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This week’s prompt: ...the white horses were galloping…
At the Circus
“How much money you got?” Michael wiped his gluey nose on a sleeve.
“Seven cents.”
“No way, Suze.”
The six-year-old opened a pudgy fist. “A nicko and two pennies. See.”
“Where’s the quarters?”
“Don’t know. Can we go to the Big Top now?”
“Check your pockets.”
“Nope. No korders.” The girl gaped at the circus tent shoving wispy bangs aside. “Can we go now?”
“Can’t. Oh, never mind. Let’s go.” He grabbed her hand.
The ground rumbled. They wriggled beneath a loose sidewall and gawked transfixed as the white horses were galloping into the ring.
“Hey, you!” Rough hands grabbed their britches.
“Run forit, Suze!”
How the Cookie Crumbles 
May 13, 2014 at 6:35 pm
I love that kid’s pronouncement. Very cute and effective. 🙂
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May 13, 2014 at 10:03 pm
I know, even I like them. Wish I knew these kids. Thank you, Paulette. ❤
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May 13, 2014 at 7:02 pm
Oh no, caught sneaking into the circus. Whatever happened to those pesky korders?
Good one Tess.
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May 13, 2014 at 10:06 pm
Can’t help thinking hole in the pocket.
Circus means magic, young, old, few korders / a nicko and two pennies. 😀
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May 13, 2014 at 7:49 pm
I can just see those two–where were their parents??
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May 13, 2014 at 10:12 pm
A fair is a fair is a fair? Maybe they couldn’t afford to go and the kids stole the money…oh bad kids. Bad kids but they tried so hard to get to the Big Top….
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May 13, 2014 at 8:11 pm
That really came alive for me. I was often called Suze as a kid. I hope they got away!
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May 13, 2014 at 10:15 pm
I believe “Suze’ probably did. Nice to have an older brother…
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May 13, 2014 at 10:39 pm
Yes my older brother spent a lot of time getting me out of a jam. 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 11:05 pm
Isn’t that what they are for? I had only sister and I was the oldest. Yeah. I played the out-of-jail card.
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May 14, 2014 at 11:07 pm
I imagine you were a fierce defender Tess. 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 11:32 pm
Brutal 🙂 🙂 🙂
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May 13, 2014 at 8:16 pm
I can smell the sun on dirt, the sweat on the kids’ faces – very good, Tess! Fast ball – you set it the scene and delivered. SCORE!
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May 13, 2014 at 10:17 pm
I stink at sports but if you see a score here, it’s a goal, yeah, I think that’s what I mean. Not up on sports terms but I know what you mean. 😀 Ha ha.
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May 14, 2014 at 12:22 am
Oh, I was just acting cool, not like I know. 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 11:09 pm
Me neither. Ha ha. 😀
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May 13, 2014 at 8:17 pm
You had me at ‘gluey nose’. 🙂 I wanted to run with them! The horses AND the kids.
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May 13, 2014 at 10:18 pm
*smiles*
I love kids being kids, snot and all. 😀
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May 14, 2014 at 5:45 am
😀 It’s the only place snot is really okay…childhood. 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 11:16 pm
It’s precious, isn’t it? Green, white, whatever color.
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May 15, 2014 at 6:32 pm
Well…..I dunno about ‘precioius’…….. 🙂
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May 16, 2014 at 11:35 am
Oh, come on…sure it was. 🙂
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May 17, 2014 at 11:19 pm
Shudder. Blech. no no. 🙂
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May 18, 2014 at 5:25 pm
Ha ha. ❤
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May 13, 2014 at 10:15 pm
Cute story!
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May 13, 2014 at 10:21 pm
Thank YOU. Who ARE these kids? WHERE are their parents? 😀
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May 13, 2014 at 11:09 pm
I give you credit. Writing short pieces is more challenging than long. I love the little girl’s speech patterns.
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May 14, 2014 at 11:08 pm
Thanks, Joanna. Limited words beg for some personality. 😀
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May 15, 2014 at 9:47 pm
And you do a great job providing it 🙂
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May 16, 2014 at 11:38 am
You make me smile. Thank you for your generosity. 🙂
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May 16, 2014 at 8:51 pm
I just calls it as I sees it. 🙂
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May 17, 2014 at 9:51 am
❤ ❤ ❤
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May 17, 2014 at 10:11 pm
You too, Tess 🙂
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May 18, 2014 at 5:18 pm
+(+_+)+ ❤
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May 13, 2014 at 11:45 pm
Excellent response to the prompt, Tess. You do know kids, from gluey noses to run forit!
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May 14, 2014 at 11:09 pm
Ha, Naomi. I have never met most of the kids I write about. I believe they must be ghosts who want to be heard. 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 1:27 am
Ah bless them, it reminds me of scrambling under the fence to get into the Devon County Show for free when I was a kid!
