PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
Nolly, the gnome, reclined on the bench. Life was good. For one thing you get all the dazzling, fluffy beauty of snow. Without the cold. Nolly shivered at a memory of frostbite on his large nose. He allowed his eyes to wander along the treetops to the clay-tiled rooftops where the perimeters began.
Perimeters of dome proportions that he couldn’t ever cross. Still, better than a November garden.
Beyond the perimeter, approached a dark shadow. Nolly gripped the bench tightly knowing the quaking would end soon enough. And all the tiny snowflakes would tumble gently over him in glorious splendour.
100 words
My first post for the decade! Nolly is a miniature garden gnome, of fairy-sized proportions, who has been up-cycled as a decorative feature in a snow globe.
Perhaps you will spare a thought for the inhabitants of your entrancing ornament the next time you shake it. 😉
Written for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, where the challenge is to write a story in 100 words or less. Click the frog to submit your own flash fiction and read what other’s have written.
A delightful confection, Fatima
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Thank you, Neil 🙂
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How original. I enjoyed reading this viewpoint.
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Coming from you, that means a lot. Thank you, Colline.
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Sounds like a good life – if he can cope with the shaking! Charming tale 🙂
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Thank you, Iain!
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Dear Fatima,
What an imaginative and enchanting piece. Happy Friday Fictioneers New year.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Happy Friday Fictioneers New Year to you too! Thank you, Rochelle!
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I’ll never shake a snow globe fiercely again! A great take on the picture Fatima.
Here’s mine!
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Glad to have changed your perspective, Keith!
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Cute idea for the prompt 🙂
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Glad it delighted. Thank you, Jade.
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You are very welcome.
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Oh I love this, really well done!!
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I had an inkling that it would please the minister of fairytales herself 😉 Thank you, so pleased you enjoyed it.
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It does please the minister HIMSELF!!
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I like the uplifting idea of enjoying the snow, like all gnomes do – after all they live outside.
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I can only imagine what snow feels like. Having never experienced it. Luckily, Nolly the gnome filled me in 😉
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This one leaves me smiling. I love the idea of the snow globe for this prompt 🙂
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Thank you! I was mildly obsessed with snow globes as a child so this was fun to write.
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I’ve always loved them, too.
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What a delightful and inventive take on the prompt! I love the line “He allowed his eyes to wander along the treetops to the clay-tiled rooftops where the perimeters began.” Perimeters is such a good description for the boundaries felt by someone inside the globe.
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Thank you, Penny 🙂 I’m glad you picked up on that word choice.
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I enjoyed your POV and great description.
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Thank you, Susan.
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What a wonderful and whimsical take, Fatima. I loved it.
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Thank you, Dale.
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A really charming idea, Fatima. I hope Nolly enjoys his ‘retirement’ in the globe
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He is having a ‘blizzard’ of a time, it seems!
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What a great take on the prompt!
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Thank you, Russell.
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Cute. I hope he doesn’t get bored!
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That might be an issue at some point…
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Nolly’s got it good if he can just hang on. What an absolutely unique little story!
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Thank you, Eugenia!
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Poor Nolly! I hope he’s got a good stomach! Lovely story…unless Nolly is being held captive by a treacherous witch….
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Not a captive. Although that would have been a good plot!
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