The wooden benches in her garden had remained vacant for too long. Sita missed her children and the extremely naughty, noisy bunch of grandchildren. The restrictions prevented her extended family from visiting and transforming her home into a hive of activity.
This tiny tale was written in response to the June 23rd #1MinFiction Challenge hosted by Cyranny. The challenge is to write a very short story based on the picture prompt. The idea is to manage to type your whole story in a minute or less. Of course, you can think about it before hitting the keyboard, and you can take all your time to edit it afterward. Thank you for hosting this challenge, Cyranny.
The empty benches looked very sad to me. I would love to go to the place shown in this image. It looks beautiful and serene. Looks like those benches are yearning for human contact! Unfortunately, due to the current restrictions, many people are not able to visit even their closest family members. I hope that it won’t be too long until we will be safe to travel without worrying about the risk of infection.
For the visually challenged reader, the image shows a set of vacant wooden chairs and benches in the a cobbled pathway in the middle of a garden that is surrounded by a metal fence.
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That’s amazing to type your story in a minute! Keep up the awesome work! đđ»
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Thank you so much, Geet đ
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The reality is said in a one minute story.
Great job as always dear Shweta â€ïžâ€ïž. I should comment that you are a great writer really. đđ keep up this amazing work dear. I am impressed.
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Oh, Preeths. That’s super sweet of you. Thanks a lot for all the love and support that you shower on me and my writings. Your words have really made my day đ
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This longing is getting to me too and I am not even old!!! The story made me feel and miss my friends and family đ„ș
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I know. It’s been too long since we have been restricted to being at home. I hope that things will change soon..
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Wishing pandemic was a dream we could all wake up from đŠ
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I wish that were the case too. âčïž
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Everyone misses that for now, but I’m also very grateful. This infection can unite distant families into close ones.( ; Don’t forget that bench after the pandemic, because he misses you.
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There are small mercies. I hope that soon we’ll be able to put all of this behind us. Thanks for reading, Niksi
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oh yes, an empty table longing for family fun.. a great appropriate tale you told Shwetađđđđ
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Thank you so much, Cindy. I’m glad to hear that đ
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You’re soooo welcomeđ
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This story lines a grandmotherâs sad feeling mind to see the empty places before her grandchildren
Rocking there always đđ·đđ Now this Pandemic situation children and grandchildren couldnât
Visit her , so she lovely remembered everything đđ»đčđmy comment
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It’s a very difficult time indeed. We can’t visit anyone at all. It’s a sad reality
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Yes, true đđ·so my comment matching your post ?
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Whoa…entire story in a minute..I know it can’t be easy but you always write so well…and I love the picture…can totally imagine sitting there for hours with a hot cup of coffee , reading and writing đđ„°
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The challenge does allow us some time to think about the plot đ
I loved the image too and I would love to visit too. Thank you so much, G đ
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Loved this tiny tale! I think you did well, to write it under a minuteđ€đ€đčâ€ïžđ«
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Thank you so much, Diana. I’m a fast typer so I was able to type it in a minute.
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This is a really lovely concept. I liked the idea of the one minute story:) I wanna try too đ I always decide to keep my stories short and concise but then i just can’t help myself from getting lost in the description đ
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Thank you so much, Nandika. I’m glad you liked it. You should definitely try this out. I have added a link to the original challenge prompt. I love to write tiny tales. I tend to struggle with the description đ
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Haha We seem to have different problems as writers đ Sure I will try it out but I can’t guarantee that I will manage to finish the story đ
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Haha. Yes. We’re complete opposites when it comes to the problems we face as writers đ Try and you’ll succeed eventually đđ
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đđ Thank you and the same to you too đ well we know our shortcomings as writers đ I am gonna work on it.
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Looking forward to your 1MinFiction story! Hope you have a great week, Nandika
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That’s a wonderful storyđ€©đ€©
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Thank you so much đ
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You melded beautifully with this image. I too, love the location.
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Thank you so much, Jude. I’m so pleased to hear that. I’m glad that you loved the location too. It seems like a great place to relax and unwind!
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Read a book, write a few paragraphs or poems… Eat something unhealthy… Yeah it does!
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I hope you have a great Sunday.
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Yes, everybody is longing indeed…. especially in the current circumstances. Shweta, there is no like button for this post?
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Yes, these are difficult and testing times indeed. Were you not able to find the like button? I’ve not disabled it.. I’m able to view the like button in my browser.
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I saw it now and liked the post. Was not able to view the like button for this post and a few more old posts yesterday. Thank you. đ
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Oh, were you accessing the posts from the Reader app? I have no idea why that happened. Thank you for the extra effort!
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Not from the reader. Not using laptop now, but from my mobile:) but it is working fine now. Thank you:)
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I’m happy to hear that. I really don’t know that happened back then!
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That is ok:) as long as it works fine now. I am not able to visit your blog every week even though the content is very good. I will try to visit whenever I can. Hope you don’t mind the bulk of likes and comments đ
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That’s alright. Feel free to visit whenever you can spare the time. I’m glad that my content keeps you coming back for more. I don’t mind the bulk likes and comments at all!
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