Copyright — Jean L. Hays
Here we are this week gathered in a virtual small-town parking lot. We’re sitting on folding chairs under an awning–it’s a warm day for November. We’ve gathered here to discuss our original stories for the week. This is the Friday Fictioneer’s weekly challenge. Our gracious and talented hostess Rochelle Wisoff-Fields has called us to meet. The challenge is to each write a story with no more than 100 words. It’s supposed to include a beginning, middle, end, and follow the picture prompt for the week. The prompt this week was supplied by Jean L Hays. Thanks Jean.
The link for all the other stories is as follows:
http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/7-november-2014/
Genre: Humor Fiction
Word Count: 100 Words
TRANSFORMATION By P.S. Joshi
Two Edsels were parked in the city lot of the small town of Dingley, North Carolina.
“Hey hon,” said the rose-colored Edsel to her neighbor. “What the heck did they do to you?”
“Well,” said the marigold-and-white Edsel, “my owner decided to go into the snow- plow and ditch-digging business. He said there was no sense leavin’ me just sit around and turn into a rust bucket. He might as well make use of me since he couldn’t resell me.”
“How’s it goin’?” asked Rose.
“Oh, it’s alright,” said Marigold,”but I’m no longer a glamour girl.”
Musings on Life & Experience 
🙂 Perfectly paced. And I get to enjoy your preambles each week almost as much as I enjoy your stories.
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Very enjoyable reading.. I can see this story happening. I think I would prefer the snowplow business to being an ex-glamour girl… 🙂
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Dear Susan,
From diva to ditch digger, it’s a hard life, but at least she’s above ground and still making her own way. Reminds me of me. Great story.
Aloha,
Doug
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They couldn’t be more different. Nice story.
Claire
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Those lovely names give a touch of sadness to your story, like crushed flowers on the pavement. Loved it.
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Oh, a nice piece, Susan. Very enjoyable. I love the names.
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Thanks Sandra. I’m so glad you liked the story. I got the names from the colors of the cars. I looked up the yellow color and found it called marigold. I made the cars female so the names worked well. 🙂 — Susan
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There’s a nice rhythm to your piece. And a fun albeit slightly sad story.
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I agree with Patrick about the rhythm. Gives it a poetic melancholy.
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Dear Susan,
I enjoyed this entertaining take on the prompt. Your story reminds me of David Wilcox’s “Rusty Old American Dream.” If you’d like to hear it here’s the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUCDN2YjOp8
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Actually since Edsels were failures right from the start, I take it that the glamour girl image was kind of a fantasy of Marigold’s right from the start as well. But as long as she believed it, the illusion helped her overcome hard times. Nice story, Susan!
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I’ve often wondered what cars talk about with each other 🙂 Unfortunately, I remember those colors.
This made me smile…
Ellespeth
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Nice take on the prompt, well written dialogue.
Cheers
KT
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Thanks Wildbilbo. I’m so glad you liked the story, especially the dialogue. Thanks for the encouragement. 🙂 — Susan
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Usefulness will last longer than glamour anyway! Great piece.
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Everything in life is a trade-off, either a glamor girl or a useful machine. 🙂 I guess there’s a time in this car’s life for both. Nice story.
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Marigold wins the understatement-of-the-year award! Fun reading!
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Love the fun humor in this one, Susan. Nicely woven and told.
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She had it a lot better than most other Edsels, I imagine. Randy
Cute story
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Poor Marigold. The days of being a pin-up girl in some guy’s garage are long gone. Although I think he new look is going to garner a lot of attention. Nicely written, Susan.
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The same thing happened to me 😉
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Loved your take on this one and as Sandra pointed out the preambles are extremely good.
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Nice story, Susan. Enjoyed it much.
Lily
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Poor old girls. It’s good that Marigold can accept her changing role. Good story.
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Poor Marigold. It’s not her fault, unfortunately it all went down in the production line at the start.
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Poor Marigold — those buckets aren’t kind one’s figure –!
Loved this —-
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Sweet story! I loved the charming dialogue!
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