Feeding The Table Football Players (Freewrite Story)
Prompt: Food To The Table provided by @mariannewest
It is half time between Belgium and France in the World Cup semi final.
But there is also football neglect. Whilst everyone is gripped by the match, there is a table left abandoned. The football table. Men attached to a metal bar and small plastic balls. Left for another day.
That should be ok, but these men need feeding.
“You have got to be joking,” said Monsieur Henry. “They do not need to be fed. They are not real.”
“What do you mean?” said Monsieur Didier. “Of course they need feeding. If we don't they will not be able to play a good game.”
“But they are not real, they do not need to be fed.”
“Oh yes they do and I'm going to prove it to you. I will feed my team now. Then, after the game finishes, we will have a match. We'll see who wins.”
Henry decides to humour his friend.
“Ok, you are on. You feed your team, I will leave mine hungry. We'll see who wins.”
An hour later, the table football game begins. Didier is playing the red team. They have been fed. Henry is playing the blue team. They are playing on empty stomachs.
However, Henry wins. It wasn't close.
“I don't understand,” said Didier. “I fed my players and they did not play well. Maybe you are right. Maybe I should not have fed my players. Well done to you.”
However, Monsieur Henry did prove something, but not what you think. He has a conscience, but he can't bring himself to tell Didier that he poisoned the food.
5 Minute Freewrite task conceived by @mariannewest and @improv
Banner created by @ameliabartlett.
Haha what a punch line. Nice work on the freewrite.
Thank you so much for your comment. The final twist only came to me as I got to the last paragraph.
:-)
I love when it works like this!
HAHA! Good one! Thanks for the laugh. Tip!
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Thank you for the tip. Been busy with football tonight, hopefully there'll be a story tomorrow.
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My pleasure. I hope your team wins, : )
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