Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
The proper, as defined as the creators, Jenne and CE, name of this bloghop is ‘the Unicorn Challenge?
Instructions are simplest: here’s a photo, what’s the story? TAT meets the Virtual Age (not to be confused with the Age of Virtue). Hey, look at it this way: you know that game of Limbo? This is exactly like that, ‘cept instead of a length of sugar cane, ya gots your inner editor, the lower you go, the greater the approbation (and the higher the unintended exposure.)
Two Hundred fifty word limit. In case of excessive psycho-biographical exposure, We trust Jenne and ceayr will distract the Readers with something akin to ‘Hey!! Look out the window, is that a unicorn?!?!?
Prompt photo:
The Sachem stood before the tribe and spoke, “As our ancestors remind us: when the seasons change the Wampanoag people move from the coastline into the forest where winter is lived until the sun returns and we gather again at the ocean.”
“We teach our children that as we harvest the fields; fish the rivers and hunt the animals of the forest, all are part of the world the Great Spirit gave us. We are as much guests as the creatures of the fields and land, forest and ocean that provide us with food and clothing.”
Around the central campfire, the young men nodded and sought the eyes of the bolder of the girls and the adults nodded in agreement,
“We are the keepers of this world and must share all the gifts we have been given.”
The sachem gestured, palm open in acceptance of the visitor floating in the bay.
“There,” the Captain of the heavily-mortgaged cargo ship, standing at the railing of the upper deck, extended his arm towards the broad fields rising from a sand-washed shore. The clot of men, women and draft animals, huddled on the main deck, followed the glint of their leader’s gauntlet with exhausted eyes.
“There is the reward for your faith in God and the Plymouth Company.”
The refugees crowded the railing, jostling aside the few sheep and cattle,
“The Old Testament’s promise in Genesis 1:26-28 made real. Take dominion over all and create a new life in a New world.”
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Soundtrack suitably foreboding – “be wary for the end is near”. (I listened after reading. Then, read again with music playing).
Your presentation of two different perspectives on the same “event”, is most effective, Clark.
Sadly, inevitable. Such is the nature of man.
yeah
from the soundtrack of the most excellent movie, ‘Wrath of Man’
Your story reminded me of the Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor, Clark The two views of the world are clearly explained in your story and the reader left to draw his/her own conclusion. A thought-provoking piece.
I hope to have a story tomorrow. I’ve been helping a certain ‘Tricky Bastard’ (sic… I’ve always wanted to write ‘sic’!) get his book ready for publication on Amazon and ran out of time. How come, you may ask, he had time to write a story and I didn’t. An excellent question! 🙃
PS Excellent mood music to accompany the story.
Give it a rest, you were probably skiving down in a waterside cafe!
yeah. this was from a very good movie (imo) ‘The Wrath of Man’
thank you jenne
(funny after all these years, this is the first time using the column option (multiple columns in a post)
I don’t think the post would have work in the ‘normal, single column format’)
The tragedy of the world in (I hope) less than 250 words.
When cultures collide, there is seldom an accord, so the one with the biggest gun triumphs.
Another excellent piece, Clark.
don’t laugh!
As I mentioned to Jenne, this was the first time I’ve used the multi-column option in WP, but there were some formatting artifacts that showed in the draft that made my word counting trickier than normal (I paste into Word)
… yeah, a variation on the ‘history is written by the victors’ adage
What? No pirates? 🏴☠️
they might have been less rapacious that ‘The Plymouth Company’ and it’s appetites
It is sad how often the word was read as “dominion” in a ruinous sense instead if caretaking, as it should have been.
very true
This prompt evoked a lot of magic and settings in older times. what you describe here was all too real. Nice one!
alas, fer sure