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Sorry so late to the Friday Fictioneers game this week. A new semester and two new classes had me scrambling on this one. I’m still not all that happy with this piece but I was determined to come up with something. I need to push through the harder ones and not only try ones that immediately spark an idea. I didn’t put the official inLinkz code at the bottom. It seems to be giving me some trouble. Most of my links from older stories have broken or vanished altogether, so I’m using a traditional text link until I can figure out the problem.
The Lady of Shalott
Much like Anne Shirley as she floated down the river reciting the Lady of Shalott, I was minding my own business. Not at all in need of a rescue. Mother nature had other ideas. A sudden deluge washed my tiny Yaris into a ditch before I could react, quickly rising nearly to the windows. I crawled out the window and onto the car as the water continued to rise. I was never happier than that moment to see the Ford F-350 pull up close. “Hop in the back,” he said. Damn. He was the last person I wanted to see.
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January 24, 2015 at 1:37 pm
Ruby Manchanda
I enjoyed reading this. I like the last part especially.
January 24, 2015 at 3:43 pm
lunasgathering
Thanks 🙂
January 24, 2015 at 4:24 pm
rochellewisoff
Dear Luna,
I guess begging drowners can’t be can’t be choosers. 😉 At least he rescued her. Hope he doesn’t expect anything more than thanks in return.
I think what’s happened with inLinkz is that they’ve changed the link box. At least on my older posts the old white box with the blue frog now appears as a tiny square. It still works if you click it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
January 24, 2015 at 5:03 pm
lunasgathering
Thanks 🙂 Better to accept the help and live another day.
And thank you for letting me know about the links.
January 24, 2015 at 4:26 pm
penshift
Hint of I’d almost rather drown at the end there. 🙂 Don’t worry about it being late in the game. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a few go up on the tuesday before the next weeks prompt goes up. This week that will probably be me.
January 24, 2015 at 5:10 pm
lunasgathering
Sometimes the embarrassment alone is enough to avoid rescue.
We always figure better late than never. 🙂 I look forward to reading yours.
January 24, 2015 at 8:03 pm
fortworthpatricia
Maybe her rescuer is a relative or friend, and she knows she’s got an “I told you so” or a good backside-chewing coming? I was once caught out in a flash flood and all I could think was “please don’t let me die in a way that will be so embarrassing to my family when the news anchor drones on about fools who drive into water.” 😀
January 24, 2015 at 8:23 pm
lunasgathering
No one likes an “I told you so,” least of all from family. When I initially wrote it, I was thinking more along the lines of Anne’s predicament of being rescued by someone she wouldn’t admit to herself she loved. Ah, poor Gilbert Blythe put up with so much from Miss Shirley over the years. 🙂 Now so many people have seen different possibilities that I don’t know where it goes. 😀
January 25, 2015 at 6:10 pm
Margaret
One should always be grateful for a good strong Ford in rescue mode, no matter who’s behind the wheel. Good story. I had a ‘Lady’ theme in my post too.
January 26, 2015 at 7:19 pm
lunasgathering
Thank you. 🙂 I’m more of a Toyota gal myself. But Ford does make a solid truck.
Something about the way the actress reads the poem in the Kevin Sullivan production stuck with me over the years. I can always hear Megan Follows’ voice in my head when I read it.
January 26, 2015 at 1:26 am
Nan Falkner
Dear Luna, Jump in the back of the F-350 and still tell him or her to punch it. It doesn’t take much water to raise a truck either. Good job! Nan 🙂
January 26, 2015 at 7:15 pm
lunasgathering
Very true. Sudden rains can wash away pretty much anything. And better to watch it from safety. Thanks 🙂
January 26, 2015 at 5:42 pm
mjlstories
I love the reverence to the lovely Anne. Did you ever walk on roofs for a dare?
January 26, 2015 at 7:14 pm
lunasgathering
No rooftops for me. I’m a little more like Marilla. 🙂