Wednesday's Words on a Friday
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 River and can be found here
This week's words/prompts are:
1.chips 2.herd 3.clamped 4.walk 5.over 6.cheese
Here is my story:
Eight year old Brinna carefully guided the herd along the forest path, newly covered in wood chips from the huge old fir that had collapsed recently. Father had trusted her to do this task by herself for the first time and she wanted to do a good job.
As the last goat passed safely into the green pasture she clamped the gate firmly to keep them in there, while she sat and ate her piece of bread and drank some water.
The sun was high over head now and she knew she had made good time. She took a walk around the pasture fence checking for breakages, then again just for the pleasure. The herd was small yet, and Brinna was proud to be left in charge.
Goats were as scarce as any other animal now, she had read an old history book about the times before the Black Cloud destruction and wished there was more information. Those who had survived had the skills to begin again and Brinna dearly wanted to learn.
If Father was pleased when she brought the herd home at sunset, there would be an extra slice of goat cheese on her plate tonight and the making of the cheese was one more thing Brinna wished to learn.
Shall we hear more about the Black Cloud destruction? I hope so - we need more optimism in our lives.
ReplyDeletejabblog; I shall have to see what my brain can dredge up.
DeleteVery nice story - but now I need to learn! I thought "shall" is another word for "sollte", "should" but in railway it is "must". Now what is "shall" - should or must - I´m confused and do not trust AI...
DeleteIris; shall is more close to "will", as in "I shall do this", or "I will do this", I will see what my brain can come up with.
DeleteOh. Now I need to ask J (Sami´s Hubby) who comes from railway. Someone must clarify for in case I will be back! Because... will or must in railway does make a difference, huh?
DeleteWhen I road a Flixtrain those thought "ran" through my brain as I thought any minute we derail...
Iris; yes, clarify, because "must" is more important than "will". I "must" do this or that means it really needs to be done. And it is not quite the same as "should" which means you should do something but maybe not right away.
DeleteHopefully when I get home. I can take part.
ReplyDeleteDora; that would be nice.
DeleteWith this beautiful weather we have for the moment, I forgot to look at the words of your game !
ReplyDeleteIngrid; beautiful weather is always a better option.
DeleteI loved reading about Brinni taking the herd out by herself. Lovely telling.
ReplyDeleteSusan Kane; thank you, Brinna is trustworthy and smart.
DeleteBrinna sounds like she's going to be a good help to her family.
ReplyDeletemessymimi; studious as well as hard working and helpful. Thank you.
DeleteI hope she gets to learn how to make the cheese and also, gets extra cheese regardless if he is pleased with her work.
ReplyDeleteThe Happy Whisk; I've set this in the future and cheese is hard to come by if you can't make it yourself. With a small herd of goats they are not able to make much but they hope to increase the herd soon. Brinna does learn to make cheese.
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DeleteGood story about the young one bringing home the goat herd, R. Well done.
ReplyDeleteMargaret D; thank you
DeletePost-apocalyptic stories have a place in my ´heart. I liked this one and hope to hear more of Brianna and her family.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte; I like post apocalyptic too, but only some, many are too...something I can't explain. I hope I can keep Brinna going for a while.
DeleteThat's a big responsiblity for an eight-year-old. I guess they start them young.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
lissa; responsibility is best learned young and Brinna has been helping her dad with the goats for a long time already and is now able to do the job herself.
DeleteEls infants són com a esponges, per tant no tinc cap dubte que aprendrà a fer formatge. ;-)
ReplyDeleteMolt tendre el teu relat.
sa lluna; it's true children are like sponges and learn quickly if they are allowed to help and shown how. Brinna will learn to make cheese soon enough. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBack when we had 13 goats, we'd send young Pony out to watch them while they grazed in the front yard/field. He'd sit on the porch with his Kindle or GameBoy for an hour, then run into the yard and clap his hands. Those goats would come running, and go straight to their pen for a scoop of feed. No cheesemaking, though! Goats are fun to watch. Not that The Pony did much watching. And survival didn't depend on keeping the goats safe.
ReplyDeleteVal; 13 goats is a good size herd. I remember my teen years living with mum, there were goats used to supplement the milk supply for a houseful of kids, the two eldest had the job of milking every day and they would have contests to see who could spray milk as far as the fence until mum found out, then that stopped. Some of the milk was shared with another family whose son was allergic to cows milk. Later my own daughter hired a couple of goats to clear blackberry vines and other grasses off a block of land they were planning to build on and more recently she had a couple as pets.
DeleteLiving in Ireland, we experienced many sheep on the roads. Goats ? I bet they are interesting to herd.
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