Charli’s #CarrotRanch prompt this week:
August 8, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a poisoned apple. Let’s explore dark myth. Deconstruct the original or invent something new. Negotiate the shadows, shed light, but go where the prompt leads you!
The Bad Apple
April bit her blackened lips in frustration. Just how long was mum going to go on and on about her clothes. All she wanted to do, was get out of the house.
She absentmindedly rolled a corner of the rug back and forth with her clumpy boots.
“April! Stop doing that to my rug! Honestly. I don’t know what’s got into you. It’s like those friends of yours have just brainwashed you.”
She rolled a heavily khol-lined eye. The doorbell rang.
“I’m going, mum.” She turned. “And just remember, they say the apple never falls far from the tree.”
But I Smile Anyway... 
Aug 14, 2019 @ 13:56:09
The trying times of raising teenagers, oh what fun 🙂 Great flash!
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Aug 14, 2019 @ 13:58:28
Sometimes, I wouldn’t use the word ‘fun’… 😛
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Aug 14, 2019 @ 16:45:07
🙂 I meant to put NOT after fun 🙂
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Aug 14, 2019 @ 16:46:23
🤣
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Aug 14, 2019 @ 07:43:29
Now, as if hit with a poisoned dart, Mum’s got something to think about. Well done, Ritu.
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Aug 14, 2019 @ 08:25:22
Thanks Norah… I’m getting used to the barbed comments from my tween now…
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Aug 14, 2019 @ 11:36:54
We could all do without them, Ritu.
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Aug 10, 2019 @ 12:47:50
Well done, Ritu!
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Aug 10, 2019 @ 12:48:47
Thanks Jennie!
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Aug 10, 2019 @ 13:42:35
You’re welcome, Ritu!
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Aug 10, 2019 @ 00:38:32
BOOM!
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Aug 10, 2019 @ 09:02:45
Mike drop 🎤 and walk away!
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 23:53:35
Sharp observation! Teens can often spot a parental flaw and go for the jugular. Well told.
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Aug 10, 2019 @ 00:01:05
I’m definitely starting to feel that sharp point of a certain madam’s tongue…and she’s 11!!!
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Aug 11, 2019 @ 21:29:53
It’s going to be a ride, but teens are fascinating in their bid to develop identity. And she’ll need your guidance (and patience, lol).
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Aug 11, 2019 @ 21:47:08
Oh Lord, send me bucketloads of patience!!!
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 16:49:10
Cheeky little toad! The joys of motherhood 💜💜
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 17:01:58
Indeed sis!!!
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 17:04:56
😃😃💜💜
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 15:36:17
clever post. I’m left wondering what the mom’s reaction would have been!
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 16:12:08
Thanks Jim.
She’d probably be left wondering…
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 15:03:04
I can only confirm this. My daughter and I are alike in many ways. It used to cause fights but meanwhile, it is a wonderfully bonding and we laugh about those fights.
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 16:11:10
As we get older, we can relax and laugh about it. 😁
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 21:26:32
Exactly, because my mission is already fulfilled and I don’t have to teach her any behavior anymore… lol.
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 22:23:19
Isn’t that the best!? 🙂
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Aug 10, 2019 @ 18:48:34
Absolutely 😅
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 14:37:21
Those mother/daughter relationships can be strenuous at times.
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 16:09:15
Oh can they just, Brother!!!
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 16:21:40
😬😜😄
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 13:00:57
Ha! Great micro flash, Ritu!
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 13:39:15
Thanks Rebecca!
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 12:28:59
Ritu, I love the last line of this piece, especially as the mother of a 15 and 13 year old. I must use that when they become too critical of me.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 13:37:22
Thank you Rowena. I
There’s a whole lot of us in them… It would do us good to remember that before criticizing them and their choices!!
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 12:05:48
Perfect. You changed it to a postive end. Sonu said: “Mirror mirror on the wall, we have to take a Ritu-call”. Lol Michael
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 13:35:22
😆
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 14:49:58
😆😆
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 09:44:41
Very clever, Ritu. A beautifully written piece.
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Aug 09, 2019 @ 09:48:59
Thank you Robbie 🥰
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