Can You Tell A Story In…

It’s Thursday and time for a new story. Here’s the latest story challenge:

Can you tell a story in 34 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story:

  • MIRROR
  • FUDGE
  • REFUND
  • HOVER
  • CAGE

Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 21 words using the following words in it somewhere:

  • MANGO
  • KEYS
  • SKATEBOARD
  • GOBLET

Here are your amazing stories:

Nicola Daly:

‘Why are your keys in this goblet of mango juice?’

‘Ah. That’s where I put them. Have you seen my skateboard?’

The Bag Lady:

His skateboard trick balancing a goblet while eating a mango would work fine—but keys on the sidewalk did him in.

Tessa:

I sat at the inground pool sipping mango juice from a goblet. I grabbed my keys and skateboard and headed out.

Darlene:

While carrying a special mango on her skateboard, Carla dropped her keys into a magic goblet and was never seen again.

Ann Edall-Robson:

Riding the weaving and wobbling skateboard past her husband, she tossed her keys towards him, calling, “Another goblet of mango wine!”

Squirreljan:

While my wife ate a mango, I ignored the keys piled into a silver goblet, and escaped on their kid’s skateboard.  

Sexagenarian Scribbler:

Operation Code Name Mango:

Your mission is to secure the keys to the cabinet containing the golden goblet. No skateboard required.

Sharron P:

The mango-shaped skateboard caused him no problems. But balancing a full goblet of wine as well, together with juggling twenty-five keys…

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21 responses to “Can You Tell A Story In…”

  1. nikidaly70 Avatar
    nikidaly70

    The angry fairy flew from the mirror as she chased fraudulent Freddy Fudge. She hovered above an iron cage shaking her tiny fist. ‘I’ll lock you in here if you don’t refund my money!’

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  3. Before Maria returned the awful fudge to the store for a refund, she observed her parakeets in their cage. Sam was admiring himself in the mirror as Daisy hovered near. Her turn was next!

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      1. Thank you, Esther!

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  4. “I need more fudge,” Daisy shouted to the maid hovering around her.

    “You returned it yesterday for a refund, Ma’am. Don’t you remember?”

    Daisy threw the cage across the room and broke the mirror.

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    1. You’ve worked the words in really well.

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      1. Thank you. I had to write it a couple of times before I got it below the word limit. LOL!

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  5. He looked in the mirror.. Oh No! Fudge on the jacket! Could he ask for a refund? He hovered by the cash register cage in trepidation. Could he catch the cashiers eye, good luck!

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    1. Really well done with those words 😊

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    squirreljan

    “Don’t fudge it, you wimp. Demand a refund.” Wendy glared at herself in the mirror before looking at the broken cage with Petula hovering above it. “Don’t fudge it, you wimp,” the parrot echoed.

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    1. Love that with the parrot!

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  7. Checking Polly Parrot was still in her cage ,I glanced in the mirror, then marched to the local shop, hovered outside, then entered and demanded a refund for selling me out of date fudge.

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    1. Very funny. Thank you.

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    SexagenarianScribbler

    I hover over Freddy’s cage as, at his mirror, he sings ‘A Finger of Fudge is just enough.’ for the one hundredth time.

    Returning him and asking for a refund suddenly sounds rather tempting.

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        SexagenarianScribbler

        thanks Esther

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  9. No longer could she hover in front of the looking glass primping and preening. The reflection saw her locked in a watery cage without salted fudge. Time to return the mirror for a refund. 

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    1. Thank you for this, Ann. Very good.

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