She stuffed another hand of raspberries into her tiny mouth. Mmm, what a taste!
“Louise?” mother’s voice called from a nearby bush.
The girl looked up smiling, her porcelain face covered by pink sticky bliss.
“Let me see your basket!”
On her way to her mother, she plucked another fruit from the bush and added it to the others, in her mouth.Â
“Oh, honey! Only three berries after what, one hour?”
Louise lowered her sparkling eyes and counted her treasure.
“At least I can count them!” she defended herself.
“Yes, but there are too few for jam, my love!”
This is my first participation in the ‘Flash Fiction Challenge’ from the Carrot RanchÂ
Here is the prompt:
September 21, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about what it is to gather a harvest. You can use the phrase or show what it means without using the words. Go where the prompt leads. Respond by September 26, 2017
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