Fiction

One warm sunny day Pat and his friend Jim made plans to take a  trip by car to the island of Newfoundland.

Their intention was to stop overnight in a few places along the way, to do that they needed some help to see which route is the best.

Jim volunteered to map out the route, he said the best way to do it from Montreal, where they lived is start from Montreal, drive to Quebec city, have lunch there, from there continue driving until they reach Fundy National park in New Brunswick, stay overnight in a motel.

Pat drove and Jim helped with the route, they’d stop in Sydney Nova Scotia from where they’d take the ferry to Port aux basques, Newfoundland.

Pat was happy, they set off , to their destination, they loved Quebec city, they thought it felt like they were in Europe, from there they drove on to Fundy park ,spent a night, moved on the next day to Sydney, Nova Scotia, they took the ferry in the evening, reached Newfoundland in a few hours, They got off the ferry and drove to St. John’s, and reached the capital of Newfoundland in ten hours, They checked in at a hotel and planned to see the city, next day.

 

DP Daily Prompt: Secret Admirers

You return home to discover a huge flower bouquet waiting for you , no card attached. Who is it from__ and why did they send it to you?

The bouquet of flowers I received was in my classroom,placed neatly on my desk. It was from a group of students, who thought I was the nicest teacher they’ve ever met.

It was something they did to show their appreciation. I truly enjoyed teaching them and they enjoyed having me as their teacher.

The students left a number of gifts from time to time, sometimes it was a box of chocolate, a cup and saucer, or even a seashell . The shell one of them left for me was a large one, if I put it close to my ears I could hear the sound of the sea. Unfortunately I forgot to take it home, and found it missing the next day. I still think about it.

It was a joy teaching those sweet kids, they always wanted me to read stories to them.

Their gifts always meant they were happy to have me as a teacher. I miss them!

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365 Writing Prompts: Freaky Friday

You experience your own Freaky Friday, and switch bodies with someone you love/hate.Tell us what happens.

I always wondered how the marathon runners run the distance of twenty-six miles with such ease. I imagined  covering half that distance one  Friday. It was freaky after the first one kilometer, I felt my legs were not co-operating with me, I walked a yard, hopped half the distance and ran to complete the one kilometer. I came to the realization running is not for me, I may as well quit while I am ahead.

Then my mind thought of a plan, why don’t I switch my body with the marathon runner Susan. It was a Friday morning, there was a cool breeze blowing perfect to run the marathon I was attempting to accomplish in my body, but now that I have switched let me see how it feels with a different body.

I went to the starting line, there were a lot of runners each deep in thought and then there was me. We all lined up, I was feeling excited I thought I’m actually going to run this marathon I’ve been dreaming of.

As soon as the whistle was blown, I started running,at first I was slow, then I felt my body was getting lighter and I was able to run faster and faster, all the runners were behind me I had taken off, all I was thinking was I’m going to beat everyone in this race.

I’m not sure how much distance I covered, abruptly Susan’s body switched back to mine, I felt heavy, I couldn’t even walk. I felt the spectators  encouraging me to keep on going, it was no use, I was tired, discouraged, found myself a place where I sat down away from the crowd to gather my thoughts,I looked around,luckily I spotted a cab,raised my hand to get his attention, he slowed down, I got in and asked him to drive me home!

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