Friday Fictioneers Photo Prompt:
PHOTO PROMPT © Liz Young
Two little boys were running through the underbrush along the river’s edge, with no particular destination. Just running, as boys will.
They stopped short when they saw the head. Someone had left it there; someone who had been smoking and drinking. Terrified, they thought it was real. A closer look showed that it was only plastic, but their hearts still raced.
Then they glanced at each other, and the light of deviltry appeared in their eyes like a candle flame.
“Let’s go find the girls!” Glee filled their little heads. Fun times!
Just Writing! 
Dear Linda,
So typical of little boys. I enjoyed this.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I am so impressed with the variety of takes on this photo–every single one different from all the rest!
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I hope for that every time I post a photo, Linda. So far so good. 😉
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Captured the adventure of childhood well, when everything is just a game. Nicely done.
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Ha! This’ll scare them. 😀
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Little rascals! That was cute.
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Boys just can’t help it. 🙂
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Yep, that’s why little girls love little boys. Not! Good one.
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So true!
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Ha! So authentic. I know my boys would absolutely have done that. Great job.
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I had three sons, and then a daughter. They provide a rich source of story ideas 🙂
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The light of devilry – brilliant line!
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Brilliant take on boys vs girls!
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Thanks!
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Sounds about right on those boys. 😉
Cool descriptions and good emotional connection. Terrific!
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Thanks 🙂
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That gave me a good chuckle. Reminded me of raising my twin nephews. That’s exactly what they would have (and probably did) done. Loved it! ❤ ❤ 🙂
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Three sons here, and a daughter.Rich source of story ideas 🙂
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A thoroughly enjoyable story based on real life. Nicely done.
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This took me back, now I am worried, for I thought that no one noticed the incident😉
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Ha! For a nanosecond there, I thought you were my oldest son Mike 🙂
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Linda, I really loved this story. You’ve really manage to captured a beautiful truth here with such humour when the boys went to scare the girls.
It reminds me of a funny incident. I’m Australian and I spent almost a year living in Heidelberg, Germany where I mixed with Americans in the army and Germans. A friend had a Tupperware container filled with Vegemite but it looked like chocolate sauce. So, a friend and I snuck it onto the sweets table. Well, this kids ate a whole teaspoon of Vegemite and you should’ve seen his face. But, what did he do? He went and got his sister who then scraped her choc-chip cookie through it and you should’ve seen his grin.
No doubt these poor kids have been scarred for life and are still in therapy!
xx Rowena
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Oh, what a wonderful story! Boys. Gotta love ’em.
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Thought you’d appreciate that one. It was priceless.
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Oh, those mischievous little boys. They always want to scare little girls.
Then, they get older and change those ideas. LOL
Nice interpretation of the photo prompt.
Isadora 😎
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Indeed, things do change–and the girls hold a lot more power 🙂
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Haha. Very good, it reminded me of one time my son put a mannequin’s head in my daughter’s bed. You can imagine the fall out.
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Such a “boy” thing to do 🙂
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Hahaha! Little devils 😀
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Indeed 🙂
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Lovely!! Typical boys… I loved this one.
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Fun times indeed! Lovely 🙂
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This literally made me laugh out loud.
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Then my work here is done 🙂
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