He woke up to the view of a glorious morning, sun shining bright and cheerful, with no clouds around to spoil its mood. It was going to be a spectacular day, he just knew it in his bones.
But as soon as he got down from the bed, he knew something was wrong. He tottered like he had done on the night he’d gobbled down four buckets of beer on a bet. Luckily, he managed to take the support of the bed post, or else he would surely have fallen down. As it is, just this much exertion made him feel as if he’d run 20 miles.
He somehow walked up to the window and looked outside.
Photo prompt courtesy Anonymous
Now he was sure that something was drastically wrong. The town looked as if no one had lived there for years.
And it was then that he saw the sign on the street below, and understood…absolutely nothing.
It said, “UNESCO World Heritage Site. Please do not make any loud noises, you might wake Rip Van Winkle up.”
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174 words.
Written as a part of Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, hosted by Priceless Joy. The objective is to write a story in 175 words or less, based on the weekly photo prompt. For more information visit HERE. To read more stories based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.
Good lord what on earth did he do after getting all drunk! Hilarious one!
I’m sure he too has no idea Akshata 🙂
Well, he awake now! I wonder what the tourists will make of that?
They just might ask for their money back. I would have 🙂
Wow!
This was amazing! 😀
Thank you so much TDN
Most welcome! 😀
That was hilarious. I wonder what he will do now.
I’m sure he is wondering the same thing Sonia
He’s done it again. You think he would have learned from the first time!
Some guys are incorrigible 🙂
Hahahaha! Rip Van Winkle! I wondered when that old guy would wake up! LOL! Cute story!
Thank you so much PJ
Sleeping beauty? Hahaha… hillarious take on the prompt.
Thank you so much Anagha
Ha ha Rip Van Winkle, just woke up. This one is priceless!
Thank you so much Natasha 🙂
🙂 A brilliant take.