Tuesday, April 16, 2013

This Week's Story Start

I like this story start enough to keep it going for another week. Read below in the comments section to see how it unfolds.  :)

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I was born right in the middle of a candy shop. Mama said the first thing I probably saw as I came out was the toy train rattling down its track through the store.
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10 comments:

  1. Jocelyn KasperApril 17, 2013 at 12:36 AM

    That's because, as the story goes, she was busy dusting the miniature village which surrounded the track when her water broke.

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  2. Ann SchwarzApril 22, 2013 at 5:16 PM

    I made quite a sensation just being born. I must never have gotten over it.

    "You're a natural at performing," people always tell me. It makes that warm feeling I always get from being in front of an audience fill up my chest and glow out my eyes and shine through the tiny cracks in between my teeth.

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  3. Jocelyn KasperApril 22, 2013 at 6:42 PM

    And then I hear a "choo-choo" wailing from the back of my memory somewhere. That doesn't give me as warm a feeling. More like flashes of hot/cold, hot/cold.

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    1. Ann SchwarzApril 23, 2013 at 11:02 AM

      The "choo-choo" brings me back to where I am right now. I hear one off in the distance.

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  4. Margo DillApril 22, 2013 at 10:52 PM

    So what happened? How did I get here? How did I go from being born in the middle of a candy shop to standing in the middle of a desert, with very little water left for my survival?

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    1. Ann SchwarzApril 23, 2013 at 11:05 AM

      There is no one to perform to out here, unless you count the cacti. I think back to this morning in my bathroom. I smile at the memory and wince at my cracked lips. I did mention I'm a natural born performer didn't I?

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  5. Gila GreenApril 23, 2013 at 5:18 AM

    This means I'm performing all the time, even when I'm alone in front of the bathroom mirror. I line up the lavender and lime green soaps my mother never seems to run out of next to the toothbrushes and dental floss. They are my audience.

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    1. Ann SchwarzApril 23, 2013 at 11:06 AM

      If I hadn't been so desperate for an audience I wouldn't have been tricked into getting stranded here in the desert. I am in serious trouble. Survival skills aren't high on my list of accomplishments.

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  6. Jocelyn KasperMay 11, 2013 at 6:14 PM

    Where are the toothbrushes and dental floss when I need them?

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  7. Ann SchwarzMay 14, 2013 at 12:22 PM

    I trudged toward the road. Maybe I could hitch a ride with someone back to town. Mama always told me not to get in the car with strangers. Well Mama wasn't stranded here waiting for a heat stroke.

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