[Write the Story] Be Careful What You Wish For

Prompt: Be Careful What You Wish For

Words: toadstool, bluff, yodel, thistle, smock, rust, tomato, bestow, enunciate, medium

Story
Thistle stood on top of her toadstool and adjusted her rust-colored smock in the early morning chill. She’d collected the dew from the leaves around her home; gathered the berries, seeds, and nectar for her meals. Now she drew in a deep breath to greet the morning with the traditional Morning Yodel for luck and prosperity but let the breath out with a puff of frustration. She was bored. Nothing had a purpose.

“I wish…I wish…” But what did she wish for?

“Well? What is it, dearie?” the raspy voice piped from the plants below. “Whatever it is, please speak up and enunciate. My old ears aren’t as sharp as they once were.”

Thistle fluttered down to the forest floor. “Who’s there?”

The old fairy tottered out of the shadows. She was a wizened thing in a tomato red hat and dress. Her wings drooped. “What wish would you have me bestow?”

“You can do that? That’s a thing?” Thistle was a medium-sized fairy but she towered over the old one.

“You think I bluff? Try me.”

“Okay. I wish I had a more interesting life.”

“Oh, sweetie, you got it.”

Thistle felt magic wash over her and then settle like a weight. The other fairy seemed to get taller and younger. “Wish granting is all on you now. Good luck.”

Word Count: 221

Written: 11/22/2020

Tags: fairy, Fantasy, fiction, flash fiction, Magic, Piccadilly, wishes, Write the Story