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Saturday, 16 August 2014

The Map

Hard times were upon Maggi & Maria after the sudden accidental death of their parents & their grandparents.

Creditors were at their door and demanded money, claiming that even their home was mortgaged...

PHOTO PROMPT -Copyright - Jan Wayne Fields
PHOTO PROMPT -Copyright – Jan Wayne Fields

The sisters rummaged through all the drawers & shelves & found an important-looking Map in a black-box on their grandpa's study-table.

They checked out the Map, studying it carefully, trying to figure out the mystery treasure that was described.


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Wasn’t mind-boggling for the smart ladies who reached for their grandpa's desk & took out the two picture-frames that hid a magnificent fortune - the World's Oldest Stamps!




My 100 Words & Five Sentence Fiction for- 
Friday Fictioneers - 15 August 2014
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Five Sentence Fiction- Maps
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ABC Wednesday- M For Map, Money, Mortgage, Maggi, Maria, Mind-boggling, Magnificent

40 comments:

  1. Very well connected with the prompt and picture Anita :) We both thought of treasure map then, though mine goes a completely different way :D
    (Please tell the secret of how you combine the prompts so well? :D )

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    1. Thanks for the appreciation, Shanx! :D
      Great minds think alike. Treasure-maps are interesting :)

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  2. Ooh, that's very clever, Anita! I especially like the 'M' theme :)

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    1. Thanks Shailaja :) Advance post for M theme!

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    1. Finding a fortune is always wonderful, Rochelle :)

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  4. Fun! Well done!

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    1. Welcome to my space! Thanks for reading, Grace!

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  5. Map to the fortune that saved the girls' home! Creatively done, Anita :)

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    1. Thanks Beloo. How lovely it'd be to get such maps leading to fortune :)

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    1. Both the pics are courtesy the respective Prompts, Ankur :)

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  7. hopefully all will turn out great for your two characters. enjoyable story!

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    1. Welcome here, Sun! Delighted that you enjoyed reading this :)
      Always great when there are happy endings!

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  8. Interesting :-)

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  9. Lovely! I collect stamps. Maybe ... someday.... I like what you've done.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Alica! Glad you liked this.
      Even I collect stamps! We both are philatelists :)

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  10. there is a big benefit of visiting yr blog.. I came to know about many prompt conducting websites.. just yesterday I joined one and now going to join this one as well.. nicely penned story..I always wondered how ppl can write short stories coz m tend to write lengthy stories .. anyway now I will also try my hand on these short n sweet cookies :))

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    1. That's so sweet, Bhavana! So glad you find my Blog helpful :)
      Do join in! Express your creativity in just 5 Sentences or 100 Words! You can writer longer posts for some other prompts too. But it's better to keep it short & sweet :)

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  11. You have a way with combining multiple prompts so cleverly, Anita. Loved the story!

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  12. Interesting how you combined the prompts. Very imaginative.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by & sharing such nice words, Patricia!

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  13. Nicely written Anita, You instantly connect with the prompts!!!

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    1. Thanks Madhavi :) I instantly connect with such nice feedback too :)

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  14. Anita, That find came just in time to save them. Well written. : ) ---Susan

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    1. Yes, God works in mysterious ways. Thanks Susan :)

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  15. An interesting take on the prompt :)
    The sacred treasure ;)

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  16. Stamps? I was expecting something else :)
    It's neatly written.

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    1. Now, that's the surprise element, Aiswarya :)
      What did you expect? Would love to know!

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  17. very creative...even i xpected real treasure buried sumwhere so that their loan probs wd end...:)

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    1. Thanks Amrita! Nice to receive surprises! Yes, their problems end with this treasure :)

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