THE BIG ESCAPE – FFfAW – WEEK of AUGUST 9, 2016
This is my entry in the Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers photo Challenge. We write a short piece of no more than 175 words about the photo provided.
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THE BIG ESCAPE
Turned loose in a large green field, the game players ran around willy-nilly. All the rules and regimentation were forgotten in this first taste of freedom. They shouted, and laughed, and kicked all the balls as hard as they wanted to.
There were no grown-ups telling them how to behave. Their uniforms became grass-stained, their shoes muddy, but they didn’t care. This was living!
After awhile they became tired and thirsty. This was a new feeling…uncomfortable. Looking around for an answer to their unanticipated quandary, they became worried. How would they get back home? Where was their home?
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Back at the activities center, John and Joe looked at the game table.
“What happened to all the little foosball men?” John asked.
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word count = 170
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© 2016 BS
It sounded like a scene out of the Lord of the Flies. Nice twist at the end. It made me laugh. Well done! 🙂
Thanks, Yinglan! Lord of the Flies…oh my! haha…glad you liked it! Thanks for providing the photo! 🙂
Hahahaha! They were all foosball men! LOL! Cute story! I agree with what Yinglan said. 😀 😀
Hi, PJ! Yep, and they didn’t know how to act with all that freedom from the game table! Glad you enjoyed this one! 🙂
I did enjoy it! I just wanted to remind you to link your story to the InLinkz Story Board.
Oh, ok!
Thanks for the reminder to link, PJ! All done now! 🙂
Good luck! love it!
Thanks, Daisy! 🙂
Brilliant ending! Imagine being alive and trapped to the football table your whole life!
Thank you so much! It would be awful to be forever trapped like that. It’s funny that when they were finally free, they just kicked the balls around. It was all they knew to do.
Doo-do, doo-do…. You never know what those little action figures are up to when you’re not looking. Fun piece, Barbara. Hugs.
haha they are pretty sneaky, always wanting to escape! thanks xo
Ha! My children love playing foosball. Interesting take 😊
Thanks, Jacqueline! I don’t think I’ve ever played foosball, but it looks fun. Hope all is good with you these days! 🙂