less modern day - just a thought.
SvarSletGood use of the prompts.
Have a lovely day.
Thank you.
SletI looked up the saying "bring home the bacon", and it seems to antedate trains by several centuries ;) (and is general use from at least 1906).
Yes to this story happening in older days 1970es or 80es, is the thought.
I am not going to use these sayings in the story anyhow, it was just a synopsis.