Friday Fictioneers – Aqueduct
It seems like Friday rolls around almost once a week nowadays, and to celebrate, here is my FriFic effort. Rochelle supplied a wonderful prompt as usual:
I have assembled 100 words and encourage you to assemble a comment in the box below.
“And this is the famous aqueduct,” the guide announced. He flourished a proud hand and stood back to allow the small group to take pictures.
One visitor, an elderly, refined woman, stood silent, apart, imagining the aqueduct in less austere, better maintained days. She recalled her grandmother’s diary, the entry relating the local legend that any child conceived over this stream would live a life governed by water.
Her hand gripped the Olympic swimming gold in her cardigan pocket. At last she had seen the place where her mother’s glorious life had begun. And where it had so tragically ended.
The Reclining Gentleman 
SO very good. ❤
Thank you sweetie 🙂
You bet darlin’.
Congratulations.. that is a great take on this photo… well done.
Hi Lily! Thanks
Well written.
Thanks 🙂
What an interesting take on the prompt!
janet
thanks Janet. i was prompted as much by the name of the photo as the photo itself
very good – I like the little touches like the cardigan pocket – hard to squeeze so much into 100 words – excellent 🙂
Thanks, i try to make all 100 words count and let gestures tell some of the story and define the characters for me
Dear RG,
I, too, love a story that gives me clues about the characters, Nicely done from set up to poignant ending.
shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle. that last line came as i was writing.
A lot said in few words. well done
Thanks Björn
Oh that’s good, although I’m not keen to think about how her mother’s life ended.
Thanks Sarah Ann. I have a few theories on how and why but i dont know for sure, other than it was connected to the water….