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Submitted to Contest #263
Good and evil are all a matter of choice and perspective, one’s hero is another’s villain. Robin Hood, a classic example of this. Robin becomes a bandit to provide for the poor villagers. Morality would normally dictate that stealing would nominate you for villainhood, but in the case of Robin, he became the hero. On the other hand, the Sheriff of Nottingham should be considered a hero for enforcing the law upon all. Prince John should be seen as protecting the peasants from would-be invaders. Under normal circumstances, both should be viewe...
Submitted to Contest #262
Sven rolls over to click the alarm. The clock reads 5:58 am. The alarm is scheduled for 6:00 am. He sits up with a little stretch. Standing up, he puts the bed back together. Sven opens the curtains to the sun cresting the horizon. He looks over to see the outside temperature reads 62º. Sven changes into his overalls, “Need to get started, today is going to be a scorcher.” Sven grabs his gardening gloves and a couple of Ziplock bags that he puts inside his basket. He checks the temperature one more time before walking outside. The thermomete...
Submitted to Contest #261
I lay the posterboard on the table in preparation to plot my gratitude map. I contemplate what topics I want to include to best describe what I appreciate about my life. After much thought, I write down in the center the word gratitude. Next, I write my wife and daughter near the top. I spread out other topics on my posterboard that includes my military career, college experience, time in Japan, the states I have lived in, the schools I have attended, the individual experiences most don’t get an opportunity to, and my successes and fail...
Submitted to Contest #260
Dùghall strummed his mandolin as the rain pelted the bridge above. He played to a small band of travelers seeking freedom from the raging storm above. Dùghall sang “Thunder clashed, the heavens wept, As sword and claw in battle swept, The dragon's roar shook earth and sky, But the knight stood firm, with battle cry, Beast and man intertwined, Bloodstained ledge,…”. The sodden travelers appreciated a free show and a chance to be liberated from the ensuing storm. Dùghall found the entertainment of the lesser folk first-rate advertisement for t...
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