Janet Morris

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

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“The Littlest Goat Has a Dream” by Janet Morris

(The Strange Visit at Lake Helena part 2)Calliope, Dottie’s littlest kid, could not forget Alex the water boy. Almost everyone else seemed able to forget the excitement of talking to a boy from another world magically through the lake. Not Calliope. She had spent many days visiting their beaver friend, Carver, as he fashioned his stick collection into the “most formidable dam yet” in hopes of seeing Alex again. “Mr. Carver, it hasn’t rained in a long time.” Calliope called loudly as she approached the lake’s edge in the f...

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“The Strange Visit at Lake Helena” by Janet Morris

Submitted to Contest #112

“Hey! Hey! Where’d you go?” the little brown beaver called into the lake from the top of his stack of sticks.Carver waddled down from his pine heap to get closer to the water. Periodic raindrops were making concentric circles and disturbing his reflection as he watched and waited for a reply.Yesterday, it had been a gray day with scattered drizzles and Carver had been tugging at a limb to bring it to the top of his collection when he heard a faint voice calling out. Carver swirled around nervously but had not seen a soul, until he ...

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Reedsyprompts is my first experience with letting others read my writing (other than my 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Darren, a gazillion years ago.) It's time I get over my fear. Every week when the email arrived announcing the new contests I would read the prompts and get too nervous imagining myself putting a story "out there." But, recently when the email came one of the prompts created a new story in my mind. I knew this was the opening I had been waiting for. Like in double dutch jump rope... you have to wait for your chance to jump in. I jumped in with "The Strange Visit at Lake Helena." It isn't great, but I accomplished a lot by just entering. After the first story, I was inspired to add on to it with the next prompt and I hope to continue the story for a few more weeks. I really like the littlest goat and I want to know what happens to her.