Good Fortune
Jingua was up at five thirty, had eaten her breakfast of tea and rice and was on the road to work. She sat with other girls, sometimes younger other times older, sewing sequins on party dresses. At noon and in the evening more tea and rice with maybe some fish or vegetables. She was asleep by nine. She knew she was lucky, as her mother always said, “At least you’ve never suffered hunger.”
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life happens . . .
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Great story, Georgia. I remember my sister and her son struggling for years and living on rice. Your story is very plausible. I just discovered this prompt on Jen’s blog…must remember now…I like flash fictions. Teaches me to say more in less words.
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Yes .. writing flash fiction teaches that very well, I agree … btw I got it from Jen’s blog too 🙂 (and I’m glad you think its a great story!)
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I am pretty good if I check your blog or Jen’s that I’m on top of the prompts going around 🙂
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🙂 I think we help each other out like that … sometimes I read your post and say “oops .. missed this!” 🙂
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I think of these poor girls every time I’m looking at clothing …. great response… very thoughtful.
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Me too … and a lot of children’s toys. We ablolished child labor in our countries but don’t hesitate to buy cheap from countries that use child labor … I’m afraid we’re really hypocrites.
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As long as *we* don’t do it it’s not actually happening, right? 😦
Children’s labor reminds me of those stuffed Elmos. How many kiddos would love to have one but never will get one.
But on a bright note, that reminds me of the joke about the Tickle Me Elmo tester:
http://tcrc.acor.org/jokeframe.html?joke=joke28
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Love how you keep on the bright side … thanks for the smile 🙂
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Glad to help!
And as for me …. it’s 2 AM. Night -night! Hope you have a great morning — and can get some writing done now that I’m gone! 😀
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Me too … only wrote a haibun!
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And sleep tight … no nightmares!
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