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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Saturday Centus #26

It's Saturday Centus again - in a nutshell, Jenny Matlock gives us a prompt from either herself or a guest submitter and then we have to write 100 or words less related to the prompt (the prompt doesn't count toward the 100 words)  Then link it up to her blog.  It's open until the following Saturday, so that means you have all week to participate by either reading or writing.

STOP, STOP, STOP  That trickster Jenny decided to shake it up.   Same info above except you can only go up to 50 words.   As usual the prompt is in bold. http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/search/label/Saturday%20Centus



"Abraham Lincoln was a lot shorter then I thought he would be", Frankie said.

"He was the tallest President ever though.  Make sure you type that in our report".

"Okay, Bob".

"Just think if we lived at that time, Mr. Johnson wouldn't be our teacher he would be a slave". 

"Ugh, Frankie, so would we".

"That would have been so not cool". 

18 comments:

Kat said...

Nice little kick in the pants at the end. Great dialogue, very true to life. Well done! Kat

Anonymous said...

Very well done. Interesting way to turn it around and make a point too. Kudos!

Terra said...

so not cool for sure....learning about the that time from a different perspective...fabulous story!

Deborah said...

Such a good little story! so well done :o)

Jackie said...

Abraham Lincoln didn't think slaves were cool . I heard his dad use to beat him :(

People Who Know Me Would Say: said...

Wow, you did a great job in 50 words, Viki! A+

Susan Anderson said...

I'm loving this prompt. And your take on it!

=)

Unknown said...

Wow...absolutely NOT COOL! Thank you for writing this.

Judie said...

What an interesting take on the prompt! Excellent!

jfb57 said...

How brilliant - a social comment! Well done!

Splendid Little Stars said...

SO not cool!

Cheryl said...

Dialogue is perfect and the message is crystal clear.

Tgoette said...

A very clever take on the prompt! Great job, Viki!

Susannah said...

That's a clever take on the prompt.

Jenny said...

Viki, what a subtle, interesting take on this prompt.

I'm really enjoying the different directions we are all going with this.

What fun reads this week.

You are a clever girl.

Malisa said...

Nicely done. I just posted my story. Hope you stop by and read it.

Malisa

Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...

This is very animated. I love the voices in this piece. Great job.
xoRobyn

Unknown said...

Clever use of an unusual perspective with this prompt. The characters must be African Americans.
Well done!
Best wishes,
Anna
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