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#86: Springtime Flowers

March 21st may be considered the first day of Spring by many, but Mother Nature doesn't always agree. Depending on where you live, the daffodils could be showing their sunny faces or still hibernating under frozen soil.

For me, it’s usually a mix. Here you can be wearing shorts one day and shoveling snow the next, but one thing is consistent: as soon as the weather warms up, I’m bursting outside to gulp down that fresh air and watch the world come back to life. This week, regardless of what the weather actually holds, let’s celebrate the season of rebirth and renewal. After all, in our imaginations the sun can always be shining and the birds can always be chirping!

This week's prompts

Set your story at a park during a spring festival.

Spring – 82 stories

Write about a character coming out of a long hibernation (either literal or metaphorical).

Spring – 158 stories

Write a fairy tale about someone who can communicate with woodland creatures.

Kids – 168 stories

Start your story with one character pointing out the first sign of spring to another.

Spring – 107 stories

Write a story where flowers play a central role.

Spring – 278 stories

Stories

“Natures Love Story” by Fidelis Marine

Submitted to Contest #86

She was a safe place to all animals she encountered. They trusted her, sensed her gentle spirit, her kindness toward them radiating out to them before she could even see them. Are you picturing Snow White lost in the woods talking to all the animals? Perhaps Cinderella, with all her all her birds and mice taking care of and talking to her? She didn't know how or why, nor did she question it, there was no need, Love spoke the language of whatever animal she encountered. She stood on the outskirts of the forest, a faint deer path inviting her ...

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“Joe Wyatt and the Severn Dwarves” by Sharon Williams

Submitted to Contest #86

We first met at a Dwarf Sports Association event in 1995, when we were all five years old. Our parents were forward thinking people, who having realised that, they had a daughter with restricted growth, thought of the likely complications of this. Their immediate thoughts related to the physical difficulties we would encounter. Subsequently, they thought about the less obvious repercussions for their small children. Amongst other things, they anticipated that, their offspring’s lack of stature would make it difficult for them to join in spor...

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“Beautiful Moments” by Hxmda A.A

Submitted to Contest #86

It was yet another day of preparing the garden for the King’s visit, a boring and tiresome job of pulling out the weeds and patting down the soil around the vast maze, new flowers and leaves sprouting and blossoming into the warm spring evening. Andromeda had her bright red hair in a large bun behind her head, sweat shining on her brows as she straightened her back with a large groan. Beyond the large garden lay the wide and open forest, the greenery finally beginning to creep back in as the seasons changed. The leaves on the tall trees had...

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“The Squirrel” by Sierra Tkacik

Submitted to Contest #86

The king was not kind to his advisors. He was never visibly kind at all. Visiting royals would report that he showed no courtesy to them whatsoever, but that was a lie. King Taylor ensured that any visitors would have whatever they desired when within the walls of his kingdom. He just didn’t prefer to make conversation, aside from negotiations. The servants disagreed, saying that the king was plenty talkative when about topics he was interested in. New stable boys had been lectured on horses and breeds for hours before the king allowed the...

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“Treachery ” by 13th Specter

Submitted to Contest #86

Death by pecking. It wasn’t a pretty way to die nor was it something that normally occurred. It was something that occurred rarely and not in the middle of a city. There had been reports of it before where an old woman was pecked by a chicken multiple times that caused trauma that ended in her death. But this case in front of me is not similar to that case nor is it normal. The witness stated that large treachery suddenly attacked the victim and viciously pecked him to death. I observed the body and notice that majority of puncture holes ...

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“SARAH, FIDO AND SPARKLE” by Barbara Burgess

Submitted to Contest #86

SARAH, FIDO AND SPARKLE“Where are you going with that book Sarah?”“I’m going to talk to the fairies at the bottom of the garden Mummy.”“Don’t be so ridiculous child, there’s no such thing as fairies and certainly there aren’t any at the bottom of my garden. Whoever heard of such a thing?”“But I’ve seen them mummy. They are there every day and I talk to them.”“Yes, I’ve heard you talking and I don’t like it. If I hear you talking to yourself again, I’m going to have to get you to the doctor and see what he’s got to say about it. I’m just not ...

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“The Woods' Whisperer” by Day Goncalves

Submitted to Contest #86

What if trees could talk? How many wonders do you think lie there? How many secrets have people whispered to the woods and how many secrets have actually been heard? There’s an old legend in my hometown, how old? you would ask, as old as the old wood. A man that grew up as a tree, he would not speak in the language you and I are talking right now, nor move, he just laid there under the good sun, and at night he would walk between the trees, you would mistake him for a pine or a cedar, not a baobab, he's slim like the trunks of the darkest tr...

