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I woke up with a start to find myself still in the cave, but surrounded by bright lights, and holding them… giants…lots of giants.
Even in my befuddled state, I tried to look for an escape route, but there was none. I felt like I was caught in a spider’s web. I would have laughed at the irony if I wasn’t so scared!
One giant came forward, and pointed a huge sword towards me.
I must be going crazy, for this giant looked rather familiar.
And then, King Robert the Bruce said in a booming voice, “Arise, Sir Spider!”
*************************************************************************************100 words.
Written as a part of the Friday Fictioneers challenge, hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details HERE). The objective is to write a short story of 100 words or less, based on the photo prompt given above.
To read other stories based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.
jagahdilmein 
Phew! Nice build up and a surprise ending 🙂
Thank you so much draliman
A different take indeed, and a fresh spin on an old myth.
Thank you so much Iain
Now the giants makes perfect sense. Lovely, imaginative story, Anurag.
Thank you so much Moon.
One wee dram too much for him, I’m thinking
Ok, you’ll have to help me out with that comment.
A dram is a measure of whisky in Scotland
I know that, thankfully 🙂 What I meant was that my spider is a teetotaller. King Robert did actually come back to knight him as a ‘thank you’ for inspiring him when he was down and out in that cave. Or so I would like to believe 🙂
Haha! Lovely twist, Anurag! A novel take on the prompt. Well done.
Thank you so much Penny.
I like a happy ending!
I try for that every time, it sort of is the purpose of existence of my blog. Only sometimes, I make it dark, but not too dark hopefully 🙂
So this is the story of King Robert from the spider’s perspective. Very nice and novel!
Eggjaktly, but more of what happened next, after the king had won the war and reclaimed his kingdom. I would like to believe he would have come back to thank the spider in some form 🙂
Nicely done! I wasn’t expecting that.
Thank you so much Sandra
A kindness rewarded. Good story.
Thank you so much Tracey.
Ha ha – that was fun and so unexpected! Well done.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
Thank you so much Susan
even in the midst of giants and feeling small, i hope he rises to the occasion. <wink) if you know what i mean. 🙂
I’m sure he will. Thank you so much plaridel.
a totally different take on the prompt. Nicely done.
Thank you so much
Well, I didn’t see that ending coming. Love your take on the image.
Thank you so much Susie
Nice story and a lovely twist at the end. The best kind!
Thank you so much Brenda.
Dear Anurag
I didn’t see that ending coming. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you so much Rochelle. Shalom.
You got me with the twist at the end. Great story.
Thank you so much Irene.
I just loved that twist. It made me smile 🙂
Thank you so much Sarah
this was awesome =- and quite an adventure dream – but your words had a nice flow and bounced with tempo – arise amigo
Thank you so much
🙂
Super way to go with the prompt …. clever, Anurag.
I enjoyed it. Well done …
Isadora 😎
Thank you so much Isadora
Ha! Ha! Sir Spider has a nice ring to it but a lifetime supply of bugs would have been nice.
That would have required money, while ceremony is free. We know how miserly kings can be 🙂
Better to be a live “Sir Spider” than a dead human. Great ending.
Lovely build of tension, with a health release at the end. Well done.
Thank you so much Sarah
Great surprise in the ene
Thank you so much Bjorn
That was great! I echo everyone… 🙂
Thank you so much Dale.
Okay, I didn’t see that coming 🙂 Good job.
Thank you so much granonine.
I love a happy ending. Good writing, Anurag. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thank you so much Suzanne
Very nice take. Good one.
Thanks
Nice! If giant spiders could talk. Speak of more afraid of us. 😀
Thank you so much ahtdoucette.