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The photo prompt this week is of a forest/park. There is a picnic table to the right in the background. The tree in the foreground has an unusual rounded branch on the right side of the trunk that arches almost to the top.

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Genre: Historical Fiction
Word Count: 100

TAKE ME UNDER YOUR WING

“Run, Havah!”

The sound of her mother’s last scream filled Havah’s head and pounded in rhythm to her footsteps. Beech trees loomed in the forest ahead; their gnarled roots circled above the ground like dancers at a wedding feast. They whispered somber melodies.

Rocks, frozen grass and thorns stabbed the soles of her bare feet. There had been no time for shoes, no time to dress.

Who would pray for their souls?

She forced her heavy mouth to shape the Hebrew prayer— Kaddish—prayer for the dead and prayer for the bereft. “‘Magnified and sanctified is your great Name …’”

The excerpt I shared this week is from my first novel PLEASE SAY KADDISH FOR ME. It’s available on Amazon. More about my books HERE