Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.
The fern lazily unfurled a frond toward the spider plant. “They’ve gone to sleep again.”
“Finally,” sighed the philodendron, trailing a long vine across the sill. “Always moving us. Too much sun. Too little sun.“
The orchid, dignified and deliberate, waltzed toward the window lights outside. “Those are street trees. They’ve been there a hundred years.”
Silence settled between the pots.
“Do you think they know about us?” asked the small cactus, barely visible in the dark.
The fern considered this prickly question carefully.
“The trees? Oh yes. They know everything. They’re the ones who told us you were coming.”
NAR©2026
100 Words
This is “Talkin’ To The Trees” by Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts
Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Thanks for your consideration. NAR©2017-present.
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Dear Nancy,
I love this plant hierarchy. Why not? Imaginative use of the prompt.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Why not indeed! Thanks very much, Rochelle.
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Love this!
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Thanks, Dawn. So glad you enjoyed this one.
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Brilliant take on the prompt! Sorry if this duplicates. Well done!
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Thanks so much for reading, Sandra
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Love it!!
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Thanks so much, Chris!
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Living on the inside, it’s not unreasonable to create their society! Love this, amica mia.
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If we can talk to the animals, why not plants! Grazie, cara!
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Absolutely! It has been proven that talking to plants makes a difference.
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It does for me! ☺️
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😊
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Great imagination. (Says our hosta.)
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😂 The hosta always knows! Thanks, Patrick.
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The language of plants, if only I had the translations and understood. Well too late, the compost heap wins.
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It’s a losing. battle, James!
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Very interesting story
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I’m glad you enjoyed it, Sadje
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👍🏼🙏🏼👍🏼
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The Druids of New York…..
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Perfect! 🪴 😀
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I like this, Nancy. I’ve got lots of big plants, and I talk to them. I couldn’t have nicer housemates!
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I know exactly what you mean! My plants never complain and they don’t give me a hard time. They just reward me for my efforts. Thank you, dear Keith 🪴
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Love this Nancy! I’ve often wondered what our house plants talk about when we are not around!
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We talk about them so……! 😀 I’m really glad you enjoyed this, Tiffany. Thanks! 🪴
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I love how you have given each plant its own personality Nance – and you are right the trees do know everything 👏
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And people are just cutting them down willy-nilly! Something does not compute. Thanks so much, Ange. 🌳
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I so agree
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Your tree personification made them more relatable.
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I’m glad to hear that, Jim; that was the whole idea. If you have any plants, I hope you talk to them! 😊
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I love the thought of trees and plants talking. Poor plants that do well in a ‘humid environment.’ **please don’t put us in the bathroom! please!**😂
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😂 My sister-in-law is big on putting plants in the bathroom. I was at her house one day, in the bathroom, and I was starting to get claustrophobic. It felt like the philodendron behind me was going to wind itself around my neck! It was very creepy. When I said something to my SIL, she responded with “but they love the humidity!” I suggested she put the plants in the shower with her! She didn’t think that was funny. 😂
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haha! I think that is hilarious! Can’t you picture trying to get out of the shower and a tendril has wrapped itself around your ankle. Oh, yeah. So many stories here, Nancy! 😂🪴
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I can see that happening to my SIL very easily! 🤣
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Talking to the plants and trees is my favorite activity, Nancy
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A lot of mine too, dear Ivor. And they reward me by growing beautifully! 🥰
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Co-existence is the key … 🥰🌏🌹
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What a sweet botanical story. And plants being able to communicate with their own species, and with others, is a fact.
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I’ve never heard them talking to each other, Gabi, but I believe they do! Thanks very much.
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😂 They talk with chemicals and through mycorrhiza.
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Lovely anthropomorphism
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You’re such a sweet talker, Neil 😀
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At least the plants are paying attention to the other plants and not to the people around them. I’d hate it if my house plants gossiped about me.
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Too late, James! I’m sure they talk about all of us behind our backs.
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Oh, this is adorable. You described the different plants so well! 🙂
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Thank you, Brenda. I talked to my plants so why can’t they talk to each other? 🌱
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So that’s what the household plants get up to (apart from dying because I’m no good at the putting them in the right place, giving the exact right amount of water, etc.)
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And they’re probably complaining about you, Iris! 😂 🤣
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They might have been….
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