FreeWrite: The Mango Sisters

Mango/Pitiful

"Do you see her? No! Don't look"

"Then how do I see her?"

"Just keep walking."

Bethany and Marcus, held each other's hand and walked as quickly as they could. The story of The Mango sisters were used to scare kids all the time. First there were two of them, then just one. Two sisters who used to sell mango pickle under a tree on the edge of town. Passersby bought the pickles mostly because the sisters were pitiful. Those who had dared tried the pickles from the scruffy sisters, swore it was the best they'd ever had.

The sisters took turns to sell. The younger one sold in the morning and then went to school in the afternoon session. The older sister would go to school in the morning and come back to do the afternoon shift. For the longest time, the younger sister would turn up late for school.The teachers tried talking, threatening, counselling and writing to the parents. And finally one teacher went to visit to address the problem and found out that the two sisters shared the same school shoes. So the younger one had to wait for the older one to finish school and pass them to the younger one. The school bought them a new pair.

Then the older sister fell in love and ran away with some boy and left the younger one to care for their sickly mother. She had to stop school then so she could sell mango pickles all day. Normally, she'd pack up by sunset but that evening, her pickles weren't selling as well and she stayed a little longer.

As she was packing a couple of hours later, some boys passed by and seeing the normally busy street empty, started teasing her. She was a fiesty one and didn't let them get away with the lewd remarks. One thing led to another and the next morning passers by found her body, half naked, bruised and torn, left for dead after the kids "taught" her a lesson.

Sometimes when you walk past after dark, some people have seen her sitting on the branches watching, just watching.

All images taken with my trusty iPhone 7 Plus, edited with my favourite app Photofox

Another two prompts rolled into one 5 minute Free Write! A Free Write gives you permission to frolic in the happiest places or traverse into the darkest corners of your mind. Then you post it. It can be fact, it can be fiction, it can be poetry, as long as they are your words!! For how the prompt has inspired other writes go to @mariannewest. Also check out @freewritehouse to find out more.

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