Make a Sour Lemon into Lemonade
In her mouth, the lemon slice tasted sweet and never sour. While the other children squealed and made frowns, she sat in her seat smiling. While everyone thought she was odd, she decided they were the odd ones.
Later, the loss of sour taste gave her the advantage over others who tore into the sugar packets three or more at a time. She never reached for the sugar and drank her tea with a slice of lemon. When an ounce of sugar became an ultra-luxury, she continued to drink her tea without it. And she never made a face when it was bitter.
The others longed for the sugar, fought for it, and died over it. She hurried past the desperate people who dived for the sugar bowl like it contained gold. She never missed it and instead spent her money on lemons, which made her happier anyway.
Copyright © 2018 Michael Shawn Sommermeyer
Day 337: 5 Minute Freewrite: Friday - Prompt: sour by @Mariannewest
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A small error in your cameo bit
She hurried past
Why not make patreon contribution be payable by Steem also? Might get you a few extra...
Also checked out your website - nicely organised (but I do not know what 'softbound' means. A pity you only use kindle, pdf would be of use to more people, I think.
Anyway, glad to have found you and I wish you all the best.
Thanks for the editing. I was writing real fast! I will look into making Steem a way to pay on Patreon. I thought I had that set up. hum. I'm trapped by Amazon right now, so no PDF. Eventually, I will be free and can consider that option. Thanks for stopping by. M.
Beautiful, and very easy to understand, even for me, Thanks for sharing this words.
What a lucky girl. I love sour things, but I love sweet more. If I could curve the sweet taste just a little bit, it would be nice.
Very nice story.