Jane gasps and twists her shoulders, trying to relieve the strain. Only another half block.
Finally she is “home,” kicking open the back door, at last able to set down her burden. She opens one of the gallon jugs and fills Troubles’ water dish. It leaves that much less for her own drinking and bird baths, but this poor dog must get tired of lapping up puddles all the time.
What she wouldn’t give for something as simple as a working tap!
Every week, Ivy at uncharted hosts the Six Sentence Stories flash fiction linkup. This week’s cue was “tap.” Fun Sixes from other writers are here.
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Great picture! Perfect for the SSS.
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Isn’t that awesome? I want to hone my photography skills, so I can take my own photos. I love this pic too.
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Your stories are always so descriptive. Nicely done!
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Aw, thanks, hon!
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You realise how precious water is when the tap runs dry!
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Boy do we ever! This picture reminds me of drinking from the hose when I was a kid.
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Such a struggle just to meet the basic needs of survival. I could feel her weariness, and my heart goes out to her. Great writing!
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Thank you so much!
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Ahhh yes, well done.
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Thank you!
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Welcome.
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I was thinking, (in the earlier installments), that Jane had a big, old, run-down house in a city neighborhood, like that of Tyler Durden in ‘Fight Club’, but it now seems like she’s far worse off. What the hell! (lol… I’m liking Jane, hate to see her too down-trodden)
enjoyed the Six, though
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Thanks! I’m glad you like Jane. She is homeless, squatting in an empty house.
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Water – something we can so easily take for granted and forget how precious it is.
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It is life. One of those we take for granted so easily in this first-world we live in.
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During Hurricane Sandy we had no water for over a week because our well pump needed electricity. I know about lugging gallons up and down stairs and the inconvenience of not having it at your disposal. Jane is a kind woman, a survivalist who is sharing her basic needs with her animal friends.
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Thanks! I like Jane too. In the past I’ve lived most of my life on a well instead of city water, and know all too well how it is to lose running water along with the electricity! Never as long as a week, though. A storm like that has such far-reaching impact; I can’t imagine how helpless it must feel to be in the aftermath.
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