Now for this week’s prompt. As you know Julia likes to be topical so she’s thinking Easter. However, she’s thinking a little outside the box! The prompt is quite simple but the trick this week is to prepare for NEXT week! Check this out at Julia’s Place.
You are to write a piece with the following:
….‘What was the rabbit late for,’ wondered Alice…..
Wonderland No More
Alice walked into the office. Hands clasped tight. A toothy rabbit behind the desk had one eye on his watch.
“Hello. Sit down. Let’s get to it. What are your favourite colours?”
“Pink and orange?” Alice looked puzzled.
“Do you like stripes, polka dots?
“I suppose…”
“The job’s yours!”
Eyes large as teacups, she stammered, “What job…?”
“Painting eggs for the Easter egg hunt. Stay here. I must go. I’m late.” And he was gone.
“What was the rabbit late for,” wondered Alice. Face flushed, she stood up and stamped her foot. “I don’t like painting eggs. I want to go home!”
How the Cookie Crumbles 
March 31, 2012 at 12:30 am
I like it!
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March 31, 2012 at 8:16 pm
Thank you.
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March 31, 2012 at 12:56 am
Eggsellent! Eggstroadinary. EGGsactly on target. My son and I both cracked up. I loved the surprise ending. This is brilliant!
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March 31, 2012 at 8:16 pm
Thank YOU! Mad my day though I worry about you and your son cracking up. Did it hurt?
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March 31, 2012 at 1:35 am
Very entertaining piece! 😀
Excellent work.
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April 3, 2012 at 11:37 pm
Thank you. That very kind of you to drop by AND to comment so positively.
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March 31, 2012 at 3:30 am
Cute story 😉
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March 31, 2012 at 4:40 am
This is so cute! A modern day Alice interviewing for a job – fun dialogue, I felt the sense of rush in the rabbits tone, perfectly executed!
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March 31, 2012 at 1:54 pm
This made me smile! Loved it!!
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March 31, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Thank you. I’m pleased this made you smile. Tess
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March 31, 2012 at 6:06 pm
This was cute … I liked how you switched it up and made it unexpected. A job interview, and very “spring boiled egg holiday” appropriate.
I decided to give it a try myself. This might be cheating a bit:
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Hester picked up the phone, wondering why Alice would be calling him at work on a busy Monday morning. He hadn’t even managed a “hello” yet, when he heard her breathless sputtering into the phone:
“You’ve gotta come home – quick – I need you – RIGHT NOW!”
Click.
She hung up the phone so fast he had no time to respond.
Unsure, but worried, he forwarded the phones and headed home,
driving just a bit too aggressively.
As he walked into the apartment,
there she was on the floor, with tears in her eyes.
“The rabbit isn’t late, Hester. The rabbit died.”
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Like I said, that might be cheating a bit, since the prompt was “What was the rabbit late for, wondered Alice.” It’s tough when you’re limited to only 100 words, but then again, I guess that’s the point of the exercise.
Thanks for sharing the fun, and for providing such a good example of joining in the fun, and challenging yourself. You’re an inspiration!
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March 31, 2012 at 7:09 pm
Oh, I LOVE it. I would never have thought that the rabbit died. That’s so subtle but has punch! Thank you for liking my little piece too. Maybe next Tuesday you’ll join all of us by going to Julia’s Place. If you can’t find it, the next challenge will start next Tuesday. Subscribe and you’ll automatically get advised. Did you see the part where we were already told ahead of time that the last ten words will be chosen from one of our stories for the beginning of the next challenge. I’m new to this (this is my second time) but so far I’m enjoying it. Nice talking with you ’99’. We’ll have to do this again. Tess
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March 31, 2012 at 7:23 pm
No, I didn’t see the “last ten words” part of the challenge, but in your case, that makes for a very interesting beginning! That makes your last two sentences perfect for next week … interesting to see what someone writes around those ten words. I think it’s great that you’re working on expanding with your writing skills.
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March 31, 2012 at 7:27 pm
So maybe you’ll think about it sometime . . .? If you click on Julia’s Place in last e-mail, you can read the submissions so far farther down the page. Tess
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March 31, 2012 at 11:27 pm
questionable whether I’ll join in … although it is great fun, I tend to be forgetful, or with my many ups and downs, it can be tough to truly participate when it might happen to fall on one of those off days … but that doesn’t mean I won’t keep it in mind, just in case. 🙂
I enjoy watching you play along, and especially enjoy seeing how you are just jumping right in there … I’m always happy to see someone stretch their wings … if you keep that up, you’ll be flying in no time!
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April 1, 2012 at 12:19 am
This was great! I love the books and the movies. And the fact he was late to everything 😉
Red.
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April 1, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Thanks, Red. Hope you’re having a nice weekend.
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April 1, 2012 at 9:29 pm
So far…I just joined the A to Z Challenge, which means I am off to build my lettered posts! A was today!
Have a fabulous rest of the evening, Tess.
Red.
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April 1, 2012 at 12:56 am
Great job!
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April 1, 2012 at 8:26 am
Perfectly done! Love the job interview and Alice as a Brat
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April 1, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Thanks so much, Valentine. So nice to hear from you.
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April 1, 2012 at 12:35 pm
I’d have the same reaction I think! Love the way the roles have been sort of reversed here. You have left it open for next week too!
Can I just point out that you should link your post not the blog otherwise when people click the link they get taken to your latest post not necessarily 100WC.
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April 1, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Thank you, Julia, for the positive reaction.
How do I link just the post? Not too techie, I’m sorry to say. Please and thanks?
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April 1, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Thanks for the input. Is this what my link should look like?
https://letscutthecrap.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-36/
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April 6, 2012 at 6:17 am
Very much Alice. And a lovely prompt I just couldn’t resist. Thanks!
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July 24, 2012 at 1:31 pm
I don’t understand how this comment arrived at the TOP of my comments in WP but I’m pleased you couldn’t resist. Thanks for joining in.
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April 13, 2012 at 12:56 pm
So, the ‘ping’ is the easy easy way to point to the ‘other’ story and stuff like that. . . I didn’t know that. Thank you for it.
I like your story, by the way. I wondered how my 10 last words might be used. This is lovely.
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November 5, 2014 at 7:46 pm
❤ ❤ ❤
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