August 9: Flash Fiction Challenge – Dashing
Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction – August 9, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes an act of “peering from the woods.”
Peering from the wood, something got its attention. It dashed across the road.
Thump, thump, thud!
“Oh, no. I didn’t see it coming.” Sid and Cindy jumped out of the car.
“The impact was forceful. It crushed the front of the car.”
“Is the deer okay?” Cindy looked at its head.
“Let’s wait. It’s trying to get up…”
“It’s limping across the road.”
“it went across okay… No, it flopped and lied still.”
“Do we want to go camping?”
“The engine suffered the impact. Let’s go home.”
* * *
“Our car took the last breath getting us home.”
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The Showers of Blessings 
That’s so clever! I love it! ❤
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Thank you, I had fun writing it. ❤
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Thank you.
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Oh dear, a deer encounter. Sounds like it was a true story, Miriam. I’m pleased your daughter and her hub were okay. It would have been quite unsettling. Not much good for the car, or the deer either.
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Yes, Norah. Deer sign are present, but people can expect a sudden dashing out of the wood. I feel for the deer also.
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Sad all round.
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Yes, hoping that it doesn’t happen every day.
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I would go home too, Miriam. Poor animal though.
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Yes, I’m glad my daughter and her hubby decided to go home.
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If that is your participation, you have a place assured in the challenge.
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Thank you!!
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