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PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The photo this week was snapped at a flea market. The shelf unit is in front of a window. The lower shelves are fully of colorful bottles. On the second shelf up there is a doll on the left and a glass angel on the right. From there on up the shelves are loaded with all manner of doll heads.
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Genre: Fiction
Word Count:100
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
Sifting through shards of her grandmother’s treasured porcelain vase, Carla fumed.
Five-year-old Angela hung her head. “Sorry, Mommy.”
“What were you thinking? You know better than to throw a basketball in the house.”
In a fit of anger, Carla ran to her daughter’s room and ripped the head and stuffings from Big Bird. Yellow fuzz drifted to the floor like snowflakes.
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Years later Angela recounted the incident to her own children with, “Let this be a lesson to you, kiddies.”
Her son gasped. “You wouldn’t do it to us, would you, Mommy?”
“Break one of my things and find out.”
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Ask your local library to carry LAST DANCE WITH ANNIE. (Thanks, Lisa 😉 ) Audio book out soon!
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