Each month Diana Wallace Peach issues an image as a prompt at her
blog, Myths of the Mirror. This is my SOC mashup of a response.
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Anjana and Trina
Anjana the elephant wanted to know who caused the snow.
He hated snow and wanted it stopped.
In the distance, he saw a house resting lopsided in a baobab tree.
“Is that house crushing my tree?” Anjana muttered to himself.
He lumbered through the snow until he reached the house and peered
inside.
A little girl sat cross-legged on the floor with a notebook and pen.
The little girl looked up and smiled at Anjana.
“Hello…I’m Trina.”
Anjana stepped backward and bowed.
“I am Anjana,” he said.
Trina wrote his name in her notebook.
“Are you a munchkin?” she asked.
Anjana scratched his head with his trunk.
“No, I’m a demigod.”
“Pan?”
“NO!”
“I see.” Trina smiled. “If you had fingers you could snap them
and fix my house.”
“I don’t need fingers to fix your house!”
Anjana lifted the house from the tree with his mighty trunk and
set it gently on the ground.
“Oh thank you!” Trina said. “Where am I?”
“Milwaukee.”
“Do you have other powers?”
“Well…No. I used to hold up the World, but that was when it was flat.”
“Silly elephant! The World was never flat!”
This annoyed Anjana. “People thought it was flat, so it was flat!”
“That’s a good point!” said Trina.
Then she stood and shook her pen until it stretched and became
a wand.
“Shall I stop the snow?”
Anjana stared at Trina with wide eyes and slowly shook his head yes.
Trina waved her wand and shouted: “Snowmobilus! Stoppus!”
Anjana looked way from Trina and watched in awe as the snow slowly
stopped.
When he turned to thank Trina, she and the house were gone, replaced by
seven white mice dressed as elves.
(c) Rob Goldstein 2019
Magical 🙂 Great story!
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Thank you, Louise. I’m glad you like it. 🙂
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What a great story, Rob!
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Thank you for stopping by and reading it, Jill. 🙂
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What a cute tale! Thanks for the smiles Robert.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m so pleased by the response!
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Reblogged this on Myths of the Mirror and commented:
A sweet, funny, and delightful story from Robert. Have fun!
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Magical!
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Thank you, Lyn. It was fun to write.
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I am sure! So much talent x
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This is so imaginative and fun, Rob.
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When I first saw the prompt, I didn’t think I could work with it but opened a new page and wrote: “an elephant in the snow near a house in a tree” and piece started to write itself.” I didn’t see the mice until I was nearly finished.
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What a fun short story, Rob. Delightful to read. You made Anjana such a loveable creature. Magical to read, and well written.
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Thank you, Hugh. I’ve never written a talking elephant, so Diana Wallace Peach is definitely an inspiration. 🙂
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I love a little magic in the morning. Nicely done.
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Thank you, Staci. I appreciate the comment.
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Awesome tale and brilliant writing, Robert!
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Thank you. I’m glad you think so. I enjoyed working with the image. 🙂
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Lol, I could use Trina about now!
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Boy, I bet. I’ll say a snowbolis stoppus for you before I go to bed. 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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🙂
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What a fantastic magical story, Rob! Well-done!
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Thank you, Jan. It was fun to write, especially as an SOC.
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Magical writing. I enjoyed the whimsy and a little mythology/religion.
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Thank you for your comment. I enjoyed working on Diana’s prompt. We need a little whimsy these days. 🙂
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Thank you for reading it and leaving a comment.
I drew on all kinds of sources for it and it was fun to write. I’m glad I decided to take Diana’s challenge.
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Well done, Rob. Excellent use of the prompt.
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Thank you, John.
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This was really nice and made me chuckle. Thanks for sharing! 😀
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Thank you. I’m glad it made you chuckle. 🙂
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What a fun story eith lots of surprises:)
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Thank you! I’m glad I did the prompt. The story was a surprise to me as well.
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I love this, Rob. What a fun surprise all the way through. Sweet and funny and such a delight! Ha ha. I’m so glad you went with the prompt. “Milwaukee” got a burst of laughter. I can’t wait to share.
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I’m glad Diana. It was fun to do. Thank you for the prompt.
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Rob, this is delightful! You slayed me with “Milwaukee.” Then again with “Snowmobilus! Stoppus!” I wish I had known about that last month. 😉
Thanks for including the background link. I didn’t know the entire myth.
I hope you will share your first version. I wouldn’t want you to discard it just because we both thought of Ganesha.
Hugs on the wing!
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The first version of the story is almost the same. I’m glad you like the humor. Trina is one of my favorite characters and I was a bit surprised when she ‘showed up’ for this.
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Reblogged this on Survivors Blog Here.
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Ohhh this is so cute and magical Rob…
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Thanks Mich. I’m glad I took the challenge.
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