tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post2049834624878502689..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Friday February 12th, 2016Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-2153848161930788512016-02-22T00:38:45.940-08:002016-02-22T00:38:45.940-08:00Greg - heh. Just a kid who was there for a boys ba...Greg - heh. Just a kid who was there for a boys basketball tournament. One of many who came to the desk looking for change. The only one who walked away complaining that all he had were twenties and fifties (dollar bills) when I reached a point where I didn't have enough cash in the till to deal with them.<br /><br />That's an unexpected take on the prompt! I like it. A lot. In fact, I want to know some of what happens next :)Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-39191233350340688122016-02-12T23:45:26.697-08:002016-02-12T23:45:26.697-08:00I'm kind of curious what happened at the commu...I'm kind of curious what happened at the community centre to stimulate this prompt now :) However, I really like the idea of gold-plated candy bars (provided it's gold leaf they're edible I suppose) so your story works for me!<br /><br /><b>The rich kid</b><br />When the will was read, leaving 400,000 dollars to Bethany the eyes of most of the audience turned hard with hatred, and when it was then corrected to £400,000 there were definite murderous murmerings. Bethany seemed utterly unconcerned, as befits a goat only three months old, and she quietly defecated on the inch-thick carpet and eyed up the pillbox hat of a woman on the end of a row. Alice was named as Bethany's guardian, allowed to use some of the money for her personal expenses but mostly responsible for seeing that Bethany lived a better life than most people.<br />"How come I got stuck with the rich kid?" she muttered on the way out.<br />Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com