onsdag den 16. april 2025

Words for Wednesday ~ April 16 ~ Bill & Sue and the Seventh Son 6

In April,  Elephant's Child is supplying the prompts for Words for Wednesday.

Word for Wednesday is a challenge that was started a long time ago. Now it has turned into a movable event with Elephant's Child as our coordinator; and the Words provided by a number of people.

The general idea of this challenge is to make us write. Poems, stories, subtitles, tales, jokes, haiku, crosswords, puns, ... you're the boss.
Use all Words, some Words, one Word, or even none of them if that makes your creative juices flow. Anything goes, only please nothing rude or vulgar.

 It is also a challenge, where the old saying
"The more the merrier" holds true.

So Please, remember to follow the links, go back and read other peoples' stories. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one thrives on interaction, feedback and encouragement. And we ALL need encouragement.

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This Wednesday's prompts:
Organic
Standards
Odour
Moisture
     And/or
20 years
Noses
Pregnant
Gloves
High

 I succeeded in adding yet another chapter to Sue and Bill's strange adventure. Mostly stalling, but a bit of progress is happening. As usual I use the words in the order they were given. 


Bill's gentle hands danced over the keyboard, he and his computer were almost like an organic unit to Sue. Maybe their methods were not always up to the moral standards set my their superior, but they kept themselves in good odour by bringing results -- every time.
Sue felt moisture collecting in her eyes. She loved that scoundrel, even after 20 years. They had solved many improbable and strange riddles together, mostly by following their noes - - or those of the ghost dogs.
Sue left Bill to his typing, and wandered to the car. The car was a new model, electric, and practically noiseless. In a very short time she parked outside the dog handler's house.
Sue rang the bell, and waited. It was the dog handler's wife who answered the bell. Sue asked if they could have Eryn, their old dog, back. The training of her pups had been fun, but it was only a parenthetic affair in their work. When Eryn, had become pregnant this was where it had gone to have her pups. Now the pups had been trained, Eryn was back to normal, fit for fight and eager to pull on her working gloves once more. Sue had high hopes of solving the riddle of Fred Thompson, the unknowing seventh son, plagued by ghosts.

7 kommentarer:

  1. A nice addition to the story, the characters are gaining depth.

    You may have meant "following their noses," not "following their noes."

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    1. Indeed this is what I meant, more so as "noses" is one of the prompts. Thank you.

      Slet
  2. I like this, and I am sure Eryn will be happy to be home and working again.

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    1. She sure will, she's a good dog, but as strange as the couple. Thank you.

      Slet
  3. LOVE it. I learnt a new word too - parantethic was new to me. Thank you.

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    1. It seems to be new to the dictionary as well - but the spell checker does not bat an eye. Strange things happening here. I'll have to stop trusting the spell checker so much. Thanks.

      Slet
    2. I'll leave it in, even if it's a literal translation from Danish, it seem to convey what I want it to. Thanks again.

      Slet

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