Disappearing Gold : Friday Fictioneers!

Posted on March 6, 2014 | 27 Comments

FF:7th march – Copyright – Danny Bowman

Twenty more cauldrons of gold coins got delivered today. McWhiskey counted them, added to his tally and told Paikei and Tazingo to put them in the vault.

The world gold market was spooked. The prices skyrocketed, as gold from the safest vaults kept on disappearing. Only clue was a ten feet wide patch of loose earth replacing the strongest of floors.

McWhiskey rose to his watch tower and peered with satisfaction to the new extended vault that has taken shape of a mini hill. The leprechaun gold vault guarded by trolls looked safe from his watch tower next to it.

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Written for the Friday Fictioneer’s Challenge – get the details at Rochelle’s blog !

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27 responses to “Disappearing Gold : Friday Fictioneers!”

Sandra | March 6, 2014 at 4:14 pm | Reply

Different take on the prompt. Liked it.

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- Horus | March 6, 2014 at 4:21 pm | Reply
  
  thanks Sandra ! 🙂
  
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Karen Whitelaw | March 6, 2014 at 5:03 pm | Reply

That’s a huge treasure trove of gold he has collected! Like your imagination, Indrajit.

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- Horus | March 6, 2014 at 5:05 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks Karen ! 🙂
  
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Adam Ickes | March 6, 2014 at 7:54 pm | Reply

I have a bit of a soft spot for trolls, so I enjoyed this very much. Well done.

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K.Z. | March 6, 2014 at 10:02 pm | Reply

very imaginative. this fantasy piece made me smile 🙂

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- Horus | March 7, 2014 at 9:14 am | Reply
  
  thanks KZ ! 🙂
  
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Kwadwo | March 6, 2014 at 11:32 pm | Reply

I enjoy fantastic stories.

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- Horus | March 7, 2014 at 9:15 am | Reply
  
  thanks friend !
  
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patrickprinsloo | March 7, 2014 at 2:00 am | Reply

Yay for the little people. McWhiskey? Love it.

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- Horus | March 7, 2014 at 9:15 am | Reply
  
  thanks Patrick ! 🙂
  
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sustainabilitea | March 7, 2014 at 8:24 am | Reply

Ha! One day all the rainbows will end above that hill and he’ll be discovered! Then trolls beware!!

janet

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- Horus | March 7, 2014 at 9:16 am | Reply
  
  🙂 let lookout for that rainbow !
  
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Sharmishtha Basu | March 7, 2014 at 9:05 am | Reply

brilliant story Indrajit. FB is pretty boring, is not it? I am not going to get addicted to it for sure…

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- Horus | March 7, 2014 at 10:00 am | Reply
  
  Thanks Sharmistha !
  FB becomes interesting only when you have lots of family and friends – so that your timeline is full ! but yeah nothing to be addicted to !
  
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  - Sharmishtha | March 8, 2014 at 10:52 am |
    
    my timeline is already more than I can handle… full of stuffs from the poetry blogs I have joined as member.
    
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rochellewisoff | March 7, 2014 at 4:03 pm | Reply

Dear Indrajit,

Aye, ’tis the little people, I shoulda known. 😉 An enjoyable little fantasy here.

shalom,

Rochelle

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- Horus | March 7, 2014 at 4:35 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks Rochelle – this week’s challenge was.. err a challenge! 🙂
  
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atrm61 | March 7, 2014 at 4:38 pm | Reply

Ah,now if only one of those cauldrons could be stolen from McWhiskey!(Giggle) cute take on the prompt-enjoyed it-reminded me of McScrooge 😉

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- Horus | March 7, 2014 at 5:07 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks a lot for liking it.. I enjoyed writing it too !
  
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  - atrm61 | March 7, 2014 at 5:41 pm |
    
    🙂
    
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) | March 9, 2014 at 12:38 am | Reply

Ingenieous …

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- Horus | March 10, 2014 at 9:28 am | Reply
  
  Thanks mate ! 🙂
  
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Sun | March 9, 2014 at 7:25 am | Reply

creative scene in just 100 words. love it!

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- Horus | March 10, 2014 at 9:28 am | Reply
  
  Thanks Friend !
  
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patriciaruthsusan | March 10, 2014 at 10:32 pm | Reply

Well-written story and creative use of the prompt. Those little people can sometimes spell trouble.

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- Horus | March 11, 2014 at 8:47 am | Reply
  
  Thanks Patricia.. well they have their own reason.. don’t they? 🙂
  
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