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The Lonely Road…

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The night is long and lonely. After endless tossing and turning in bed, I decide to listen to the music to calm myself.

As soon as I press the ‘Play’ on the music-player, I panic and realize that the ‘noise’ would disturb the children.

I fumble in the dark to press the ‘Stop’ and search for the earphones, the cough syrup breaks into smithereens upon hitting the floor.

As my nerves fray some more, I hear my son’s grouchy voice, “Is this the hour for pranks, Dad?”

He leaves without waiting for my reply and without seeing my crestfallen face.

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This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.

In this prompt a story is weaved using the three words, earphones, cough syrup and prank.

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A Drabble is an extremely short work of fiction which is exactly one hundred words in length.

59 Responses

    1. I have seen some elderly parents treated so badly by their own children. It is truly sad and heart breaking to see the pain in their eyes. 🙁

    1. Thanks G! While it was easy to weave the story with these 3 words… editing the story from 110 words to 100 was challenging! 😛

  1. The junior thinks it’s a prank. You have managed very well with 3 difficult and unusual words in a drabble.

    1. Yes, it is a true story for many elderly people who are not cared for and are ignored by their kids! Sad! 🙁

    1. It is sad that parents who have done so much all their lives for the kids are ignored and not cared for in their old age!

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