Her Hair was the Color of Wheat Straw

by Jenunique

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“She had hair the color of wheat straw. ‘Least, that’s what they’d told us,” the old man said matter of factly as he stare across the flat land. His eyes were hazed with cataracts and we wondered how much he could actually see as he looked about.

“We took out at dusk, just the five of us, Bill, John, Tom, Dusty and me. Had our lanterns,” a sad smile crept over his wrinkled features, “You boys, you have those million watters, we could’ve used those that night.” We’d heard Old Seph tell this story but we loved it and vowed that we’d set out to find the Wheat Girl one day, even though we’d heard the warnings.

As he rocked in his creaky chair, he spun the adventure of the five friends as they wound their way through the wheat field in search of the golden maiden who granted wishes for the sons of farmers as they swore on their lives to always keep the fields sown with wheat for harvest.

Seph stopped rocking abruptly when he reached the part of the story we’d been waiting for.

Dusty’s tale.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Her Hair was the Color of Wheat Straw

    kells' Buddy Icon kells

    Posted 18 days ago

    Fantastic! I never would have thought of such a cool ficlet from that kind of picture! Major props for creativity.

  2. Her Hair was the Color of Wheat Straw

    Wallace-E's Buddy Icon Wallace-E

    Posted 18 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Wonderful voices for the dialog, and a great set-up, telling a story about the telling of a story. And a last line that promises more. Good work.

  3. Her Hair was the Color of Wheat Straw

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 17 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ooh, magical and enticing set-up just begging for some brave ficleteer to pick up the torch. But who could be so daring?

  4. Her Hair was the Color of Wheat Straw

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 17 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great setup for an interesting tale. I love a good story. ;) I also love your favorite quote of the moment. “If the dinosaurs couldn’t stop Global Freezing, what makes us think we can stop Global Warming?”

  5. Her Hair was the Color of Wheat Straw

    someday_93's Buddy Icon someday_93

    Posted 17 days ago

    ooh…magical, like THX said. I can’t wait to read the sequel!
    LoA

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