Curses echoed from the headmaster’s office. Mikey ran down the corridor knowing the headmaster would discover what he did, but didn’t realize it would be so soon.
The office door flung open.The headmaster, never one to run, marched briskly in pursuit. Mikey yanked on the common room door handle, it was mercifully unlocked.
A fire burned in the hearth and seventeen boys huddled nearby. Mikey marched like a hero, flashed the ledger containing the daily punishments and stood over the fire. The headmaster entered. It was too late for together the flames erased the unjust punishments.
The boys cheered.
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Glad to see you doing the 100 word challenges!
Thanks for telling me about them!
I could see those naughty boys doing that. Well written.
Thanks Sally!
Hooray well done that boy!
Yes indeed. It’s funny how I got a response that assumed they were naughty and a cheer rooting for them.
Makes me wonder if these boys were horrible or unfortunate…
Thanks for stopping by Gilly!
Wow! Tom Brown / Oliver Twist / Nicholas Nickleby – they are all there! As a retired head teacher, I’m glad I didn’t have a fire in the school! 😉
HAHA! yes indeed. That could be a bit of an insurance no no.
I was think of Mr Twist when putting this together for some reason. Thanks for stopping by jfb.
I’d root for the boys … lol. Nice piece of flash fiction, Bob. Even with such a small sampling, my thoughts were already racing with dozens of questions and scenarios – I enjoyed that. ~ Julie 🙂
Thanks Julie. It would be fun to include them in each prompt. However, I have a feeling Julia makes them a bit more challenging than that. Have you tried the 100 word challenge before?
Hi Bob – no, I haven’t tried this, but it looks like fun! I have a lot on my plate right now, but I’ve saved the link, and may look into it later in the year; thanks for the information! Happy writing! ~ Julie 🙂
Julie, based on your last post I assumed as much! I’ll get to the next prompt this week. Thanks for reading!
Yikes! I think he’ll be in a heap of daily punishments! creative and fun…! 🙂
Yes indeed! Thanks, Lorraine
I wish I would have had this idea back in my school days…
Great direction and resolution!
Thanks a lot it is a fun little challenge.
Your words painted the scene so vividly. You created a suspense
that begged for more. Nice entry for the challenge. I enjoyed it very much.
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Isadora, thanks for stopping by and for the compliment!
Exciting! Would like to read the entire story.
Scott
Thanks Scott, perhaps for another day. I do participate in the 3DayNovel Contest at times, perhaps this is a good opportuity to discover who these children are!
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