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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14 comments:

  1. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields11 July 2015 at 16:34

    Dear Arora,

    A treadmill? That would be disheartening.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  2. Gah Learner12 July 2015 at 02:51

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

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    1. i b arora12 July 2015 at 07:17

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

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  3. brudberg12 July 2015 at 03:02

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

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  4. Anonymous12 July 2015 at 22:59

    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. Priceless Joy13 July 2015 at 08:52

    What a horrible situation!

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  6. i b arora13 July 2015 at 15:06

    thanks Joy

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  7. Russell13 July 2015 at 22:20

    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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  8. Anunoy Samanta20 July 2015 at 19:18

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

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