You know the drill, use her prompt, which is in bold below, and write a little story using one hundred words or less excluding the prompt... here is my offering ...
He squinted as a bead of sweat trickled down his forehead into his eye … he hastily mopped it up with the back of his sleeve and glanced up at the competition clock … less than 2 minutes to go before a new world champion papercrafter was crowned. Panicking he looked to the left, the lady representing Japan folded her paper so perfectly and was only a few points behind him … everything depended upon this single card. He started to shake as he placed the last of the 33 Swarovski crystals on his paper lily … would it be enough he wondered …
Now grab a cuppa coffee, click on the button below ... and visit some other very short and very amusing stories ... light reading for a saturday afternoon!
Peace, love & paper
~jo
21 comments:
Very well done !
I love this direction you took with the prompt...origami competition...fabulous !!!
Oh I loved it, such an original take, well done! :o)
Paper crafting, a unique and interesting use of the prompt. Nicely done.
He would NEVER beat you, my sweet friend!!!
Well now, THAT'S original!
Good job.
=)
Pictures I need pictures! I want to see that paper lilly with 33 crystals! Sounds delish!!!
So did he win?????
Your so creative with your writing!
clap clap clap!!!!!
Hugs Lynn
Oh, I love this - Swarovski crystals? He's really desperate to win;-)
Really great! I wonder if....!
What a perfect take on the prompt! I can see why you enjoyed this so much. Love the direction you took with this. Kat
Liked it and would never have thought to use it that way.
It just isn't in the cards.
Okay...I need a link to visualize this awesome sounding paper lily! Original and wonderful take on the prompt. I could feel the intensity of the competition through your pen. (or rather, keyboard!)
I find this fascinating that you would take this in the direction of an Origami competition. The thought never came to me when I was think up ideas on how to use the prompt. Well done!~Ames
I love this too. You're very original - with the "new world championship papercrafter" competition, and the inclusion of Swarovski crystals. Great job.
xoRobyn
So original! I, like everyone else, want to see what his origami looks like. I can make a crane but nothing as beautiful as a paper lily with 33 Swarovski crystals. haha. Great job!
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What an original idea. So well written Jo, I loved it!
Love this! WTG Jo.
Oh yes I'll take some of those crystals too please! nicely done!
Jo,
This is a direction I didn't see coming from the prompt. Great imagination, even better use of your 100 words. The images are vivid and concrete which makes for a great picture in the mind.
Great!
Namaste..........cj
i had never heard of world champion paper crafting before. fun take!
What a fun, fun twist on this prompt! I loved it!
The bead of sweat, the crystal...all the imagery.
Wow, this was cool.
And, BTW, a competition I would most certainly never be qualified to enter! ha!
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