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Curiosity on Clinkard Ave: #99wordstory

Suzanne

She’s fiercely independent. Her cottage and garden are a sanctuary. She’s a neighbourhood curiosity.

Eventually, inquisitiveness overcame barriers, for the neighbourhood BMX gang with the youngest jostled to the front. “Hey, Lady, don’t you have a fella to do that painting job?”. She smiled and admired this scruffy lad, who wore a back-to-front cap that tamed his curls, though not his attitude.

With a stern expression, she replied, “Yes, I do; he’s chained to the kitchen bench.” She nearly laughed when his jaw dropped, and he muttered, “Chur, lady, that’s out there.”

Boys peddled faster than they had arrived.

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18 thoughts on “Curiosity on Clinkard Ave: #99wordstory”

    1. Thanks, Jo. Eventually she became a not so scary lady that lived on the corner by herself. If my memory is correct it was one hell of a job, scrapping paint, sanding then painting all by hand. She did it without any assistance 🙂

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