Copyright Madison Woods
Genre: Fiction
Word Count:100
Barriers
‘Dad, there a truck outside full of barbed wire, d’you know anything about it?’
‘It’s for river meadow. I’m sick of that bloody woman’s dogs worrying our sheep, time to get tough.’
‘You don’t know her dogs are to blame, more likely a fox.’
‘It’s her fault!
I don t know why he hated her. Since I bumped into her in the village, we’ve got on really well. She liked the fact our hair is almost the same colour.
My mother left us when I was small; it’s good to have a woman to talk to occasionally.
Dad wouldn’t understand.
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That’s very cute
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Hi Neil thanks for reading.
I think I must have been too obscure as I wasn’t aiming for ‘cute’
Perhaps I’ll try another edit.
Dee
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This is neat! I always hated it when someone got along with someone else and I couldn’t and vice versa. Human nature, I suppose.
Great work, Dee!
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Hi Kent, as I said to Neil, I think I have made the meaning too obscure and perhaps I’ll try another edit. I’ll wait and see what others think. Thanks as usual for reading, I always appreciate you stopping by. Dee 🙂
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Same colour hair, dads worried about what may come out in conversation I think. Love your different take on the barbs of life. Mike
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Yes, I think he is. Thanks for reading Mike and pleased you liked it.
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Oh I like the secret almost revealed… I guess her father would understand all too well
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Yes he would. Thanks Björn, pleased you liked this
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Almost the same colour hair…uh oh, I think Dad understands for sure!
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Yes he certainly does. Thanks for reading.
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There is some family secret here, but I can’t figure it out. Is she the kid’s mum? Or sister? Very intriguing, I just hope the dog won’t get caught in the wire.
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She’s the girls mother – was worried I had been too obscure. Thanks for reading 😀
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she must be the mother she never knew.
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Yes she is, thank you for reading 😀
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Dear Dee,
Is it me or is the woman she ran into possibly the runaway mum? At any rate, methinks there’s a lot of story lurking between the lines of this one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle
Yes she is, she left when the girl was very young. Based loosely on a true life happening where the father threw the mother out and refused to hand over the child, citing het ‘bad reputation’ which was all lies. She found her daughter again but it took years of battle through the courts etc., must have been dreadful.
Was worried I’d not given enough hints…
Take care
Dee
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So, this is her mother? It’s odd that she would be so close and not acknowledge her daughter. There’s definitely a lot more to this story.
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Yes it is, if you see my reply to Rochelle it explains a bit about the background. Thanks for reading Dawn
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I didn’t see the first version (if you’ve edited it already) but I got this very clearly. It’s a great take on the prompt, well done.
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I didn’t edit it as after a couple of comments, it seemed that most people got it – (I thought you would as you write do well in this genre.)
Congratulations again on Flash 500 👍
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