Saturday 11 July 2015

Quest
                                                                           Photo prompt © Stephen Baum
As they entered the tunnel they were confident that their quest was over; El Dorado was on the other side of the tunnel.
They could see light at the end of the tunnel but, somehow, they were unable to reach the other end.
In their excitement they had failed to see that the floor of the tunnel had been, all the time, moving backwards; they were on a treadmill.
Their hearts sank; they would perish and not reach the other end. Disheartened they turned back.
To their horror a glorious gilded man confronted them at the entrance of the cave.
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A post for FridayFictioneers on a photo prompt.

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14 comments:

  1. Dear Arora,

    A treadmill? That would be disheartening.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  2. That's a tense situation, I wonder how they get out. Great adventure.

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    1. Thanks Ga H, as the story goes everyone who tried to reach El Dorado perished.

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  3. Oh I have heard about the gilded man.. A giant eating men I think.

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  4. It's hard to get off a treadmill while it's moving and stuck in a tunnel, too. That sounds impossible. Intriguing take!

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  5. I hate treadmills. The doctor put me on one for a heart test. I lasted about 3 minutes. The glorious gilded man was probably a doctor in disguise.

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  6. That's too scary... sadly it's all real :-(

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