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Wednesday, 2 March 2022

The Leaning Tower

"I wish to visit the Leaning Tower," Lini said dreamily.

Her mother nodded understandingly.

Lini had won a trip to visit Italy.

But, her happiness didn’t last as she met with the accident. 

The recovery process meant that she would miss the trip.

Photo Prompt- Anne Higa
"I wanted to paint right there..."

Her mother knew how Lini felt.

The next day, Lini woke up to a surprise! 

The Leaning Tower was right there in her room! 

Her mother had installed a home-theatre system.

It projected a true-to-life image on the wall in front of her! 

There was a blank canvas with colours too! 


100 words story for Friday Fictioneers

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14 comments:

  1. Iain Kelly2 March 2022 at 18:10

    Good for painting, but still not the same as being there and taking in the atmosphere! Hopefully she gets to go once recovered :-)

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  2. Neil MacDonald2 March 2022 at 18:12

    Perhaps the mother could also supply pasta dishes and Tuscan wine

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  3. Dale2 March 2022 at 18:29

    What a lovely gesture from her mother.

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  4. SG2 March 2022 at 23:54

    Did the mother arranged for pizza while the daughter was painting the leaning tower of Pisa?

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  5. Linda3 March 2022 at 03:30

    Aw, what a thoughtful mama :)

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  6. Bill3 March 2022 at 13:40

    And then, some day, maybe for real. But for now.... Well told and comforting story.

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  7. Unknown3 March 2022 at 20:04

    Oh, what a good mom!

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  8. Pooja Mahimkar4 March 2022 at 11:14

    So cute, a mother can truly make anything happen

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  9. Isadora De La Vega6 March 2022 at 04:00

    Mom's always want to heal and keep their children from disappointmenting pain.
    Sweet mom ...
    Isadora ��

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  10. JadeLi6 March 2022 at 10:13

    Awwwwww, Lini's mom adores her daughter and it shows so poignantly here. It is a story they will remember and share for a long time and hopefully a painting to honor the memory will also arise.

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  11. Rowena6 March 2022 at 15:52

    Great story Anita, and very credible. I am familiar with this tragedy. Our son was booked on a history tour of Europe with his school in 2020 which was cancelled due to covid. We live in Sydney, Australia so the trip was a huge deal and a real stretch for us financially. We could do much to get around it at the time, but he is going sailing on a tall ship in a few weeks and I'm just praying nothing goes wrong there. I find it so hard to plan ahead with covid still being around.

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  12. plaridel6 March 2022 at 22:21

    what a kind and loving gesture. the real thing is something to look forward to. :)

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  13. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields7 March 2022 at 00:04

    Dear Anita,

    What a lovely thing for a mother to do for her daughter.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  14. draliman8 March 2022 at 12:56

    That's lovely. And maybe that's just a taster and she can still visit when she's better :-)

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