They sat by the creek bed, thinking about the world. Thinking about water, dampness, dew. They longed for water, cool and wet. They remembered all the great times in the past.
“Remember,” said the girl.
“Remember,” said the boy.
They played with the sun and waves, waves of happiness. They talked to the fish swimming through their legs. The weeds tickled their toes. They had so much fun.
But that was before. This was then. They hadn’t seen water in a long while. They were terribly thirsty and food was extremely rationed.
The girl was a mermaid. The boy was a shark. They played tag away from the intense heat. Parents watched them from the house.
Then the world turned on them, bringing months of heat. There was no moisture. Nothing. They cried. They sobbed. They starved.
“Remember,” said the girl.
“Remember,” said the boy.
“Like we did Last Summer”
Remember
For a comp called “Like we did Last Summer”
Louise Kuskovski, 2 months ago
This is beautiful. You’ve written it with great rhythm. I like the opening and closing use of “remember.”
I think there is a typo in the third to the last paragraph…you wrote, “the world turned of (on) them,”
Again, beautiful storyline.
Louise
Tainia Finlay, 2 months ago
Lovely MissA, you have a great ability to do this with words, Tai
MissA in reply to Louise Kuskovski’s comment, 2 months ago
Thanks Louise.
I hadn’t noticed the typo!! I’ll fix it up!
I appreciate it. =)
Miss A
MissA in reply to Tainia Finlay’s comment, 2 months ago
Thanks Tai.
I’m very glad you like it
Lehane, 2 months ago
Thanks for taking the time and effort to enter the Like We Did Last Summer short story competition in the Twisted Tales group. You still need to add a link to it though in the forum here Best of luck!