Sammi at Weekend Writing Prompt has challenged us to write
a poem or prose of exactly 97 words, including the word ‘anfractuous’.
I’ve added a few other prompts I had laying around, namely from
FOWC with Fandango, Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge and
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge. This is my 97-word story.
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They lived in lush green perfection of ripe fruit and pristine water. When their misadventures and disobedience angered the Maker, they and their sons were cast out.
One son, a farmer, made an offering of paltry wheat; the Maker was displeased.
The other, a shepherd, offered his firstborn lamb, which pleased the Maker.
In a panic, the jealous farmer killed his brother.
Enraged and saddened, the Maker banished the murderer, condemning him to a life of endless wandering.
Anfractuous paths covered the land. The farmer roamed for years, until blindly falling from a cliff to his death.
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97 Words
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I like your version and as Dale said, you linked to the prompts perfectly.
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Thanks, Sue.
After a lifetime of endless Sunday sermons,
I’m all for the abridged version of bible stories! 😂
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When will they ever learn…
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Not in our lifetime, D.
I’m not seeing it.
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Nope. My optimism of youth has flown out the window.
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Anfractuous? I couldn’t find that word in my dictionary.
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From the dictionary in my MacBook:
anfractuous | anˈfrak(t)SH(əw)əs |
adjective rare
sinuous or circuitous: the line of gold extends and becomes anfractuous.
DERIVATIVES
anfractuosity | anˌfrakCHəˈwäsədē | noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from late Latin anfractuosus, from Latin anfractus ‘a bending’.
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I am not usually a fan of the multi-prompt post as they often come out clunky. You, however, did an excellent job on this one.
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Thanks much, Dale! I do enjoy multi-prompting and I think I do it well …. well, at least that’s what I’ve been told. 😉 I’m glad you enjoyed my little story. 😀 And remember …. Thou shalt not kill!! 👮🏻
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Some try too hard; it hurts 😉
Uh huh… I’ll do my best to remember.
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Lovely story, Nancy but Cain’s great-great-great-great-grandson Tubal-Cain, the seventh generation from Cain shot him with an arrow thinking he was a wild animal.
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Interesting story. It just goes to show you that even the seventh generation apple does not fall far from the tree. 🌳
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Cain became increasingly more senile as he aged, and he liked to place a horn on his head and pretend that he was a unicorn. Cain dropped to the ground when the arrow hit him and he screamed out in pain, so Tubal-Cain shot him again because he thought it was a wounded animal charging at him. He put a stone in his sling, and he flung the stone which landed square in Cain’s face, knocking out both of his eyes. Cain fell down and died, and this was a fitting end that he had been killed by a stone, because he had used a stone to kill Abel.
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We were always told that Cain’s stone house fell on him, killing him with the same implement he used to kill his brother …. a story not quite as incredible as yours! That would make for a good movie!
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That story came from my second book.
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Wonderful story, Nancy.💕
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Thank you, Grace.
I had a little help from the Good Book. 😀
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Truly my pleasure 💕
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awesome story Nance! ❤
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Call it “divine intervention” CA! ✝️
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Great story and that’s one of my favourite Hozier songs 😀
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Thanks, Sweets, but the story’s been done before – in the book of Genesis, to be exact. 🎚️ That a great song!
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