“I’d like to take a few days to make the trip, book a sleeper on the Spirit of ‘76.”
“You’re going to travel on President Nixon’s Air Force One?”
“Sorry, I meant the Spirit of St. Louis.”
“Lindy’s been gone a long time now, and I’m pretty sure his plane is in the Smithsonian, and anyway I thought you don’t like to fly.”
“Oh sheesh, I mean the Spirit of New Orleans, like the train in the song, you know, I’ll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.”
“I’ll book you on the City of New Orleans, if you’ll please stop singing.”
This flash is in response the Six Sentence Stories cue of the week: spirit. I know it’s weird, but it’s where the prompt led. All I did was follow. Follow the link for fun sixes from other writers.
99 Monkeys 
I started singing the song in my head from the moment I read the title! 🙂
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I’m glad I’m not the only one…lol
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Bad singing and mistaken lyrics always a humorous outcome. Good 6
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Thanks, UP!
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lol thanks a lot… ( Arlo! dude! I’m trying to type, gimme a minute to think!*)
*prefer Arlo’s to Willie’s version
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Me too!
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Haha – love it! Always fun to see where the prompt goes.
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Thanks! Weirdness, sometimes.
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Heeheehee! My daughter’s rode the City of New Orleans a few years ago. They went to Chicago to see the traveling Broadway production of Cats, and they had a blast. Someday i’d like to ride it, too.
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I want to someday too. I’d love to see New Orleans, and I love traveling by train.
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Ya gotta go where the prompt leads. Clever play.
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Thank you!
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I’ve travelled on trains the world over but never this one. Now I’m curious! Brilliant take.
Click to read my Six!
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Thanks so much!
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