Wednesday's Words on a Friday

 

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems.

The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words.

This month the words/prompts are supplied by Elephant's Child and can be found here

This week's words/prompts are: 

1. out of sight, out of mind 

2. absence makes the heart grow fonder 

3. puppy love 

4. love laughs at locksmiths 

5. love is blind 

6. a face only a mother could love

Here is my story: 

Teacher: “Settle down girls and boys. Now do you all have your papers ready? On the board here are the phrases I gave you last week to think about. You remember I said these sayings were quite common on Earth about two centuries ago. Some still say such things these days. Now I want to hear your thoughts. Camille can you read yours first please.”

Camille: “I’ve heard it said that “Love is Blind” and perhaps that’s true, at least until the honeymoon is over and the real living together begins.

I’ve also heard “A face that only a Mother could love” and when two such people marry it is easy to believe that Love truly is blind.

Then there is “Puppy Love” called so because it usually applies to young ones who supposedly aren’t old enough for such feelings, but what about Janet and Michael? They were inseparable since kindergarten, married at twenty and died within a week of each other in their eighties.”

Teacher: “Who were they?”

Camille: “My great grandparents.”

Teacher: “What about “Out of Sight, Out of Mind?” Your turn Ben.

Ben: “That’s probably easier for people with little emotional attachment to others. Like my Aunt Elle, once she divorced that second husband she never thought of him again.”

Teacher: “Astra, your thoughts on “Absence makes the heart grow fonder", please”

Astra: “my mum says my grandma always harped on about how awful was the small town she grew up in, said she would never go back there, but as she got older, she mellowed and began to tell nicer stories about the time she lived there."

Teacher: “very good Astra. Now, who wants to tell me about “Love Laughs at Locksmiths?”

Kyle: “maybe that has more to do with ancient fairy tales, like the one called Sleeping Beauty, where the Princess was asleep in a glass case that no one could open until the right Prince Charming came along and without any opening, managed to kiss the Princess to wake her.”