THERE MUST BE THREE
"I fell off my horse." "You fell off your horse! Who does that at your age and with your experience. You should be accustomed to your horse, so much so you should be able to gallop through open fields or tree thronged forest with your eyes closed. So how about the camel. Would you be able to make the ride through the desert to adore the divine baby?" He didn't answer his wife the queen, instead he murmured to himself: You drew stars.
Around my scars the skin is still swollen and is looking bluish. Silently, he pondered, those other two magi cannot make me look bad. I have to heal. And heal quickly.
THERE MUST BE THREE © gillena cox 2024
“You drew stars around my scars” is a line from Taylor Swift we had to use in a prose/ flash fiction
Those magis are becoming so much more human with your description.
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Gillena, I think this fits the definition of "it's complicated." I hope when they leave for the creche that this person keeps riding... Nobody deserves what's happening to them!
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Oh I hope he heals quickly and leaves. Nice take on the prompt Gillena.
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How this made me smile! When there has to be three, well, there has to be three, and tradition says he rose to the challenge! Well done, Gillena. ❤️
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An interesting retelling, Gillena, and a clever use of the quote.
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