I am reposting this story in response to Esther Chilton’s Challenge to post a story, poem or Limerick on the subject of favourite childhood memories:
https://esthernewtonblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/i-challenge-you-to-36/
This story was written in response to the Tuesday Writing challenge posted on the Go Dog Go cafe, see link below:
Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge July 10, 2018
It was also written in response to the Word of the Day word prompt: Deviate
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/07/10/deviate/
and the Three Things Challenge on the Haunted Wordsmith Blog:
https://thehauntedwordsmith.wordpress.com/2018/07/10/three-things-challenge-10-july-2018/
Today’s things are: monkey, April, brick
Looking back on my ten year old self I have only dim and distant memories of what life was like. I remember everything was much bigger then, people in particular, but also houses, trees, brick walls and ruined castles.
I seem to remember I had a passion for climbing things. In my memories I always seem to be climbing up something, trees mostly. My Mother used to say “He’s just like a little monkey” as I would often disappear up a tree only then to re-emerge in the branches swinging from a limb.
I was also fascinated by Castles. Near to our home was a ruined castle which we used to visit and take picnics too. Only from April to September, never in Winter. I also remember at school taking part in a cross-country race from the train station to the Castle ruins and back, which would have been about 4 miles. When I never returned to the finish line, my parents were rather distraught. Then followed the planned route back to the castle only to find me climbing its walls. I was always one to deviate from my intended course as soon as something much more fun distracted me. I had completely forgotten that I was supposed to run back to the train station, I had wanted to stay in those familiar walls of stone and brick.
In my head it was my castle and I was King of it.
The End
Copyright: Kristian Fogarty 10/July/2018