Inspiration point (IP)
This Week's Inspiration Point is to take any proverb and let it inspire a story or poem. Expecting cats killed by curiosity, chickens that have been counted prior to hatching, hands that feed you getting bitten, stitches in time and hot irons striking. I suspect it may have been an Inspiration Point in the past, but repetition is the mother of skill, as they say.
Inspiration point
The Buried Treasure
"X" marks the spot. (Image from Wikimedia Commons in the public domain)
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'Parcel for you..' Part 2
‘No. I wish I was.’ ‘I’m a bit taken aback to be honest, Vanessa.’ There was a short period of silence. ‘I know….and I’m really sorry. I was having a...
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Jacques in the Box
A mysterious woman’s trunk of treasures.
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'Parcel for you..'
‘Parcel for you. Shall I bring it inside?’ Vanessa was puzzled by the enormous cardboard box on the doorstep.’Oh, what is it? It looks heavy.’ The...
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Personal Pandora
The past is done, the future not yet written
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