Thursday, 18 October 2018


The Pirate Ship
Is that a ship up there, grandpa?
My…my, I didn’t notice it. Of course it is a ship.
What’s it doing up there?
Well, I don’t know. Let’s go and check.
But if it were a pirate ship they might attack us. You once told me that story when you were on that famous ship with Columbus and the pirates…...
Hush; don’t even utter a word about that. It still frightens me to death. 
But why did they cut you up in hundred….
Stop, grandpa shrieked.
But was that story true.
As true as the plants growing on our graves…...
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Word count 100
A post for Friday Fictioneers.

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23 comments:

  1. Neil MacDonald18 October 2018 at 21:53

    Some would say almost everything we believe we know, including ourselves, is a story

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  2. i b arora19 October 2018 at 10:05

    Thanks for reading the story

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  3. Penny Gadd19 October 2018 at 15:56

    I really like the ambiguity of this story. Grandfather is very imaginative in the tales he tells his grandson!

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    1. i b arora19 October 2018 at 17:56

      yes, even in his grave, his imagination runs riot. thanks for stopping by

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  4. Subroto19 October 2018 at 20:23

    Now that is a ghostly twist in the end. Nice one.

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  5. Dale19 October 2018 at 22:35

    Love the stories between Grandpa and grandson

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  6. Jo Hawk20 October 2018 at 00:25

    Oh grandpa has quite a ghostly imagination. Nicely done.

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  7. Abhijit Ray20 October 2018 at 12:24

    Nice dialog between grandad and grandson. So many questions, grandad has all ready answers.

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  8. Linda20 October 2018 at 20:46

    Grandpa would be a good subject for today's one-word prompt over on Rag Tag Daily Prompt------fabulist.

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  9. Sandra Crook21 October 2018 at 15:08

    Sounds like a very entertaining Grandad.

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    1. i b arora21 October 2018 at 16:43

      yes, as entertaining as one can be in the grave.... thanks for reading it

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  10. Anonymous21 October 2018 at 15:45

    So imaginative. I like that even ghost grandads tell their grandchildren amazing stories about their past exploits and adventures. Jilly, Sugar on the Bee.

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  11. brudberg21 October 2018 at 22:09

    Either the granddad is back from one of his graves or he's a very skilled liar.

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  12. lisarey1990@gmail.com22 October 2018 at 03:00

    Fantastic twist at the end.

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  13. Abhijit Ray5 November 2018 at 11:52

    Nice story between grandpa and grandson. Grandpa forgets that his grandson listens and remembers every little details and reminds grandpa.

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