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“What a Pretty Fae” by Alyson Ackman

Submitted to Contest #86

Part I The woods were ancient. The tall trees dominated the land, giving refuge to the many critters and creatures above and below. Pillars of bright light pierced through the vibrant green canopy. The lush undergrowth gave shelter to the many animals stirring as spring began her slow thaw of the land. The snow that crept down from the mountains, now retreated up the rocky hillsides once more. Cy walked leisurely over the gnarled roots which claimed most of the obscured path winding through the majestic trees. Cy’s red robe c...

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“Daffodil” by Jess Cohen

Submitted to Contest #86

“Look at all the daffodils! There are so many! On the first day of spring too, I love spring!” The excitement on her face was hard to miss she was so beautiful when she got excited. Her eyes lit up like two bright stars twinkling on a clear night and her smile could warm even the coldest of hearts. She had this energy about her that seemed to vibrate it was infectious, intoxicating, exciting and addictive he loved to see her happy. Thinking back on that day was his favourite memory, she was the love of his life she was e...

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“Spring from a windowsill” by Rikheia Raemi

Submitted to Contest #86

Dear brother, Has it actually been a year since you have been gone? Every time spring comes to visit it reminds me of our days as children. That very morning when we woke up to see that the snow had melted and our backyard was full of green, and the first thing we would do was run in the yard chasing each other until our bodies became tired. Do you remember during our spring break how we went to our grandparents' orchards and picked fuzzy peaches and ruby red apples and then coming home and bake a delicious apple pie? I believe that we alw...

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“WELCOME SPRING” by Mousumi Biswas

Submitted to Contest #86

WELCOME SPRING 🙂 The noise of the drum beats woke up little Seedling . Stretching her hands,she woke up with a start. " Mamma, what's that noise ?" "The children have come out to play ", said Roots, her mother, stroking Seedling's face . They are welcoming Spring . She has come after a long time . Excited to hear that her Spring had arrived , Seedling jumped out of her bed . Little Seedling opened the window and peeped out. She was feeling suffocated in her house . She had been hiding in fear...

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“The Buds which Never Flowered” by Lauren Rinelle

Submitted to Contest #86

"Sky-blue hyacinths. Over there, just beside those, bumble-bee yellow tulips! Oh and the ah, ah, ah-- choo!" he paused, taking time to blot his tender nose."Fresh cut grass?" replied Shona, passing her father a tissue.Springtime was always Ralph's favourite season, but he could never quite enjoy it outside of the confines of his home. Hayfever had plagued him every Spring, without fail, since he was a boy.So Shona had the duty of bringing Spring to Ralph.Flowers were almost contraband in this household, so Shona's paper mache daffodils or po...

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“Blood Stained Roses” by Adriana Gugliucciello

Submitted to Contest #86

tw: murder Every year on the first day of spring, dad gave every important woman in his life flowers, it is a tradition I intend on keeping now that he’s getting older. On the drive over to my parent's house, I stopped by the flower shop to pick up mom's favorite ones, roses. Today was the first day of spring and I couldn’t wait to see Mom's face light up with joy when she greeted me on the front porch. As I pulled into the driveway I noticed the front door was open, which was strange considering they were always so paranoid about thei...

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“Yellow Roses” by Analia Kaufman

Submitted to Contest #86

My father was never good with his words. He was kind, of course, but quiet, sometimes a little gruff. Tall and dense, with a beard that could always hide what he was thinking. He never told my sisters or I that he loved us, that he was proud or that he cared. My father was always good with his flowers. He was gentle with them, careful, each petal as delicate to him as silk. He spoke to them quietly, lovingly, spending hours in his greenhouse each day. He never told my sisters or I that he loved us, that he was proud or that he cared. Ins...

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“MY BELOVED” by AEDION LAURA

Submitted to Contest #86

I woke up once again, feeling the love of my life nearer to me. I tried to look up, but I still can’t. If only my petals could grow faster and open myself to see my beloved, the light of my life. I heard my comrades far from me, frustrated that there petals are still adamant on preventing us from seeing our goddess. We only have one thing, to adore her and follow it every hour of every minute of every day. I sipped the water down my roots to facilitate my petals to open. I have been doing this ritual for so many days that I lost count, but t...

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