“I’ll go first,” Tracy said, “but don’t peep, OK?”
I kept looking the other way as she stripped, and jumped into the lake in the forest.
But I had been dreaming of this moment for so long, that I just couldn’t resist taking a peek.
My Gawd! The glistening curvaceous body….the lustrous hair….the giant crocodile…
WHAT!
I almost panicked, but years of training and instinct immediately took over.
I hunted around desperately in my bag, time was of the essence here. This photo needed to be perfect if I had to have any shot at a Pulitzer.
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99 words.
Written in response to the Carrot Ranch Literary Community Flash Fiction Challenge, hosted by Charli Mills, who is recovering from a visit to the dentist currently 🙂
Charli’s prompt this week, in her own words, was:
April 19, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about forest bathing. You can use the Japanese term, Shinrin Yoku, or you can make up your own ideas about the phrase. Go where the prompt leads.
This is also my entry for the #AtoZChallenge and #BlogchatterA2Z. Today’s letter was T, which, in my story, stands for Timing, as well as Trekking.
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What? did she get eaten? Oh God!
Wrong question Meena. The right question is: Did you manage to get the picture? 🙂
LOL
If he can manage to capture the terror as her arm gets chewed off, he’s a shoe-in for that prize.
I sure hope so, fingers crossed 🙂
I hope you found your camera, that was quite a snap!
A-Z of My Friend Rosey!
Ha ha ha, yes, I did. I shall send it across on Rosey’s email id 🙂
What a guy…let the girl get killed for the sake of fame. Fun take on the prompt.
Thank you so much Susan
A cold-bloodied opportunist, and a crocodile!
https://iainkellywriting.com/2018/04/23/t-is-for-talinn-estonia/
After I had posted the story, I had an even better idea, that he would have KNOWN that there was a crocodile in that lake, and deliberately taken her there 🙂
That’s an evil plan 🙂
Thank you for my weekly chuckle! 😀
Ha ha ha. You are most welcome Liz.
Hahaha! You had me fooled on this one. Very funny and clever. -Molly
Thank you so much Molly.
Ha! Hope he got a good shot!
I hope so too 🙂
Wonderful tale!!!! So entertaining
Thank you so much Raymond.
What a photo 😳 ? Great ending, unfortunately we’ve seen people taking pics when they should be helping in disasters…
Thank you so much Luccia. This was a comment on that phenomenon only.
Perfect ending. I loved the way you built the terror by mentioning mundane items and just threw a crocodile in at the end. You left me laughing.
Thank you so much Irene.
I hope that shot went viral, lol!
It sure would have. Thank you so much Charli.
Hmmm… I think he knew the croc was there from the beginning. Why else would he have the camera in the first place – thinking of fame? Anything for the right prize. Never mind “The Price is Right” (TV game show…) How about “The Prize is Right!” – There is still a chance she out smarted the croc? Probably not, but I’d like to think she got out and punched the photographer in his family jewels.
Ha ha ha. Thank you so much Jules.