Ben stood up, rubbing his back and grimacing in
pain. He and his sons had been chiseling
through rock hard ground, going on eight hours now.
The beauty of the landscape had disappeared long
ago, leaving desolate what had once been paradise. As far as the eye could see lay dry dirt.
He swung the pick-ax again and again, another hour then
another.
A flicker of dark earth below appeared and he
smiled, digging further. “Keep digging!
Boys, keep digging!” Even yet another impending drought and its arid
wind could not eliminate the promise of water below.
The deep crater filled with water, rising slowly. Ben
leapt into the air, filling it with loud bellows of laughter. “Boys, we hit
water! We’ll start drilling tomorrow!”
Raising his fist and shaking it to the sky, Ben shouted, “Take
that, Jerry Brown! My land has water,
and it’s mine!”
In your face!
Delores at Under the Porch Light provides bloggers with an opportunity to play with six words and create flash fiction, a short story, poetry, etc. This week Delores delivered two lists of six words each. Oh, the fun you may have! Please have a go at this and see what you might create! By clicking on the voluptuous grapefruit above, you can access her site.
