Friends with Benefits by Raymond Roy
Flutter flutter flutter, the golden finch landed on my open palm. CRRack! Splitting open one of the many jet black sunflower seeds I held. “Finch”, “You are a truly handsome creature”.
“Thank you” Finch replied. And you are a gracious human being.
I so enjoyed our mornings together. “Finch, you’ve lost a feather.”
The tiny bright yellow plume had landed between two seeds almost like a quill in an old inkwell.
“That is no lost feather” Finch happily announced. “ it is a gift! A gift for your kindness”. Acrobatically Finch raised up his left leg. A paper scroll wrapped around it. “ Go ahead, take the scroll”. I listened to my golden friend.
Finch darted to my shoulder. “Take the feather from the seeds.”
The tip of the tiny quill was full with black ink.
“Finch? “
“Trust me” he said.
“Now my good hearted man, you have one wish. All you have to do is write it on the scroll, and it will come true”.
Taking the quill I began, I wish for..
Word Count- 175
Written for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers hosted by Priceless Joy. Thank you Joy:)
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nice one
Thanks Joe!
Excellent tale. Thanks for this weeks prompt.
Thank you sir! My pleasure
Ah come on, what’s the wish?! Lovely tale.
Hey man, 175 word limit!! Haha, have a good day Iain.
Oh, Raymond, I love this! So sweet and you left us with a mystery, what is the wish? LOL! Great story!
Thank you Joy.. Since you asked.. “I wish ….I had a bigger pen” Lol..
LOL!! 😀 😀
And, thank you so much for this wonderful photo prompt!
Hopefully the ink won’t smudge.
Exactly!! Thanks James!
Okay, did you run out of words in the prompt, or did he run out of room on the tiny scroll? Very fun story, and a cool photo prompt.
Thanks Eagle Aye.. I am sure you can relate WRT word count..as you can Imagine the I wish list .. could be a long one. See you out there!
Whatever it was, I hope the wish came true! Excellent.
Click to read my FFfAW!
Thanks Keith 👍
Do we get to finish it?
I so love audience participation!
Okay… he wished for… OH, the feather snapped and point broke…it’s ruined!
Hah! Wish for a real pen!
A wonderful magical tale. I also thought of a magical scroll or pen that makes wishes come true, I think you did it best! 🙂
Very kind of you. Thank you
What a lovely tale…only that you left my imagination wondering what he wishes for.May it come true whatever it may be.
Jacqueline thank you for the kind comment. 🙂