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May 14, 2014 at 11:10 pm
Aren’t kids and memories of kids magical? Anything was possible. 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 7:53 am
I remember doing something similar many many years ago now… heehee! 😉
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May 14, 2014 at 11:18 pm
Kids are a wonder, aren’t they?
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May 14, 2014 at 8:38 am
These kids sound like me and my brother and just the kind of mischief we used to get up to…love it 🙂
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May 14, 2014 at 11:20 pm
You didn’t know I’d been spying did you? 🙂
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May 15, 2014 at 7:12 am
Haha…well, I did have my suspicions 🙂 😉 🙂
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May 15, 2014 at 10:00 am
😀 ❤ ❤
I need to practice more stealth.
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May 15, 2014 at 1:50 pm
😉
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May 14, 2014 at 9:01 am
You had me a “gluey nose.” Fantastic story!
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May 14, 2014 at 11:22 pm
Don’t all kids have one of those? I had one. I thought it was normal. 😀
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May 14, 2014 at 10:34 am
Good story, Tess. Is there still circuses? Maybe there is in Las Vegas but I doubt any place else. Or am I wrong?
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May 14, 2014 at 11:23 pm
I don’t actually know. There are ‘fairs’ here and there. I haven’t been to a real circus. 🙂
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May 15, 2014 at 5:35 am
Run! I had to run for it a few times when I was a kid, but never from a circus
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May 15, 2014 at 9:59 am
Watching kids run for any reason makes me smile because they’re always up to something: late for supper, escaping from a fight and running for the hills. 😀
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May 15, 2014 at 9:56 am
Korders were hard to come by. A fitty cents even harder. A dollwar – oh – fat city.
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May 15, 2014 at 10:04 am
Ha ha. Love kids’ speech. I see you do too. 🙂
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May 16, 2014 at 3:18 am
I love how you wrote this, Tess 🙂
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May 16, 2014 at 11:38 am
There’s something about kids… 😀
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May 16, 2014 at 11:16 am
Shame you ran out of words I was enjoying that story! 😉
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May 16, 2014 at 11:42 am
You are sweet, Willow. Sweet and thank you.
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May 16, 2014 at 4:40 pm
I was enjoying it!!
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May 16, 2014 at 8:13 pm
Me too.
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May 17, 2014 at 6:37 am
You made me smile too Tess. I can remember buying a lot of goodies with a quarter!!! It wasn’t that long ago, was it. LOL
Happy Weekend to ya! G
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May 17, 2014 at 10:03 am
Sigh. I remember when my mom was in hospital having one of my sisters. My dad gave me a quarter. I spent it all on penny candy. Those were the days you could by a number of candies for a penny. I had a bagful. 😀
Happy weekend to you too, Geraldine.
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May 17, 2014 at 8:27 pm
Ah yes, back in the day…the things you could do with a quarter. Penny candy, a bus ride across town for 10 cents. Lunch milk for .05. I could see the kids in my mind as the horses entered the ring. Standing transfixed against the wall! Entertaining for sure!
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May 18, 2014 at 5:12 pm
Thanks, Tressa. Thanks for stopping by. NICE to see you.
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May 19, 2014 at 10:42 pm
You too my friend! I haven’t had internet connection for a few weeks so had to get caught up on all my reading. Your the first on my list! Do you like the 100 word challenge better than the other?
Just curious.
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May 20, 2014 at 8:50 am
Now I have goosebumps. +*_*+ That’s quite a compliment. Thank you.
What / how do you use for internet?
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May 22, 2014 at 10:57 am
I usually try to find free wi-fi.at a restaurant like Starbucks or MacDonalds. Most of the time they offer it. (And sometimes I am just too lazy to do something.)
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May 22, 2014 at 9:10 pm
I know the feeling. It’s good to be lazy sometimes. I think your body is telling you something, like “Take it easy, will ya.”
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May 20, 2014 at 10:19 am
Just realized I hadn’t answered your question.
I simply like the challenge, Tressa. Keeps me keeping up. 🙂
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May 17, 2014 at 10:01 pm
Magical, as always, Tess.
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May 18, 2014 at 5:16 pm
No, YOU are magical, lovely lady. ❤
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May 18, 2014 at 10:32 pm
Far from it! Your ‘word talent’ and many other talents tickle me time and time again.
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May 19, 2014 at 7:33 am
Sigh. Sherri, as always you are too generous but I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤ ❤ ❤
I'm simply being me. Silly when I can to enjoy a few laughs every day.
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May 17, 2014 at 11:25 pm
Naughty children with ‘gluey’ noses, sticky, pudgy fingers and pronunciation issues are my favorite kind! They are the ones with the best adventures!
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May 18, 2014 at 5:26 pm
I know! When I was a kid we had to stay clean. Where’s the fun in that. I brought up my daughter to come home smudged and with ripped pants. Boy, she made me proud. 😀
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