Rochelle Wisoff Fields Friday Fictioneers
“Mommy, I’m scared. Where’s Kyle?” Her pouty lips trembled.
Her mother squeezed her daughter’s hand. “I don’t know.”
Kyle’s little sister sniffled. “I tried to find him, honest.”
“I know you did, sweetheart.”
“He’s better at hide-n-seek than I am.” Tears rolled down the child’s cheeks. “I want to go home.”
“Me too.” The woman knelt beside her daughter and pointed. “See all the birds?”
“Uh-huh.”
“They can see for miles.” Her breath caught – a bird of prey circled nearby.
The child’s eyes widened. “Are they looking for Kyle too?”
Kyle’s mother uttered a silent prayer for her son. “Maybe.”
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Oh, wow, what a dazzling last line. So much there, and yet … so much left unsaid. I love it. Great story.
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Thank you, I’m honored by your kind comments. Glad you stopped by, took a stroll, read, and commented. Much obliged.
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Oh, brrrr! Perfect setup for the rest of the story 🙂
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Thank you, glad you liked it.
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It makes me wonder where they are playing hide and seek if they aren’t at home. Our kids used to take off and be hard to find in department stores. Two or three times having them paged over the store intercom broke them from that. 🙂
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Outside – there used to be a time when kids could do that safely. Not so much anymore, I’m afraid. The details, I like to leave to the reader. Let their imagination fill in the blanks. Thanks as always for reading.
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Dear Sheila,
I hope those birds aren’t vultures. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’ll leave that to the writer’s imagination. Glad you liked it and thanks for stopping by to read.
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Definitely a lead into a good story. Reminded me of “The Birds” also.
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Thanks Marjorie. Glad you liked it. I must admit, “The Birds,” came to mind while writing the story. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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This is well written. I felt like I was there. It made me want more. I hope you tell the rest of this story.
I need to get back to Friday Fictioneers, too. I wish they had a notification system for new posts.
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Sign up to follow her blog and you’ll get notification. Good luck. Glad you enjoyed the story and thanks for the compliment.
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Like Daphne du Mauriers birds, you guide your reader to consider something bad?
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Possibly… Hope you liked it and glad you stopped by.
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Oooh. this was good. Think you could do something with this one. I thought of Alfred Hitchcock movie “The Birds” which still gives me the creeps.
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Thanks. We’ll see.
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