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

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The Something-That-Had-To-Be-Done

William's knitted gloves dangled on a short string from each sleeve, making absolutely sure that he couldn't lose them, however hard he tried. Today...
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Absolute Zero Cool

Absolutely Zero Cool I have never mastered the art of staying cool. I would be a nailed-on certainty for a Nobel Prize if getting hot under the...

Brutal Bites: Cold Hearted

Samy’s inspired imagination, courage, and hope came from his father. He was the soul flame that kept him from freezing. Samy’s mother was the one who...

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