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.
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
Love this post.. Beautifully written..!!
Thank you, Priya 🙂
Difficult combination, but you managed it well 🙂
Destination Infinity
Thanks Rajesh. Glad you liked it! 🙂
Your son has a good sense of humor.
Not my son!! 😀 😛
Very creative Shilpa 🙂 loved the way you have weaved the three words.
Thank you, LP 🙂
Very creative, Shilpa! 🙂
Thanks a lot, Shail 🙂
Very nice drabble , Shilpa.
Thanks Kalpana 🙂
There’s something so sad about cough syrup and broken bottles!
Very nice, Shilpa!
… and the pain of loneliness too!
Thank you Vidya 🙂
it made me sad. You have written a very visual story once again.
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. 🙁
Good use of the prompt words, nice read.
Thank you, Indrani 🙂
Very innovative post,Shilpa. In 100 words you have convincingly used the words of the prompt.
Thank you for the kind words, Ma’am 🙂
Loved it Shilpa!! 🙂
Beautifully woven…
Thanksss Pixie 🙂
Truly Wow. Very well woven together Shilpa.
Glad you liked this story, OM 🙂
Very creative use of the prompts!! loved it…
Thank you Aditi! 🙂
Nice drabble!
Thks PI 🙂
Okay, I never got around to weave the words into a story. This one is super nice. Great Shilpa 🙂
Try it… it’s exciting and challenging!
Thanks Kajal 🙂
Oh nice story. 🙂
I thought I was reading a personal anecdote of yours/
Oops!! 😀
What combination of words!! Must be challenging… well-weaved 😀
Thanks G! While it was easy to weave the story with these 3 words… editing the story from 110 words to 100 was challenging! 😛
As always, very well crafted shilpa. especially with those words:)
Thanks, Asha! As always you are too kind 🙂
Great! You created pathos with this prompt… lovely 🙂
Thank you Sheela! Glad you liked this post! 🙂
A sad , sensitive tale told with your usual brevity and precision shilpa 🙂
Thank you Sri 🙂
when I saw the words nothing hit me 🙂 But seeing this creative post I felt wow
Good one Shilpa 🙂
Smiling 🙂 Thanks Afshan 🙂
The junior thinks it’s a prank. You have managed very well with 3 difficult and unusual words in a drabble.
Yes, he meant it in a sarcastic way! Thanks Kalpana 🙂
Sad but wonderful creativity shilpa
Yes, it is a true story for many elderly people who are not cared for and are ignored by their kids! Sad! 🙁
That sure is a good way to use the three words ! Loved reading it !
Thank you Ruchira 🙂
I loved the way you weaved the words into 100 words. Lovely. 🙂
Thks Jyothi 🙂
That was a nice Drabble!
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Thanks so much, Sheethal. Touched 🙂
Good one Shilpa…a gentle reminder to be more caring towards the older generation !!!
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!
Such a sad state of affairs Shilpa. 🙁 🙁
I’m deeply touched by your thought behind this drabble and frankly at a loss of words…
Thanks Bhavya. Glad that this post connected and touched you!
Oh, aren’t children so very sympathetic!! 😛
Great take on the prompt!
short and neat…
Thanks Latha 🙂