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Write a story about a character who fails to understand something until they have the full context.

Posted in Character on Oct 26, 2022

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A mysterious fatherhood of a child

Submitted to Contest #101

“No! No! No! I’m too young to be a husband! I’m only in elementary school!" I shouted to my “wife” Ema, the pig. Yes, a pig… Not even another human being, a pig. When I was in elementary school, my class was learning about health and how babies are produced. We had only learned a tiny bit before the school year ended. From what I had gathered, in order to produce a human, it only took two people sleeping together. As a child I lived on the farm, I had plenty of friends and we loved to play hide and seek. Once, I decided to hide below s...

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Dugout

Submitted to Contest #101

According to the policies determined by the board of the Milton County Little League baseball program, a coach may protest an umpire’s call as long as he informs the umpire of his intention during the game and submits $100 to the board at the time of his protest, which will be deposited either into the coffers of the Office of Parks and Recreation or back into the coach’s wallet after the meeting, depending on the board’s decision. I have coached Little League for six years, since my oldest son turned seven, and I have protested a call only ...

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Basement

Submitted to Contest #101

Sitting on a porch swing, Steven looked at his watch. Barely past one. Only seven hours since he woke.  All alone in this big house in a new city. No one to talk to. All the boxes unpacked. Nothing to do. The minute crawled then stopped. He rocketed off the swing and down the steps. If there’s nothing to do here, he was determined in step and mind to find something. It was a chilled January day. No snow was on the ground, but the wind pierced like ice picks. His bare hands shook even in his pockets. The house and streets went by in a bl...

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Tanks.

Submitted to Contest #101

"I need a tank." I tell my accountant."Like a water tank?""No." I stare out the window. A moment passes.He looks at me, scratching the back of his head. "Then what kind of... tank?""You know." I make a clicking gun noise, "Boom.""A toy?""No.""So you want a real tanker." He says slowly trying to understand. He takes off his glasses and rubs his eyes."Yes please." I ask like I'm ordering a cup of coffee."No." He says matter of factly."Please.""No.""Please.""Curtis." He stops me from talking, "We live in the city. And it is illegal for you to o...

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Rules of the Game

Submitted to Contest #101

“Where’s the crackers?” my grandfather gruffly asked the waitress. She had just placed a bowl of the soup of the day, cream of chicken, in front of him. Globules of oil beaded the surface of the yellowish gluey concoction.The sour-faced waitress disappeared for a moment and returned with a single crushed packet of saltines. She slapped it on the table in front of him.I winced, desperately wanting to start digging a hole out of there.His clear blue eyes, mesmerizing even in his old age, shot her an icy glare. For a split second she held his s...

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ODIASE

Submitted to Contest #101

Mama, Mama!! I saw it, I saw it, Odiase screamed out loud in fear, Mama came out and asked, Odiase son, what have you seen? Odiase replied I can’t comprehend what I have seen. Mama asked gently but fearfully, son, if you would just describe what you saw, I am sure I would make sense of it. Odiase replied I can’t describe a creature without a face. Mama screamed out loud Mama! Mama went inside in a rush to check up on her Mother, she slammed the door, sweating and panting, once again she asked the same question, Mama are you alright?. Odiase’...

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Love Waits Patiently

Submitted to Contest #101

Winter mist weaves around me, threading its way in and out of trees and gravestones, incorporating everything into a pattern of death. Night has begun to fall: the soft, muted tones of twilight are gradually replaced with darker shades until the whole sky is tinted with ebony and even the stars seem unable to pierce the pervading darkness. In the stillness of the cemetery, not a sound can be heard apart from the frantic hammering of my own heart as I wait, alone, to see what will happen next. He said he would be here. My breath escapes in ra...

