Write a story about someone breaking a long family tradition.

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“NO!! SHE SAID” by Zainab Shahid

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Tania is coming at the station after the outcast of seven years from home with the injured shoulder and curved wrist she is originating from the dogfight close to the outskirt. How about we move back first!.Tania, a determinant, and the solid young lady she was the lone offspring of her parents. She loves to sit by the window near her bed to watch the freedom of birds, she wanted to fly as high as an eagle in the sky. She wanted to feel the flux of breeze on her cheeks. But she knew she couldn't be what she wanted to be, an airwoman.In light...

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“Blood sweat and tears” by Phil Manders

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“Hi darling, come, sit next to me.” Babs patted the sofa, her glossy blood red finger nails threatening to go straight through the beige fabric. “Are you excited about your birthday tomorrow? Mummy’s little baby turning eighteen! I can’t believe it.” Tom hung in the lounge doorway in his pyjamas. Babs patted the cushion again and he reluctantly made his way over. Carefully stepping over his Father’s outstretched legs who sat in his favourite chair hiding behind a huge newspaper. Tom chucked himself next to Babs, the sofa nearly swallowing hi...

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“The End of a Family Tradition” by John Steckley

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The End of a Family Tradition The Conway family had been living summers by the lake for five generations – first camping in tents, and then in the lake-wide population of 12, nearly identical cottages. And everyone with a cottage on the lake was related in some way. There was a culture to the lake that had developed long ago, and was still strong in the 21st century. There was a predictability of activities that had a security to it for family members, at least by the time that they had become the senior generation.&n...

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“The Art” by Patricia Adele

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There was no crackle of expectant electricity in the air, no ringing of bells or alleluias filling the air. Just the howling of the wind and a chill that turns your nose into a sore looking bullseye on your face. We found the five dollar coupon I had clipped from the paper, put on our blizzard gear, and headed out on our adventure. It was a long walk to take with a five year old but with no car, and the desperate need we felt to pick up our treasure drove us on.On the first leg of our journey we were grateful for the wind push...

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“Our traditions shall carry us through” by Sambulo Kunene

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"That's it I am moving out. I have had it with this family!" she said crying with bags packed and a cigarette hanging on her mouth."She will be back. You 'll see. I won't let her push us around anymore. This is my house. She knows the rules. She will come back and apologize. She always does." her mom said to her sister."What did she do this time!" asked her sister."She wants to go to college! She knows better! She knows that she is supposed to marry Dennis. What is she fooling around college for. I am sick enough as it is. We don't have mone...

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“Princess” by Kavita Rawat

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“Where are they? Had they taken a day off?” The iron grills feel cold against my warm hand. I tried to move my head out through the grills. Finally, I see them. Their body wrapped in a colorful floral saree. A handbag hangs on their left shoulder. They walk on the streets giggling and smiling. “Laila, where are you?” my mother voice echo. “Coming,” I say. “What were you doing?” My mother asks as I sat on the floor beside her. “I will arrive late at night today. I had clients to take,” my mother says taking the l...

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“THE ABSTINENCE” by Arvind Kashyap

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ABSTINENCE My mother charged at me when I ran at my best possible speed because if once caught she would have no mercy on me like Taxman. I had to maintain a distance that the bamboo cane she had could not make a contact with me. I could hear her shouting, “Oh devil on the earth! Why did I give you birth? Oh God! When will I attain salvation from the vicious cycle of rebirth, for the acts of this blasphemous son has broken the tradition of the family, that I cannot even disclose without...

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“The Cradle” by Rachel Bacon

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I didn’t give my daughter a name when she was born. They told me not to. They said it would make it harder. She was born crying. Fighting. Loud and heard. They let me hold her, and she was beautiful. Her eyes looked so much like mine, and I held her so closely. Then they took her away. You see, there’s a cradle in the forest. I saw it once before when I was chosen as the Giver. It was made a beautiful oak wood and it swung so sweetly in the wind. The leaves above it created a gentle shade. I was fourteen when I chosen. They handed me a litt...

