THE WETLANDS

 

Photo Copyright: Adam Ickes

Here we are for another week. Today we’ve gathered on a virtual boardwalk over  virtual wetlands. Our hostess for this weekly gathering is the talented and gracious author and artist, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. We’re the Friday Fictioneers group. Our challenge this week and every week is to write an original story  with no more than 100 words, not including the title. It’s supposed to have a beginning, middle, end, and follow the picture prompt for the week. This week’s prompt is a repeat supplied by Adam Ickes and requested by Sandra Crook. Thanks, Adam, and Sandra.

Except for a few minor changes, this is the same story I wrote for this prompt in March of 2014.

To read the other stories by the group members, just click on the link given below, then on the little blue frog in the blue box.

The link for this week’s stories is as follows:

https://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/12-august-2016/

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Word Count: 100 Words

THE WETLANDS by P.S. Joshi

George asked his dad, “Why is there a bridge over the land?

Well, son, it looks like land, but it’s called a wetland. You’d sink down and get stuck if you walked on it.

Could they drain it?

Yes. They could. It’s been done. There’s a lot of life there, though that would be destroyed. Also, if a bad storm comes, the area can flood.

He remembered having been shown homes built on drained wetland.

The agent said, “We never get bad flooding here. Never happened.”

A few years later, people from those homes had to be rescued by boat.

The Wetland

  Copyright  —  Adam Ickes

This is my story for Friday Fictioneers this week. It’s a weekly challenge to tell a story in 100 words with a beginning, middle and end. It follows the picture prompt provided for that week. It’s hosted by former Girl Scout, the gracious and talented Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This week the picture is a photo supplied by Adam Ickes. Thanks Adam.

Link: http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/14-march-2014/

The Wetland by P.S. Joshi’

George asked his dad, “Why is there a bridge over the land?’

“Well son, it looks like land but it’s called a wetland. You’d sink down and get stuck if you walked on it.”

“Can they drain it?”

 “Yes. They could. It’s been done. There’s a lot of life there though that would get destroyed. Also, if a bad storm comes, that area can flood.”

He remembered having been shown homes built on drained wetland.

The agent said, “We never get bad flooding here. Never happened.”

A few years later, people from those homes had to be rescued by boat.