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. beginning 2. masquerade 3. towel 4. shadow 5. life 

and/or: 

1. ending 2. spring 3. journey 4. forager 5. high

Also including Charlotte's colour of the month which is "New Start Yellow"

Here is my story:

I first met Michael at a masquerade ball in Paris. It was the spring of 1955 and he was posing as a guest, as was I. He called himself a forager, but instead of foraging for foods, he foraged for riches. He was there to steal Dame Therese's diamonds. I was there to steal a small gold statue with sapphire eyes, foolishly lost by my brother when he wagered it at a game of cards. Our mother was furious! It had been in my family for generations, given to an ancestor by a thief who had stolen it from an archaeological excavation site. 

I had managed to sneak into the Dame's rooms and was wrapping the statue in a tiny piece of towel ready to stuff it into a pocket of my bright yellow Marie Antionette costume when Michael opened the door a crack and slithered in like a shadow. At my gasp of surprise he quickly crossed the room and kissed me to keep me quiet, explaining that anyone who had heard and might peek in would see only two lovers seeking a moment's privacy. 

That was the beginning of our life-time journey playing cat and mouse with the local police forces wherever we travelled after that night. The high I experienced from the excitement of getting away with a crime had me in its clutches and so did Michael from that first kiss. I couldn't see the partnership ending anytime soon, as long as we kept escaping the authorities.