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The Watch
Written by
Teresa Dean Smeigh copyright August 2015
The watch was different. intriguing to the two boys. They snuck it out of Ronald’s mom’s bedroom while she was showering and then out of the house to inspect it further without being seen. They sat down on the curb and began exploring it. They had never seen anything like it.
“Whose watch was it?” asked Benjie. “Is it old?”
“My great grandfather Ronald’s. The one I was named after. Maybe Ma will give it to me. I am the oldest. You can see the gears and everything inside of it,” Ronald bragged.
“Ronald? Hey Ronald! Have you seen your great grandfather’s watch?” his mom shouted from her bedroom window. “I can’t find it where I left it on the chest of drawers. I have looked several times.”
“Uh no, Ma!”
“I hope your little brothers didn’t get a hold of it. It could be anywhere by now.”
Ronald shoved it to Benjie and not paying attention it dropped out of his hand and straight down the storm drain.
Nice twist! Well done.
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Thank you. I love twists!
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Oh dear! Don’t worry – I won’t tell.
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Glad to hear you won’t tell LOL! Thank you for reading!
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What an enjoyable piece 🙂
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Thank you!
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Nice story with a great twist! Now they need to figure out how to get it out of the storm drain. 🙂
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Thank you I love twists!
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And so the adventure begins. Very good take on the picture.
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Thank you! Took me a bit to figure this one out.
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Reblogged this on Dream Big, Dream Often and commented:
The Watch by Teresa Dean Smeigh…
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Thanks Danny!
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My pleasure!
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Yikes. Great story Teresa.
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Thank you. glad you enjoyed it!
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Good job!
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Oh my! Now what a twist.
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I love twists in stories. Thank you for reading.
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Hi, I am new to your blog and love your writing voice so much! The Watch brought me right back to being a kid and that desperate feeling of almost being caught doing something I wasn’t supposed to be. I am looking forward to reading more of your writing.
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Why thank you so much for the kind comments. I have this weeks prompts coming up soon. Thank you for stopping by and leaving your kind words. Makes my day.
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See? Ronald. I knew that symbol meant it was a McWatch!
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LOL! Thank you for reading!
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Oh dear! I wonder whether he’ll manage to get it out of the storm drain, or if he doesn’t, whether he’ll ever admit to being the one who took it! A nicely written story. 🙂
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Thank you. I have all these bits of stories and you wonder where you would take them. I have written serial stories using prompts before, but then I got myself all mixed up in one and stopped.
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