99 word prompt : batty
April 12, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a bat. You can use an association to the winged, cave-dwelling critter, or you can explore the word for other meanings. Bonus points for including a bat cave. Go where the prompt leads
If you want to participate, here’s the link: https://carrotranch.com/2018/04/13/april-12-flash-fiction-challenge/
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“Coke bottle glasses,” Jessica giggled. “You look like a bat! No one wants you on their team!”
Plagued with double vision, and legally blind without glasses, I eagerly took the bench. A sunny day, what a magnificent scent coming on the north winds from a climbing rose. I closed my eyes to enjoy the beauty of it.
“Laura,” the coach said.
“Not another substitute,” I mumbled. “Their compassion is misplaced.”
“Why don’t you try to hit the ball?”
Dutifully, I went up to bat. The ball looked like several moving toward me. Swinging, I missed, and endured the laughter.
©Joelle LeGendre
In England, where I lived until 12 yrs old, sports including things like lacrosse. So when I came to Canada and everyone played baseball I was totally useless and I don’t think that at any point in my short, (thankfully) baseball years ever hit a ball either!
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I know how you feel. 🙂
We had t-ball and then soft ball. I was entirely uninterested in either, becoming a SciFi reader early on.
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I was just plain uninterested. lol
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Did you not do well with sport? I did originally until it didn’t interest me enough to bother? Cheers,H
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We were taught archery. I missed the target and nearly hit the teacher — who was nowhere near it. That is about the extent of my ability with sports. 🙂
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Kids are cruel aren’t they.
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Very.
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As someone who was never very athletic in school, I can relate to poor Laura. Kids are often the cruelest, for they lack a moral compass.
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I certainly agree.
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“Misplaced compassion…” So true — if we as adults understand the cruelty of children, why would we place a vulnerable child in such a situation. Hardly compassionate, but your flash expresses that point well.
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Thanks. 🙂
I believe that every one of us can remember an instance of misplaced compassion by an adult when we were children.
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I think we all can relate!
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Ah, my heart breaks for her but what a rockstar for getting up and trying anyway.
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I’ve met one person who said her life from elementary to high school were her best years. She was a cheerleader, the popular girl and good student. Life went downhill her her after that. I’ve thought about how I’d rather have abysmal school years. Any achievements in life after that would seem grand. 🙂
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