The Empty Chair #16 - (5 minute freewrite challenge)[Prompt - canal]

And little Ann knew, loved it all this while!
For about a minute, the little girl did not notice her staring from the door side...

This is the second episode, a continuation of my last freewrite story. It follows from Sunday's mason jar prompt. If you missed that, you may want to look it up HERE before you continue with this one. But not to worry, if you don't wish to...this one too is a stand-alone!

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The latest Day 116: 5 Minute Freewrite: Monday - Prompt: canal

If you missed my last freewrites on the theme, here are the links from latest to last:-

1. The Empty Chair #15 - (5 minute freewrite challenge)[Prompt - mason jar]
2. The Empty Chair #14 -Weekend Freewrite 02/10/2018 - [Single Prompt Option: It was Saturday morning]
3. The Empty Chair #13 - (5 minute freewrite challenge)[Prompt - Ski]
4. The Empty Chair #12 - (5 minute freewrite challenge)[Picture prompt]
5. The Empty Chair #11 - (5 minute freewrite challenge)[prompt: Dream]
6. The Empty Chair #10 - (5 minute freewrite challenge)[prompt: California]
7. The Empty Chair #9 - (5 minute freewrite challenge)[prompt: yard sale]
8. The Empty Chair #8 - (5 minute freewrite challenge) [prompt: Palimpsest]
9. The Empty Chair #7 -Weekend Freewrite 2/3/2018 - Single Prompt Option: Airplane
10. The Empty Chair #6 - (5 minute freewrite challenge) [prompt: The smell from within]
11. The Empty Chair #5 - (5 minute freewrite challenge) [prompt: Elephant]
12. The Empty Chair #4 - (5 minute freewrite challenge) [prompt: Cigarettes ]
13. The Empty Chair #3 - (5 minute freewrite challenge) [prompt: Cracker]
14. The Empty Chair #2 - (5 minute freewrite challenge) [prompt: Paint]
15. The Empty Chair #1- (5 minute freewrite challenge) [Prompt: hardboiled minds]

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Prompt - canal

And little Ann knew, loved it all this while!
For about a minute, the little girl did not notice her staring from the door side...
Episode I

For about a minute, the little girl did not notice her staring from the door side, and when she did, both were speechless. None apparently wanted to speak first.

Claire for her part was still coming to terms with the sight of the kitten purring from her daughter’s arms…

And….what was her bandana doing wrapped around the kitten?

She was still contemplating her course, when the little girl, rising up and coming, presented her a fait accompli:

“Here,” Ann carefully thrust toward her, the kitten, “Kitty is hurt!”

Claire’s feet stood planted on the floor.

She had never held a kitten before. Now would she hold this one, under these circumstances?

She suppressed her anxiety with a deep sigh, taking the white and brown spotted little thing into her hands…

“Her leg…” Ann pointed out the kitten’s front leg wrapped with the bandana.

Apparently she had discovered it outside, four days ago, abandoned in the bulrush growing off the canal.

She had nursed it, housed it nested in the stuffed chair, fed it since on the milk….until now it could at least limp.

Claire hearts melted. And for all its worth, she now tickled the kitten’s leg….it was time she made acquaintance with the latest member of the family!

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The Empty Chair trail on #freewrite Continues ....