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Monday, July 19, 2010

Please!

Microfiction Monday #40 ~ where a picture paints 140 characters, or even fewer. Susan says:
Photos will be from my own archives; illustrations are from Dover Publications' free clipart sample newsletter.
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Your favourite biscuits from Tabitha
Daddy picked the brightest flowers
I want you to have my happy lobster bug
Please come back Mummy!
(140 characters)
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Hosted by Susan (Ireland) @ Stony River

15 comments:

Pat said...: Awww, now this story is heart-wrenching. You say so much in such few words! Mine's silly as usual: http://www.patandjerry.com/2010/07/microfiction-monday-11-lobster-flowers_18.html; July 19, 2010 at 7:36 AM
Peggy said...: Heart wrenching to say the least.
It's a sad tray.
Really well written,I loved it!; July 19, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Suz said...: oh no...tears..they're falling
oh so sad...mum..everyone wants their mum!
very nice; July 19, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Bill ~ {The Old Fart} said...: Powerful thought behind this, I hope it is only temporary that Mum is away.; July 19, 2010 at 8:24 PM
SouthLakesMom said...: Very sad . . . but I understand why mommy took a walkabout...I've been there!; July 19, 2010 at 9:46 PM
MorningAJ said...: Do you think she will come back? I hope so.; July 19, 2010 at 10:20 PM
jabblog said...: Very poignant - it happens all too often.; July 19, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Mama Badger said...: With a tray like that, Mummy couldn't stay away long.; July 20, 2010 at 1:38 AM
Ellie Garratt said...: Wow. This really tugged at the heartstrings. Brilliant story.; July 20, 2010 at 1:39 AM
Unknown said...: this is sweet, lovely photo as well.; July 20, 2010 at 4:14 AM
Bubba said...: I heard you were having trouble finding my post for Microfiction Monday. It's here: Microfiction Monday; July 20, 2010 at 6:20 AM
hope said...: Sounds like perfect kid logic to me...even if a bit sad.; July 20, 2010 at 9:28 AM
G-Man said...: Gemma...
Your story was soo sweet..:-); July 20, 2010 at 12:57 PM
ninotaziz said...: Dear Gemma,

I read yours immediately after I posted mine. And wow, how contrasting - and how sad.

A deeply felt MFM surely - what comes after?; July 20, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Akelamalu said...: How could she not? :(; July 21, 2010 at 1:01 AM

Archive of Blog Quotes

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman