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Pretty Painted Nails

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Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#432 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
85 words using the word ‘eavesdrop’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge –
‘lilac’. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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“Did you eavesdrop, Benny? Is that what happened? You hit Lana, didn’t you?”

“It was an accident, Sherrif Mac! I swear. They was talkin’, Lana and Clarice. Talkin’ ‘bout paintin’ their nails. Lana, she said she wanted somethin’ classy and ladylike, somethin’ like a princess and that’s why she painted her nails lilac. And my heart went ‘BOOM!’, ya know? I ain’t never seen nothin’ so perty-soundin’ as lilac. I just wanted a look. But Lana, she said ‘no’. Why’d she hafta say ‘no’, Mac?

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85 Words

This is “Hazard” by Richard Marx

Weekend Writing Prompt #432 – Eavesdrop
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Lilac

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33 thoughts on “Pretty Painted Nails”

  1. It was wrong to hit Lana, but Lana should have realised the poor boy had learning difficulties, she ought to have made an allowance for his childlike lack of social skills.

    Nancy you conveyed so much in these few lines, and I thank you for sharing with the Lilac challenge.

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    1. Sue, thank you for your gracious and kind comments. The scenario you just described is what I was hoping to achieve in my short story, something I was afraid had missed its mark. I am pleased and appreciate to know that was not the case. It’s always a pleasure for me to participate in your various challenges. Thanks, once again.

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