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A Little Jack Tale Part 6

/ Liz H-H / 13 Comments
Spooky Moon

Join us for a weekly blog party in Six Sentence Stories, hosted by Denise and attended by some mighty fine, fun folk. Prompt word=HOLD. Read, write and come back for more SIX SENTENCE STORIES.

Meanwhile, Maigret and the little ones seize the opportunity offered by a confusing switch to alliance between feline Sylvia and daring mouse Jack, and the flickering arrival and resizing of Wynken, Blynkin, and Nod, as well as the rolling arrival of the wheel of cheese just outside their mousehole; they had to help their father to fetch the family feast, and so began to gnaw at the rind and tear out tiny sections for their dinner.

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A Little Jack Tale Parts 4 and 5

/ Liz H-H / 18 Comments
Spooky Moon

Join us for a weekly blog party in Six Sentence Stories, hosted by Denise and attended by some mighty fine, fun folk. Prompt word week 4=SNAP, week 5=CURSE. Read, write and come back for more SIX SENTENCE STORIES. (Link goes active Wed night).

Part 4

A wheel of cheese will always roll faster than a flat-bottomed bowl heavy with creamed herring, especially if the herring’s path is blocked by a platter heaped with cold sausages and a basket of heavy brown bread.

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A Little Jack Tale

/ Liz H-H / 20 Comments
Spooky Moon

Join us for a weekly blog party in Six Sentence Stories, hosted by Denise and attended by some mighty fine, fun folk. Prompt word=FOIL. Read, write and come back for more SIX SENTENCE STORIES.  (Link goes active Wed night).

His hands are tiny, true enough, but they’re as long and strong as needed to get the job done; it’s just past midnight, and Sylvia would be fast asleep and curled snug against Lorelai’s backside, thus no one to foil his plan.

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Early September AM

/ Liz H-H / 16 Comments
Yellow autumn leaves
Credit: Dreamstime.com

Join us for a weekly blog party in Six Sentence Stories, hosted by Denise and attended by some mighty fine, fun folk. Prompt word=RUSH. Read, write and come back for more SIX SENTENCE STORIES.  (Link goes active Wed night).

Early September AM

I yawn and stretch, displacing the kitty wedged against my hip;
He’s clever enough to patiently pad a circle as I settle,
Draping himself over the valley of my belly when I finally lie on my side.

I’d left the shades open
When the first wave of rain blew through,
Reconsidering that the open window would fail to balance the lingering humidity.
I long for the freedom of cooler air, a lower dewpoint.

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But First

/ Liz H-H / 20 Comments
Image source: Echo by Ellen Thesleff, Finnish (1891)

Join us for a weekly blog party in Six Sentence Stories, hosted by Denise and attended by some mighty fine, fun folk. Prompt word=FUNCTION. Read, write and come back for more SIX SENTENCE STORIES.  (Link goes active Wed night).

We are clearly well beyond the summer solstice as the light has changed to the crisper blue that contrasts so well with ripening pumpkins, while a brisk late morning walk continues to pool sweat in the lower back’s hollow and between one’s breasts.

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Game On 6

/ Liz H-H / 19 Comments
Norwegian Forest Cat
Norwegian Forest Cat

Join us for a weekly blog party in Six Sentence Stories, hosted by Denise and attended by some mighty fine, fun folk. Prompt word=YARN. Read, write and come back for more SIX SENTENCE STORIES.  (Link goes active Wed night).

Sunset had yielded to evening, and Esme sat in a comfortable chair by the scrying pool, hands resting gently over Cat who had draped himself over her lap, his purrs interrupted by tiny snores and the occasional alert pose as he spotted something at the edge of the woods that she did not; they had been sitting together like that for hours.

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