Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#283” – exactly 38 words using the five required prompts:
‘operation’, ‘attract’, ‘vanilla’, ‘pram’ and ‘quack’.
In 38 words, this is my very short story.
A young woman needed an expensive operation.
She filled her baby’s pram with vanilla-scented flowers to sell, hoping to make money to pay the quack doctor.
Sadly, all she did was attract the police who shooed her away.
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38 WORDS
This is “Flower Lady” by Phil Ochs
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The Elephant's Trunk 
Interesting take Nancy!
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Thanks, Di. I found these to be a challenging combination of words.
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It started out so well!
You got me wondering what I would have done with those unrelated words – I gave up!
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These were really difficult words to work with. Thank you, dear Keith!
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Sweet story and lovely little song 💖
Here another for your library if you don’t already know it .
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Oh that was nice, Sis! Thanks so much 💙
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Cute story, and what a lovely song!
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These words were harder than I realized, especially when trying to make a joke out of them. I finally found something that worked …. and that song! Oh my! Thank you, D!
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That’s a really neat story. Thanks, Nancy.
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Thanks, Esther! I don’t mind telling you, these words were not easy; I was tempted to go for a joke, but it just wasn’t working for me. I’m very please this story turned out well and you enjoyed it. Thanks so much!
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Seemed like a good plan. Too bad it didn’t work out. But then again, if the doctor was quack, maybe it’s for the best that she didn’t get to see him.
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You might be right about that. Doctors!
Another thing you’re right about: these words were not easy. Thanks, Fan!
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