I love this picture Lillie posted to go with her Five Sentence Fiction prompt this week, the tree looks like it has it's own personality and it's so menacing, or maybe it's just the sky that adds to the drama?
Anyway I used the picture as well as the word FLAWED for this week's story.
It took a little while until I was satisfied with what I had written, would love to know your thoughts...
“We can get rid of
that straight away,” she exclaimed pointing to the twisted tree devoid of life
slap bang in the centre of her new garden.
Her husband smiled benignly to the gardener, a look that
implicitly said, what she wants she gets … but try and keep the price down.
The gardener nodded sagely, knowing all too well the flaw in
the plan; axe, fire, flood had all been pitted against that tree and it had
powers no one had a right to mess with, the locals said it was cursed but this
pair weren’t from around here.
He watched the woman as she stridently paced out her fantasy
garden, Japanese water feature, flower beds, orchard; she threw out her grand
plans in such a manner that he was surprised it didn’t all magically materialise
there and then!
With a wry smile he considered the project and a reasonable quote
for his labours; it might be kind of fun to find out just who would win this
battle.
Ha ha, the tree's in for a battle! Unfortunately the weeds are winning in my garden! Really liked this Sarah.
ReplyDeleteI can't help thinking that the tree has the upper hand...
ReplyDeleteA stridant force pitted against a force of nature - somehow I think nature might win.
ReplyDeleteGreat imagery - I was there in the garden :)
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