This is in response to Rochelle’s Weekly Photo Prompts For Friday Fictioneers.
Word Count: 100
Mother always said I had the inquisitiveness of an explorer.
Once I tried to insert a pencil through the ear to find where it would land.
On another I was curious to feel the crunch of glass in my mouth.
And then … figure out whether I could walk with both feet tied together with a rope.
Every narrow escape made me bolder.
Till the day I tried to hammer down the bronze orb up the double slide in the children’s park to see what’s inside.
The guards actually thought I was detrimental to humanity!!!
Just imagine!!
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Lol 😀 Lol Lol Lol!
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Glad for that hoot of laughter 😁
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a destructive curiosity
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Absolutely… Somewhere a child’s curiosity needs to be curbed or channelised
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Geeta, your story made me both laugh and cringe. This is the kind of kid that I used to have to monitor in my old job.
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Dear Lisa,
I love your response.
Children are not necessarily mischievous or monstrous but their indomitable curiosity sometimes goes out of bounds.
I see many parents who either take this out of bounds curiosity lightly or are at a complete loss to manage it.
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Well said, Geeta!
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Brilliant take on childhood curiosity run amok. The progression is perfect. from trying to thread a pencil through your ear to assaulting playground equipment. And the ending line about guards thinking you’re detrimental to humanity is just chef’s kiss. That deadpan “Just imagine!!” perfectly captures the bewilderment of someone who thought they were conducting serious research. Really well done. 😄
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Thank you very much
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Curiosity killed the cat
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Yes. Thank you so much Derrrick 🙏
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Geeta Ji,are you still curious about what is inside the bronze orb.
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Hee ..Hee… you’ve caught me Nusrat.
But now my curiosity has shifted to other more elevating things.
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Actually your post made me curious about the bronze orb,I thought we would find out together.😂😂
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Well, my perspective has shifted again. Let’s go…
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Done.
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That is a great story, Geeta. I’m still grinning!
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Thanks Chris. I am glad it amused you.
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This kind of funny, especially about the pencil and the “detrimental to humanity. “🤭
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Thank you so much Hazel. God bless.
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My pleasure, gc, and God bless you too
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Hide the knives. That’s why they make those outlet guards and kid gates. Though, I will admit to getting a mint leaf stuck up my nose when I was three. At least, it smelled good.
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Yes, you are absolutely correct. All things destructive are out away as kids start growing. The mint experiment was classic. I am sure it must have unlocked a floodgate of vivid imaginations.
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Dear Geeta,
She does sound dangerous.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Isn’t she?
Thanks Rochelle
Namaste
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