'I blamed it on the dog'
http://jfb57.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-week-48/
Having pretty much finished my end of year reports (yeah) and my 50K (whoopee) thought I'd do this week's.
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Anniversary
“I’ll be home by seven!” You’d promised. You were gone
before I’d made it out of bed. Yawning, I
went downstairs to make myself a cup of tea, hoping that you might have left me
at least a clue that you’d remembered.
Nothing.
Not strictly true; one dirty mug on the table.
I waited in all day just in case.
Nothing.
Seven o’clock came and went. The lovingly prepared meal
scraped into the bin, the wine drunk.
Eight O’clock...
Nine O’clock...
Half past nine, “Sorry I’m late. What’s for tea?”
I blamed it on the dog as I headed for the stairs and ripped
the card in two.
Oooh. Poingnant. A testament to your writing that the mood is captured so perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dughall.
DeleteHad a picture of a teeny little chihuahua getting the blame!
Serves him right but the poor dog getting the blame!! A great and differnt take on the prompt.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sally; I think this prompt would be great for a humorous piece, but that's not my forte.
DeleteYeah, she should have torn him off a strip, thoughtless git, but you had to honour the prompt :) She'll not forget that night, even if he remembers next year :)
DeleteYep, she should have but as you said, had to honour the prompt ;)
DeleteSaved by the dog :D
Awww. :(
ReplyDelete:) Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteThe poor dog! He needs to be told in no uncertain terms what the problem is - preferably through a divorce lawyer.
ReplyDeleteYou captured her feelings really well in this. I enjoyed it.
Thank you SJ. I really wanted to write something funny...but just couldn't make that genre work.
DeleteGosh, how poignant. My heart bled for the one who waited. A beautifully constructed piece.
ReplyDeleteThank you, it started off a lot longer! Working on brevity at the mo...
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ReplyDeleteIt reads like reality . . .
Why couldn't he remember something so important? But the poor dog!
Luckily far from the truth. I actually think I could rewrite this so she fed it to the dog...but 100 words isn't enough for that!
DeleteOh Anna such lovely little details in this, very emotive in so few words and I can see her plodding miserably up the stairs. An excellent piece!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comment.Always enjoy your pieces.
Deletepoor lady, can just feel the tension at the end and the frustration leading up to it x
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading and leaving a comment :)
DeleteAww this is lovely x
ReplyDeletePleased that you liked it; haven't seen yours yet- looking now...
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