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.
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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