‘Gary, what are you doing?’
‘I’m digging a hole.’
‘Why?’
‘You’ll see!’
‘Gary, you’ve been sullen ever since Marshall came out. Why don’t you talk about it? Get things off your chest.’
‘There’s nothing to talk about it, Mel! Marshall’s lifestyle is his own to make.’
‘Oh, Gary! Don’t tell me you are homophobic.’
‘No! I’m not. I have no issues with Marshall being gay. Only with the fact that they are not planning for kids.’
‘So?’
‘It’s up to me to take care of our family tree.’
‘Eh?’
‘Yup! I’m planting myself. Don’t worry. The seed is strong.’
Written for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff – Fields. This week’s delightful prompt is by Connie Gayer and stars our resident lord of puns Russell. Do head over here to read other entries.
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An unexpected, and emotive, take on the prompt.
http://thewritetypeofteacher.blogspot.com/2018/05/friday-fictioneers-forest.html
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This is really touching, although maybe Gary needs to worry less about the DNA of his line continuing. Family is bigger than just genes.
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Planting himself! Ha. Great story.
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Planting himself, ha! Great story.
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Oh, I liked that! Very original and thought provoking. Brilliantly done!
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Hahaha 🙂 That’s exactly what the photo suggests 😀 Very clever!
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You made me smile, lovely
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I thought that family tree is not exactly the same as wild oats, but I guess he has a point.
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A very different take on the prompt. I like it.
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Bless him, I think he’s got the wrong end of the stick! Imaginative take on the prompt Varad. Nicely done
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Very well written.
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He is just turning into a new leaf. On the other hand maybe the sap is rising and he will branch out soon.
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Reblogged this on Vampire Maman and commented:
I love this small story. OK, extremely short story that is really quite big.
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Varad, I experienced so many emotions reading this. Perhaps, he should take a more direct approaqch and donate to a sperm bank instead.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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That was most original… though, I dunno how well he’ll branch out…
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Well, he could get cremated and have his ashes mixed in with a sapling’s base. (this is actually a thing). So, plant away, plant away.
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Original take! I think he needs a few biology lessons though.
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Soon he’ll be branching out! Nice one Varad.
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I got maybe a more scabrous image from that last line than you might have intended!
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If people could be ‘planted’, imagine the ‘implants’!
Many ideas well conveyed in a few words – gay, child/family-tree, sadness, accepting reality…
True Treasure – Anita
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Very clever take. 🙂
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Dear Varad,
Nice turn of a phrase. Well written.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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This is very clever, Varad – a nice use of words :).
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