Short Story

Muffins And Croissants

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Our gracious host Jenne at The Unicorn Challenge
has offered up this photo prompt hoping to inspire us
to creatively write something in 250 words or less.
This is my 250-word response to the photo prompt.

© Ayr/Gray

The year was 1987. Bill and I were celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary by going on a cruise to the Bahamas with our sons, aged 10 and 8.

On the third day we made plans to disembark at our next port of call …. St. Thomas …. and asked one of the stewards to recommend a nice beach. He gave us a name, saying it was not a touristy place and if we were lucky, we’d see some iguanas. Having had a pet iguana before, the boys were excited.

We ate breakfast in an outdoor cafe with thatched umbrellas before heading to the beach, bringing with us some leftover croissants and muffins too delicious to leave behind. The steward was right; the beach was deserted. It was pristine with the clearest, bluest water we’d ever seen. After a couple of hours, there was still no sign of iguanas anywhere and our boys were sorely disappointed. We searched a large rock outcropping, knowing the little lizards like hiding in crevices, but none were there.

Rounding the rocks to check out what was on the other side, we stopped dead in our tracks. It was like a land before time with iguanas the size of small dinosaurs sunning themselves on the beach. They were magnificent and, aside from their enormous whip-like tails, appeared harmless.

Cautious yet unafraid, we slowly approached as the herbivores watched from heavy-lidded eyes. To our sons’ utter delight and amazement, iguanas enjoy being fed leftover muffins and croissants!

NAR©2024
250 Words

The Unicorn Challenge-15/03/24

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41 thoughts on “Muffins And Croissants”

  12. A delightful story, Nancy.
    ‘Rounding the rocks to check out what was on the other side, we stopped dead in our tracks. ‘ I stopped dead in my tracks along with you.
    How amazing that must have been for the boys too.
    Great photos too.

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    1. This was long before we had cell phones so I have physical photos in a large trunk in the den. Grinning, suntanned towheads feeding giant lizards a croissant is an unforgettable sight. Perhaps I should have taken the time to find that photo; hopefully you’ll get the picture.

      Thanks, Jenne!

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