Zahidah Rabaab

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“Donkey and Me” by Zahidah Rabaab

Submitted to Contest #44

My donkey has laid an egg. I carefully took the egg onto my shaky palms and slowly paced towards the bedroom. I placed the thing on my bed and looked for more cushioning. Soon, I had found some pretty lace that had been removed from an old frock and some cotton and some satin ribbon. I made a nest out of these for my egg. Because it looked shabby, I wiped its face with a cotton ball dipped in Dettol. Now it looked like an Easter egg with lots of colorful freckles."Oh what a pretty thing!” I exclaimed.I slowly caressed my egg until it fell as...

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“His arrival ” by Zahidah Rabaab

Submitted to Contest #42

She was standing alongside the sea-shore; solitary .Zephyr steadily brushed the wisps of dangly-loose tresses off her dimpled cheek. It was one of those fierce-windy days. Her frilled-frock would oscillate about in different directions as she tugged to keep it still. Little hairs on her face had stood erect forever now. She would part her lips now and then to let in some saline air, cleanse her throat. It was piercing but a bittersweet cold. She had folded each of her arms over the other holding tightly onto her puny-torso. Her thumb would s...

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