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PHOTO PROMPT © Nancy Richy
Today’s lovely photo from the Elephant’s Trunk is a nighttime scene. Lights and trees line the street in the background. Tere’s a building in the background to the right. In front is a circular fountain. The water, a beautiful shade of blue is lit from the bottom. We see colored lights through the streams of water.
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The photo prompt is new but my story has been around the blog a few times. As I post this a day ahead, it falls on election day. With seemingly a bazillion things to do I hope you’ll forgive this rerun.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Word Count: 100
FINAL SOLUTION
“These madmen take everything,” cried Leah. “They brand us like cattle because we are Jews and you do nothing?”
“How does one fight a pack of rabid dogs?” Avraham rubbed a painful lump on the back of his head. “Finish packing. We set sail in the morning while we still can.”
“They cannot have my grandmother’s bracelet.”
“Leave it! What’s a bauble when our people are being exterminated like cockroaches?”
Letting the bracelet fall from her fingers, she collapsed into his arms. “España is our home.”
“Querida, you are my home. 1493 in Portugal—it will be a better year.”
