Calenture*

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 71 words using the prompt words below.

captain ~ leapfrog ~ bakery
prescription ~ widow ~ shampoo ~ anagram

Captain Sheridan visited the Widow Culbertson on Leapfrog Way every Tuesday. She always served fresh bread from the bakery next door.

He arrived with a jar of honey, muttering to himself. When she asked what he muttered, he tapped his head and said, “Solving anagrams… prescription drug names and brands of shampoo, mostly.”

She smiled, sliced the bread and thought “This one’s been at sea too long. He’s off his rocker!”

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 71 Words

*Calenture: feverish delirium supposedly caused by being at sea for extended periods of time and/or the heat in the tropics.

This is “Against The Tide” by Sail North

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