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Divorce 💔

Submitted to Contest #101

"Where's Madam?" "Must have gone partying, I guess," shrugged the maid. He sighed and said to himself, Then, a small girl came out of the room. Her amber coloured eyes twinkled.. "Olivia, go back to sleep. I'm coming," he said getting a shock. The little girl entered the room. Her ten year old brother was sleeping soundly. "Where is Mummy?" asked the little girl laying down. "She went out. Now, stop worrying and go back to sleep," he said. The little girl soon slept and he creeped out of the room. He sat by the poolside using his laptop. Af...

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He Found Love By Her Suicide

Submitted to Contest #101

TRIGGER WARNING!!!!!  I was a new student. I saw a girl with blonde, short and wavy hair. I went up to her asking her if she could show me where my class was. With me not knowing where I’m going, she showed me the way. I didn’t get a good look at her face. Actually, I didn’t see her face at all. As we were walking I saw paintings of dark, and bloody canvas hanging up on the wall. The more I looked the darker the room gets. In fact, we’re walking so far in the room that it turned pitch dark and I couldn’t see the girl anymore. “Um. Excus...

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Dude

Submitted to Contest #101

George walked up to the kitchen table. He observed his surroundings, glancing slightly at the window he let out a soft sigh. The outside was so beautiful, or was it? He shrugged his shoulders. The view, honestly, had been the same view that it had been for the past few days. He decided to put the thought of the outside world aside. He felt his mouth dry into the form of a slight raisin. He shuddered and walked to the refrigerator. He clasped his hands around the fridge and tugged at the door. Before him, standing right in the depths of the r...

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The Saga of Esther and Ginny

Submitted to Contest #101

When Ginny was still relatively young, she went to live amongst the old people.This adventure began as one of necessity. The senior’s residence she chose was a public housing unit with rents that were within her limited budget.She was a little apprehensive about her decision, but decided to make the best of the situation and in her usual, extraverted gregariousness, set about making new friends.What she failed to factor into the equation was the snarkiness of some of her fellow inmates.Many of them had been parked in this building by adult c...

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The principle of the tithe

Submitted to Contest #101

Xania's heart staggered in anxious discomfort as she sealed a tenth of her diminutive earnings into a white envelope. She didn't fancy doing this - not even a little bit - but something within her told her to. You know, that little voice that hardly shuts up unless it gets what it wants. Everyone has that voice. Hers was adamantly urging her to chuck away a considerable chunk of money, ten percent of it to be specific, away into some storage place, to be eventually given away as a tithe offering.Acquisition of this money was not an easy proc...

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Cheater.

Submitted to Contest #101

"Don't try Blake. What's done is done." I argue, wiping tears away from my face. "Alex. You're not li-" "It's clear as day! You cheated on me. At least own up to that." I shout, flicking some stray ginger hair away from my face. "Alex. I didn't cheat." He deadpans, running a frustrating hand through his brown hair. I hate myself for thinking he looks amazing. "I caught you redhanded Blake." He rolls his eyes. "Maybe if you listened to what I had to say." "You want me to listen so I can get my heart broken? Is that it? For...

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In the Pines

Submitted to Contest #101

With a feeling like air, life was blown into the thoughts of a young man. Yes! Hello there! Feeling better? A voice called out. It almost took him until he was standing upright to know so. His feet were underneath him, but with a more peculiar sensation to them, not too unlike heaviness. When he tried to vocalize this it seemed like his lips no longer worked, along with his fingers. As he kept thinking of more body parts he realized the smaller that they got, the less control he had.  I see you’re taking your time. You must be thinking ...

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Hail Mary

Submitted to Contest #101

“Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.” Mary bowed her head in shame, wispy locks of silver-blonde hair brushing across her pale, hollow face. Hidden within the aged confessional box, her fragile features were hidden to all; nevertheless, her cheeks grew red as she recalled her shortcomings of the previous week. She lived a simple life and strived to do right by her God day by day, but still she found herself missing a nightly prayer now and again or turning up her nose as she passed a scantily-clad woman on the street. Mary did her best, ...

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