The house looked impregnable at first glance.
My brother had tried his best to demolish it, but our enemies had outsmarted him comprehensively.
My eyes welled up with tears as I recalled the moment when I had received the news.
I didn’t even get to say goodbye to my kid brother.
If only he had taken my advice….
….and carried some C-4 with him, I thought to myself as I lined the front door with the plastic explosive.
Photo Copyright Sandra Crook
The three pigs were now slow-roasting in my custom-made wood-fired oven.
They should have known better than to eat a wolf.
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99 words.
This story is a combined entry for two challenges:
- Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, hosted by Priceless Joy. The challenge is to write a flash fiction story in less than 175 words, based on the weekly photo prompt. This week’s prompt was the photo of the log, contributed by Fandango. For more information, visit HERE. To read other stories based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.
- 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 a photo prompt. This week’s photo of a destroyed house was contributed by Sandra Crook. To read other stories based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.
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Plastic explosives do make a difference to a fairy tale. I’m thinking Sleeoing Beauty. Jack and the Beanstalk
True that.
I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house up with plastic explosives. This must be the R-rated version 🙂
Ha ha ha. Yes. Thanks Iain.
Nicely done. A true bacon of hope after my own heart as I love twisting those fairy tales too. Those pigs were big hams anyway.
Ha ha ha. Thank you so much Subroto
Gosh, I had to read that a couple of times to decipher the tale woven from the two photos.
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Sorry if it got too complicated. The second one was a bit lateral.
Took me a little while to understand that story, but I was entertained when I did. Updated fairy tales are great!
Thank you so much Penny.
Mmm, exploded bacon 🙂
Ha ha ha ha ha
Did he die? Or just run home for more supplies before the job was done?
Hi Alice, This was a twist on the classic children’s tale of Three little pigs. The original story ended with the pigs surviving because the third pig had made a house of bricks, and so, the wolf huffed and puffed but couldn’t bring the house down. The pigs ultimately ate the wolf when he entered through the chimney and fell into a pot. This story starts the morning after, when the wolf’s brother returns to the pigs’ house for revenge, and blows it to smithereens with C-4, and then proceeds to roast the pigs and eat them. Phew.
The story was chilling and the link to The Three Little Pigs is very clever.
Thank you so much Liz.
Ooooo wow! A clever tale. That wolf is smarter than we have him credit for!
Thank you so much Laurie.
What a twist in the tale! 🙂 Very imaginative and well written, as always.
Thank you so much Moon.
sad story. it appears thare are no winners here. 😦
Just like in real life 😦
Not sure if I got it Anurag. As I can’t recall the original story (so not your fault) 🙂
Hi, This was a twist on the classic children’s tale of Three little pigs. The original story ended with the pigs surviving because the third pig had made a house of bricks, and so, the wolf huffed and puffed but couldn’t bring the house down. The pigs ultimately ate the wolf when he entered through the chimney and fell into a pot. This story starts the morning after, when the wolf’s brother returns to the pigs’ house for revenge, and blows it to smithereens with C-4, and then proceeds to roast the pigs and eat them. Phew.
Dear Anurag,
Hell hath no fury like big bad wolf whose brother has been offed by three conniving pigs. Different twist. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you so much Rochelle. Shalom.
Very cleverly done.
I am always impressed with people who can tackle two prompts with a single tale.
Thank you so much Yarnspinnerr.
Kids blow up so fast these days. I suggest he smoke them out. It will help with the flavoring too.
Ha ha ha ha ha. Thank you so much for the suggestion 🙂
I was somewhat confused also. Thanks for the explanation, Anurag. Good writing except for the confusion. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thank you so much Suzanne. And sorry for the confusion.
And in the end the wolf won… I wonder if the pig’s siblings will come back.
Ha ha ha, now that’s a thought. In India, we have this rich tradition of ‘khandaani dushmani’, which means family rivalry. You kill my brother, I kill your sister, you kill my son-in-law… Till our progenies fall in love with each other of course 🙂
Blood revenge has been popular also here… the sagas of Iceland can tell you more.
Good twist on the tale Anurag. Revenge of the wolf.
Thank you so much Irene