Friday Fictioneers : The Silent School Bell

Posted on February 20, 2014 | 34 Comments

 

School Bell

School Bell

 

It was simply chaos since morning at school that day. After school started at 7:30 in the morning, the school bell didn’t announce the end of the first period. The hapless school guard was seen standing in front of the school bell.

“What can I do sir, I am trying for last fifteen minutes, but it’s not ringing at all.”

But that’s how it remained that day. It didn’t emit a single note even when repeatedly hit by various instruments.

It was not the only one, Bells across the world refused to ring that day. It was unanimously decided not to ring for 12 hours starting 8 AM to protest against removal of the bell from Big Ben

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Written for Friday Fictioneers Challenge : 21 February, 2014. Find the challenge details in the link !

 

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34 responses to “Friday Fictioneers : The Silent School Bell”

  1. sharmishtha basu | February 20, 2014 at 11:54 am | Reply

    the picture is beautiful, story is better.

    Loved the idea of bell revolution! 🙂

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  2. vishalbheeroo | February 20, 2014 at 1:50 pm | Reply

    Amazing pic. Love it and feel like going back to school:)

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  3. atrm61 | February 20, 2014 at 2:54 pm | Reply

    Ha!ha!What a novel take on the prompt-loved it 🙂

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  4. Karen Whitelaw | February 20, 2014 at 4:10 pm | Reply

    Love the idea of industrial action from the bells. Good one.

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  5. sustainabilitea | February 20, 2014 at 9:52 pm | Reply

    Sounds like reBELLion to me. 🙂

    janet

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  6. Gray Toast | February 20, 2014 at 11:06 pm | Reply

    Ha! Awesome ending! The title actually made me think of what Eli Weisel wrote in his book, Night, about bells: he said something to the effect that he often dreamed of a world without bells.

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  7. David Stewart | February 21, 2014 at 8:20 pm | Reply

    It’s good to see solidarity among bells. I’d say they were on strike, but I guess striking is what they’re all not doing during this time. 🙂

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  8. K.Z. | February 21, 2014 at 8:43 pm | Reply

    ha! a really nice fun take on the prompt 🙂

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  10. silentlyheardonce | February 22, 2014 at 1:03 am | Reply

    HeeHeehe! Cleaver and entertaining,

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  11. patriciaruthsusan | February 22, 2014 at 1:12 am | Reply

    Well done and humorous. We’ll know the reason next time that happens.

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  13. rochellewisoff | February 22, 2014 at 9:01 pm | Reply

    Dear Indrajit,

    A bell revolution does have a certain ring to it. 😉 Clever story.

    shalom,

    Rochelle

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  14. storydivamg | February 23, 2014 at 3:00 am | Reply

    Unique take on the prompt. I wonder how they coordinated this rebellion.

    Cheers!
    MG

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  15. camgal | February 24, 2014 at 5:12 am | Reply

    Great take on the prompt, that’s team work 🙂

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  16. Miss Lou | March 7, 2014 at 10:22 am | Reply

    Great Story!! That was an impressive collective effort of process of the part of the bells.. lol

    Well Written, Thanks for sharing!

    ML
    x

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