Daily Prompt: The Zone

Tell us about your favorite way to get lost in a simple activity– running, chopping vegetables,folding laundry, whatever. What’s it like when you’re in the zone?

I consider chopping vegetables one of the most boring things we’re made to do. Why can’t I tell the vegetables to chop themselves and be ready for me to cook which can make my work so much easier, all I have to do is cook.

On dull dreary days when I sit with a basket full of vegetables to chop wash and get ready for supper. My mind wanders off to my past, when the rabbits in our vegetable garden would lie on the garden and swiftly eat the carrots they could get hold of. The gardener would hastily shoo them off, so his vegetable garden is not a mess.

I’d get immense pleasure watching the rabbits and the gardener having a battle, one trying to save the vegetables the other trying to gobble it up.

I’d be the bystander asking the gardener what happened and laughed whenever he complained about the rabbits destroying his garden, “Do something I’d say. ”

He’d be angry and reply, “do what Bibi, tell me?”

“Control those rabbits, ” I’d say.

He’d murmur something under his breath and move on.

Those times were happy times, I did not have to chop vegetables, the servant did. We ate the ready made product. Suddenly I’d hear my daughter, “Mom are you daydreaming, I’m hungry, can you cook fast?”

I must have done the same thing to my mom, asking her to finish cooking so I could eat. Those were the days I thought will never end but it did and I feel nostalgic thinking about them.

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365 Writing Prompts: Fictional elevator

You’re stuck in the elevator with an intriguing stranger. Write this scene.

I came out of Selfridges  The department store in London, England for  some reason, I was in a hurry to get the Piccadilly line underground tube train. I took the first available elevator, well this is when my plan to get back to my residence in a hurry failed.

I noticed there were others who were in the elevator, they looked like people from some other planet, their language and their behavior was something I hadn’t encountered before. I took a spot and stood there hoping I’d reach the ground fast.

It was not to be, immediately after I entered the door closed. I heard someone say, ” welcome Miss to our unbelievable device, it will take you wherever you want to go, you need to have patience.”

I think I was scared I never heard  an elevator speaking before, in a moment of frenzy I spoke out loud, ” I do not have time, I have to catch my train as soon as possible.”

I had barely finished talking, when right there before me was an odd looking stranger, half his face was covered with a long flowing beard, the other half was clean shaved, when he spoke his teeth resembled Gabriel and Rafa’s, my feline friends, he was wearing Rumplestilskin’s boots and every second made a noise, enough to frighten the bravest human being. As you can guess I am the most  timid person who ever set foot on this planet.

Upon seeing this stranger I looked for another spot to move into, his form seemed to cover the length and width of the elevator, “Miss stay still this is my order or I’ll turn you into a werewolf.”

“Please don’t change me into anything I won’t move from my spot.” I said.

Hearing me speak brought about an earth shaking laughter out of him, I felt the elevator would come apart.

“This  device will take us to an unknown destination, you’d be able to eat and drink, there will be fairies to entertain you, you must stay calm or we’ll end up in a dungeon,return from there would be impossible,” he yelled!

Those words scared me I completely froze and tried to think of the prayers my mom taught me to escape from danger. While I was trying to recall which prayer  would be more suitable. I heard a loud alarm.

The weird man was trying to get my attention, “Hey you he said, did you hear my warning?”

“Warning? ” I repeated !

“Yes, you forgot about the dungeon, from where you never can come out?”

“I do ,Really I remember, I thought you said something else I did not hear?”

“Want me to speak louder?”

“Oh no, I was nervous, I cannot remember what I said?

He seemed to take pity on me and calmed right down, in a very low and friendly voice he said, “I’ll reach you to the right floor so you can take the tube train to, did you mention Piccadilly line?”

“Yes sir, thank you, thank you,” I said with a frightened voice.

“Here we are”, said the spooky guy. “Do not tell anyone about your experience, if you betray me, I’ll come after you, so beware, just tell them you met this awesome nice guy who took you for a ride in his very own elevator, Cheerio folks!”

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