They made their way through the dark forest. The smell of pine needles and rotting leaves permeated the air. The forest was cut off from the world by impregnable mountains, but they had flown into the valley in a hot air balloon in search for the lost city of gold.
“I say, Carstairs, shouldn’t we be heading more eastwards?” said Carruthers stopping to pull up his socks to protect his ankles from the insect bites, the trials of going abroad.
“Now don’t act, hic, like you know, hic, the way any better, hic, than I do” Carstairs replied, hiccupping like he always did when agitated. “Damn these blasted hiccups.”
They managed to cross a river making a raft of fallen logs, then stumbled through more tangled branches.
Then they emerged in a clearing and found themselves surrounded by crumbling ruins. They’d found the lost city, now to find the treasure.
[150 words]
This story was written in response to a challenge. The rules of the challenge are:
The challenge is to write a piece of historical fiction about this picture.
• 150 word limit
• Try not to use the words tree & green.
• Tag 3 people to use the same genre of writing and this photo to create a post.
Sadje from the blog, Keep it Alive, challenged me, see her post here:
The three people I’ll challenge are:
https://saltedcaramel670.wordpress.com/2019/02/25/little-things-that-mean-a-lot-a-walk-in-the-park/
I have also included the following word prompts:
https://lightmotifs.wordpress.com/2019/02/24/three-things-challenge-pl11/
Today’s prompt: socks, balloon, hiccups
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/02/25/act/
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2019/02/25/rdp-monday-needle/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2019/02/25/your-daily-word-prompt-abroad-february-25-2019/
So enjoyed this!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bless you, Thank you very much 🙂
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Your welcome indeed.
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A great story, hic hic! Perfect use of all the prompts.
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Haha, Yes the Hiccups were the most difficult bit to get in, but it gave it some quirkiness. Thank You. 🙂
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Worked well!
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Very nice!
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Thank you 🙂
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Thank you so much for the tag.
I will try my best to come up to the challenge though the rules seem a little daunting.
I enjoyed your story. I am really impressed by your use of all the prompts and staying within the word limit.
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Thank you, yes it is a challenge in just 150 words. The Hiccupping was the most difficult 🙂 I am sure you’ll do brilliantly, I look forward to reading your take.
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Thank you so much 🎀
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