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This week’s prompt: …the scent was overpowering… + 100 words
Smoke
First a wisp, then the smoke billowed denser and angrier.
“Boys? Georgie? His mother peered through the doorway across the rolling fields and trees. “Georgie!”
She dashed inside, rang the fire-hall, and face alabaster, charged out again. Two boys hooted and swayed towards her in drunken fashion.
“You okay? How’d the fire start?” The twelve-year-olds howled with ridiculous laughter. She grabbed each by an arm and tugged towards home. “We’ll talk later. Better hope the house doesn’t catch fire.”
The wind shifted and the scent was overpowering. Fire bells clanged nearby. The odor seemed familiar, yet… “Lordy. Someone’s marijuana crop’s burning in our backyard.”
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How the Cookie Crumbles 
March 10, 2015 at 5:57 pm
I didn’t see that ending coming. Anyone who inhales that fire is in for a surprise.
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March 10, 2015 at 6:35 pm
Kinda scary but awesomely funny. Lordy…..LOL…..I tell you, that’s one fire I would have inhaled the smoke from….this is great Tess.
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March 10, 2015 at 6:41 pm
Ha!!! Fabulous, Tess. One of your best.
About 20 years ago, different big city, different state… I watched the news reporting a big pot bust in a mountain town a couple of hours away. The pot was baled like hay and stacked higher than a man was tall — like i said, huge bust. Well… the sheriff wasted no time getting rid of it. They set the whole shebang on fire. The deputies all tended the pot bonfire. Oddly none of them wanted to leave, even though they were so “tired” they staggered. They told the reporter they didn’t mind. Soon after the report aired, traffic jammed the freeway on the route to the town… 😈 True story. 😀
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March 10, 2015 at 6:53 pm
LOVED the ending!! 😀
Now we know why the boys were laughing so much 😉
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March 10, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Oh dear, lots of lost contraband.. nice one
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March 10, 2015 at 7:10 pm
Now there is a real problem.
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March 10, 2015 at 7:41 pm
Thanks for the giggle. Great post, thought it might go into the weeds, but…lol 😉
Hope this day is treating you kindly…at least it’s warmer. 🙂
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March 10, 2015 at 7:59 pm
Made me chuckle! 🙂
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March 10, 2015 at 8:10 pm
Ruh roh Scooby!!!! 😉
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March 10, 2015 at 8:58 pm
Wonderful story, but I thought the smell would be corn liquor (mash) fermenting!!!
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March 10, 2015 at 10:17 pm
Noelleg44 and I were on the same track. I sure the boys were liquored up. Marijuana? That is an overpowering scent!
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March 11, 2015 at 12:20 am
A surprise ending Tess! That is not what I was expecting. You always have us on the edge of our seats don’t you? 🙂
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March 11, 2015 at 6:54 am
If I do, I consider myself a lucky woman. Thank YOU, Sue. ❤ ❤
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March 11, 2015 at 2:43 am
We did have dense smoke around our district this morning – nothing as dramatic as this though! Just routine Autumn controlled backburns in the local mountain ranges.
Great story!
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March 11, 2015 at 6:57 am
Thank you, Madoqua. I’m not sure how the weed burns but I picture it smoking a lot. 😀 😀
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March 11, 2015 at 2:48 am
Oh Tess you are hilarious 🙂 You come up with such brilliant ideas and then write them even better!
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March 11, 2015 at 7:02 am
😀 😀 Thank you, Gilly. I don’t always know the ending. I always hope it’s subtle enough not to be jarring, but sound possible. 😀 Now everyone’s going to think I ‘know’ about the weed. 😛 😛
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March 11, 2015 at 3:13 am
Very entertaining, thanks Tess.
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March 11, 2015 at 7:03 am
Thank you, Rosie, for you kind words. 😀 😀
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March 11, 2015 at 3:45 am
Loved it Tess and the twist at the end. Trust two boys to find mischief I am sure the surrounding neighbours had a chilled out time. xxx
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March 11, 2015 at 7:06 am
😀 😀 😀 That smell would have been nauseating.
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March 11, 2015 at 6:11 am
Good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha, home it’s imposible, I don’t smoke but once my room with candles that were burning… a little table almos start burning at the same time!
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March 11, 2015 at 7:10 am
Hi, Rosa. Nice to see you. Thank you for reading and sharing. I don’t like lighting candles anymore because I have two cats and am afraid of an accident.
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March 11, 2015 at 7:48 am
Fantastic tale, love this Tess! Can just picture those two boys, laughing their heads off…hope mom closed her windows 😉 😛
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March 11, 2015 at 2:18 pm
Thank you, Sherri. Indeed.
Glad the firemen are almost there. I believe everyone’s going to be quite light-headed, Mom included. 😀 😀
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March 12, 2015 at 7:06 am
Haha 😀
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March 11, 2015 at 9:34 am
And off the boys go to scarf dome some Ben and Jerry’s. Hilarious story!
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March 11, 2015 at 2:25 pm
Ha ha ha ha
I couldn’t sleep at all last night…
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March 11, 2015 at 11:45 am
Yes, Lordy. Well paced and written.
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March 11, 2015 at 2:26 pm
Thank YOU, Rebecca. I took a whiff when the smoke blew my way…
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March 11, 2015 at 12:53 pm
LOL That ending is priceless.
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March 11, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Mama’s gonna remember the good times now. 😀 😀 😀
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March 11, 2015 at 2:47 pm
Love it 😀 😀
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March 11, 2015 at 3:53 pm
Thank YOU. ❤ 😀
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March 11, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Another reason to increase funding for fire dept.
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March 11, 2015 at 9:48 pm
You think so? They get all the benefits they want anyway. We’re talking about masks. 😀 😀
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March 12, 2015 at 4:25 am
Entertaining Tess, I think I’d be creeping up for an inhale at this point ! xx
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March 12, 2015 at 8:08 pm
oh boy Tess, 12 year old fire bugs and a maryjane field. What a way to go…. 😉
Perfectly done, Tess. You are just getting better and better.
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March 12, 2015 at 8:20 pm
Val, I do appreciate your input and support. Thanks so much. You know if it hadn’t been for Red’s hot flashes, I may never have started doing these short shorts. ❤ ❤ ❤
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March 12, 2015 at 8:46 pm
*BIG GRIN*
Now, thanks to the last line, we know why those boys seemed clueless. Made me laugh with this one, Tess. 😀
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March 12, 2015 at 9:31 pm
I know, right, and Mama is not immune.
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March 29, 2015 at 2:44 pm
Great short with a surprise at the end! 🙂
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March 29, 2015 at 4:32 pm
Glad you like it. Thank YOU! ❤
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