The Red Flower
31st Jan 2019 #TellTaleThursday
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February 6, 2019
Pic Credit Anshu
All his friends were enjoying around the bonfire. He excused himself and left, dropping a lighted cigarette in the peatland.
He stood at the cliff, enjoying the view. Fire looked beautiful like a red flower. He smiled.
He turned around and saw his fiance behind him. She had a burning stick in her hand. She just took a step forward and he fell down the valley. She murmured, ”every beast is scared of the red flower”.
Behind her, the helicopters roared with their Bambi buckets.
Written for Friday Fictioneers.
32 Comments
I liked “Behind her, the helicopters roared with their Bambi buckets.”
Thank you, Neil. I am glad that you liked it.
Good use of words – very evocative
Thank you so much, Jennifer.
I’ve never trusted red flowers! Nice one Priya
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Neither do I. Thank you, Keith.
Did he do something to deserve it, or not? Intriguing mystery.
Of course, he did. He plotted to kill friends… she came to rescue. Thank you, Iain, for reading and commenting.
Angry fiance! Why did she kill him?
She didn’t intend to. he planned to kill his friends though. She came to rescue. Thank you, Abhijit.
Dear Priya,
The red flower. I’m reminded of Jungle Book. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Indeed, that’s where it came from. I guess I should have dropped a note about it. Thank you, Rochelle.
I was expecting the lighted cigarette to start a peat fire!
Quite a predictable move. thank you, Liz, for reading and commenting.
While most wildfires start naturally, too many of them are started by carelessness or even malice.
Thank you for teaching me a new term – Bambi bucket!
Watched a video, how the Bambi bucket works. It is a mind-blowing invention, I must say. Do watch a video. I can share the link if you would like to watch.
Well done, Priya. Loved the “helicopters roared with their Bambi buckets!
So much evil cloaked as a red flower…
True that! Thank you, Violet.
The dropped cigarette was what I was expecting to flare up, is a bambi bucket a real thing? I hope so!!
It sure is. A wonderful invention to put an end to the wildfire. thank you for commenting.
Your story is very intense! Good job!
Thank you for the kind comment. I am glad that you liked it. 🙂
I really thought his cigarette would start the fire – Really gives me goose bumps – WOW!
Need to up my game 😉 Thank you, once again, Nan.
He might have deserved his fate, plotting to kill his friends and all. =)
definitely, he deserved it. Thank you, Brenda, for reading and commenting.
So–he was planning for his friends to die, and she was on to him? I wonder what he clues were.
Very interesting! You can tell there is much more to this backstory. Great write!
He dropped the cigarette purposely. Karma is a bitch, here it showed up too soon for him. Good story, Priya.
Good story and I’ve leant something new in Bambi buckets
Good story, great imagination.Loved the last line. He deserved it.