Thursday 10 July 2014

Can I skip school today?



Admiring the cotton like blanket of clouds covering the sky, she kept thinking about the last week. Her life changed in the blink of an eye. It feels like yesterday when she was in the city, happily celebrating her seventh birthday with her parents and friends. But now, as her parents separated, she had to move to the country side with her mother. She misses everything and specially her father. She was raised like a princess, but now is being bullied by her new classmates. Going to school haunts her and she doesn't like the idea of adding on more worries to her mother's life. The little girl sobs and fights everyday, she's too weak to end the 'game of entertainment' (bullying) all by herself.
  When the rain drops start making its way towards earth, with a sigh and weak smile she asks her mother "Can I skip school today?". 


this post is a part of Friday Fictioneers on attached pic prompt.

20 comments:

  1. Sad & innocent. Hope she fights her bullies & triumphs over the storm in her life...

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  2. I like your idea of projecting the story, crimson curls. She should really tell her mother instead of carrying suffering the way she is.

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    1. she's a sensitive 7 year old, she doesn't know what's right for her at the moment.

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  3. Hi Crimson curls, an award waits for you here :)

    http://awanderingmindofabookaholic.blogspot.ae/2014/07/quintet-of-radiance-award.html

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  4. As soon as I noticed your name ‘Crimson curls’ on someone else’s blog, a slight grin appeared on my face unknowingly to see the name and immediately my curiosity started to itch. The itch made me visit this place to see whether what this blog is about. I came in here for a little peeping but as soon as I started to read, I became speechless for I was greeted by such a mesmerising tale of a little one. It has squeezed out all the feelings of a thoughtful child. The narration made me imagine even the expressions on the face of the child while saying "Can I skip school today?". :)

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    1. thanks a lot! I completely remember the day when I decided to go by a pen name, and out of nowhere Crimson Curls popped in my mind. Since that day I started blogging and actually writing what earlier used to fade away as my brain's fantasies. Your comment is a confidence boost for me ! :) :D

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  5. Dear Crimson Curls,
    A beautifully sad tale you have crafted here. The new kid in school is either loved or hated, it seems there is no in between. Hopefully, Mom will read between the lines and say, "Yes." - Russell
    http://russellgayer.com/

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    1. even if her Mom says 'yes'...skipping school daily isn't n option :/ !

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  6. Dear Crimson curls, I wish I could intervene on the behalf of the little girl. Divorce is one of the hardest things a little girl can go through and when she has to move away from her established home, she runs into bullies. How dreadful for her! I hope her mother realizes her situation. Good, thought-provoking piece. Nan :)

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  7. Dear Crimson Curls,

    Welcome to Friday Fictioneers. It goes without saying that divorce is hardest on children. Well thought out and conveyed.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  8. Welcome to FF,
    This grabbed my heart and squeezed it.
    ~ Dawn

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  9. Crimson Curls, Welcome to Friday Fictioneers! This is a well-written story. I know what the child is going through. My parents didn't divorce, but we moved from the city neighborhood where I was born out into the coutry when I was nine. I had no friends in the country who lived nearby and I was lonely. Well done. :) ---Susan

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  10. Oh, I feel for the girl! Nicely done, Crimson Curls..your name has a nice ring to it, btw :-)

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  11. Even if I call this post a wow it would be an understatment:) its very powerful and awesomly awesome:D:D
    Keep on writing:D:D

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