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“To Share or Not to Share” by Chris Bent

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I screwed up. I knew I was at the time, but I just had to. When it comes down sharing something important with someone you care about, you share it before it gets discovered. Some things are easier to explain if you don't hide it first. Let me illustrate. I am a caretaker of a thing. I am not supposed to tell you about the thing or describe it in any way so be patient in my telling, you might figure it out on your own. This thing, which might be an object, has been in my possession all my...

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“To Break The Chain That Binds Me” by Trinity Womack

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“I won’t do it.” This is what Josie had been saying to her parents for the past ten minutes. They were all gathered in the sitting room and discussing Josie’s future. Her father removed a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his perpetually damp forehead. “You must. It is tradition.” “Well tradition can die for all I care. It may hav...

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“The Schyler Farm” by Kate Reilly

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I stare out at the vast acres of farmland, golden sunlight glinting over the fields. Five generations of Schyler owned land. Soon it will be dark, and then the sun will rise, and I will have to tell them what I've decided.I rub my finger absently over the lip of the window, feeling the old wood beneath, the paint long ago flaked off. This house is as old as those tilled fields. And just as unreliable when it comes to steadily providing for a family. But I suppose that is part of the glory, as my grandfather used to say. To work hard and some...

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“The Rite of Succession” by Marian Reiley

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In an alternate reality, existed the Kingdom of Mara. It was more of a Queendom actually; with royal titles and lands being passed down mother to daughter. The current rulling family was the Denihah Clan. They were a fierce group of warrior queens who came to power after the current monarch's 3rd great-grandmother, Queen Dinah the Strong, had united all the fifedoms into a more powerful Kingdom. Since this time, there had been the beautiful prosperous capital city of Helas built around Denihah Castle. The people were prosperous and th...

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“On Chickens, Among Other Animals” by Margin 🌈

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I will not go into the chicken farming business. I keep telling myself that I won’t go into the chicken farming business. “But your uncle, and your uncle’s uncle, and your uncle’s uncle’s uncle — they were all so proficient in the avian arts!” I hear my mother say, while fixing a dinner of, you guessed it, chicken. I am fully aware of my family’s legacy, and I reject it. It’s just not for me. “But you could ride on the wave that your family has created — and then your nephew could go into the same business! It's practically a family tr...

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“Phoenix” by Lyra Abens

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My mother is a bird. I know this because when I stepped off the plane in Taipei, I saw a streak of crimson against the murky predawn sky in the shape of a bird. She glided towards me, her plumage sailing like a flag. Her wings flapped once, twice, sweeping over the half moon. I hadn’t been frightened. Not even when she landed on the tarmac ground before me, her eyes level with mine. She reminded me of a long-legged crane, except her feathers were every shade of red — scarlet and mahogany and sangari, the colours gleaming underneath the l...

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“The Historian's Tale” by Tamar Shapiro-Tamir

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I am a historian. I can trace back my ancestry nearly two hundred generations. I know my history—the good, the bad and the ugly. And there has been a lot of bad and ugly.My mother, grandmother and great-grandmother were all warriors. They lived their lives covered in blood, reciting the names of loved ones who had died. My brother takes after my mother, and already when he comes home on leave, I can see the pain in his eyes.And here I am, among my books, and I am safe, and I am happy. I am surrounded by stories from throughout history. Throu...

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Write a story about someone breaking a long family tradition.

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✍️ 170 stories

“NO!! SHE SAID” by Zainab Shahid

“Blood sweat and tears” by Phil Manders

“The End of a Family Tradition” by John Steckley

“The Art” by Patricia Adele

“Our traditions shall carry us through” by Sambulo Kunene

“Princess” by Kavita Rawat

“THE ABSTINENCE” by Arvind Kashyap

“The Cradle” by Rachel Bacon

“To Share or Not to Share” by Chris Bent

“To Break The Chain That Binds Me” by Trinity Womack

“The Schyler Farm” by Kate Reilly

“The Rite of Succession” by Marian Reiley

“On Chickens, Among Other Animals” by Margin 🌈

“Phoenix” by Lyra Abens

“The Historian's Tale” by Tamar Shapiro-Tamir

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