When grandpapa bought the property, he had no idea that the railroad would be right behind our home. Rails didn’t exist then nor did he dreamed of such transportation. They began assembling the rails during the early years of my papa’s boyhood and by the time I came along, a train was whirling by every few days.
The windows at our house would always be closed because of the train’s black smoke. As a nurse, mama said it’s not good for us to breathe it in.
As I grew, no matter how many times mama nagged me not to play on the other side of railroad, I would still go because the other side was like heaven, with vast open fields and grass. I think mama was afraid I’d get hurt or that I wouldn’t be able to get back because sometimes, freight trains would stop and wouldn’t move again until 24 or 48 hours later.
Then one day, mama and I had a big argument that impulsively, I jumped onto an empty cart and never returned.
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Very creative. I like it.
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It must have been a very big argument for him to never return! A great take on the prompt, Yinglan. I like the narrative voice and the description of the railway’s development. Nicely done. 🙂
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In my opinion, it might not had been a big argument. It might be the fact that she’s so tired of her mother’s constant nagging that she can’t take another minute of it. Thank you for reading. 🙂
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Great story Yinglan! I guess she had had enough and got the heck away from the ol’ nag. LOL! Nicely done and thank you for participating in the FFfAW challenge.
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🙂 Thank you.
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Great story, esp as it builds up! Actually I had a laugh while reading the last part.
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Hopefully he went touring the great plains…
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Ha ha. 😀
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Very good story! Sometimes you get enough of what you don’t like and you start making changes. I guess that was his great escape.
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Arguments can make people do such impulsive things. I hope they eventually make their peace. Nice description of the railroad’s origins.
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I think they will, after all, family is family. Thank you for reading.
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Nice! I think he must have been a teenager: they are so impulsive and rebellious. I wonder where he ended up–a whole other story there.
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I wonder too but at times, he feels like an obnoxious time traveler instead. 🙂 Thank you for reading.
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What a surprise ending! Lovely!
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