copyright – Indira by way of Scott Vanatter
“Riding on a truck is so much fun.”
“It is amazing.”
The truck driver smiled at the two foreigners who had hitchhiked their way on his truck to the next town.
“Where you go in town?” he asked in broken English.
“Just drop us by the main city hall,” echoed the girl speaking out every word in gaps as if talking to a kid. The boy just nodded along with a wide eyed-expression.
“Okay ji.”
It was twilight and the only light source was from the beam of the truck’s headlights. Nobody uttered a single word. The truck raced on.
*My second piece for Friday Fictioneers Writing Prompt.
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I’m getting bad vibes here!
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Sounds like they won’t make it to city hall.
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Hmm.. that is something you have to guess. They may or they may not. The story ends here only.
Thanks for reading. 🙂
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Nice vignette with horrendous possibilities lurking.
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Thanks for reading.. 🙂
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“nobody” could infer the truck is in command
nicely done where many questions arise
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Thank you for the kind remark.. 🙂
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you seemed to have got doubly addicted to FF. churned out two stories for this week.. nicely done.. 🙂
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Ha! that is true..
Thank you.
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They seem to radiate naivety. Even if they don’t make it to city hall, I hope they end up okay.
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I hope so too.. I have left the three characters free to do whatever they do.. they are out of my control.. so I can just hope as well.
Thanks for reading. 🙂
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Ominous undertones. I can imagine the truck driver detouring and executing evil deeds.
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Imagine away the future
the story ends here
nothing did happen
nothing would happen
it happens only
what is happening
in these very words.
Thanks for reading. 🙂
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Dear HA,
Perhaps there’s just a failure to communicate. Language barriers can be tricky.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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They can indeed be tricky.
Thanks for reading.
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Ominous
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True. Thanks for reading. 🙂
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Nice piece of writing.
And, as you say, it ends here.
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Correct. Thanks for the kind remark.
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I felt the ominous tone here too – bit disappointed you didn’t give the story more of an ending… I want to know a bit more what happened!
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Even I wanted to know but alas! the fate was against it since the words filled up soon.. thus, this is the very end.
Thanks for reading.
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