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The Loss (Part Two) ~ 13th January 2016

15/1/2016

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A RE-WRITE OF A PREVIOUS MINI-SERIES
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THE LOSS
by John Yeo

~Part Two

 THE ORCHIDS 

  We froze, we could hear this noisy approach getting closer, someone or something was near us running through the undergrowth. I looked at Margaret, we held hands and ran fast in the opposite direction. We didn’t wait to find out what made that noise, birds high above flew away making cries of alarm. We ran deeper into the blackness of the forest, until we both collapsed on the grassy bank of a stream, panting to get our breath back.   We had no idea where we were. The stream was running  fast, there were reeds, rushes and pretty yellow flowers on the banks. We decided to follow this stream in the hope of finding a way out of the forest.
 
  We came to a clearing in the dense woods covered with many wild flowers and lush green grass. We sat down to rest and feeling hungry we nibbled on some chocolate with wild berries. Margaret laughed and remarked how we were enjoying the fruits of the forest, she wondered
 if I knew anything about a group of very pretty wild flowers nearby. 
     I immediately recognised them as a group of orchids. I am certain these are rare, valuable, Fairy Slipper orchids. “We could make a lot of money from these orchids, if only we knew where we were.”
 
  We continued on our way, leaving a makeshift trail of twisted reeds hanging from the branches of the trees and bushes along the path next to the stream. Suddenly there was an approaching crashing and the breaking of twigs coming towards us from behind. We then realised to our horror that we must have been followed from the cottage~~~~~~~~~~~~~


(To be continued)
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THE LOSS  (Part One) ~ 12TH JANUARY 2016

14/1/2016

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A RE-WRITE OF A PREVIOUS MINI-SERIES 

​Write about a loss something (or someone) that was part of your life and isn’t any more. Today’s twist: Make today’s post the first in a three-post series.
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THE LOSS
by John Yeo

Part One 

THE TRAGIC LOSS UNFOLDS  

    The forest stretched for miles, a sea of pine trees with thick undergrowth, containing a large variety of wildlife. My wife and I would ramble for hours,  enjoying the sensation of the natural world.  Birds fluttering and calling in the tree tops, with squirrels scrambling up tree trunks in their haste to get away. Many times we have been caught in a shower or a storm and against the universal advice, took shelter under a tree. The woodland flowers bloomed in profusion during their season. We enjoyed wandering through stretches of ferns in the forest leaving a trail. One day we spotted a faun, shyly strolling along a woodland path through the trees, we  followed this beautiful little animal  a long way into the depths of the forest.
   
  Suddenly we realised we were lost, hopelessly, totally lost. We pressed on hoping to find an inhabited property where we could get some directions back to where we had started our ramble.      We came upon a clearing with a pretty little cottage and knocked hard to alert the inhabitants of our arrival. There was no response to our urgent knocking and we entered the front door to explore. Inside we found a large amount of blood, all over the kitchen, some dried up and to our dismay, what looked like a puddle of fresh blood. We assumed that an animal had been slaughtered and put the whole thing out of our minds. We then went through into the back yard, where we found freshly disturbed earth with mounds of dirt piled every where.
   
  My wife, Margaret nervously remarked. "They look like a series of graves."
 
   We were startled by a noise as a large animal or a man was heard crashing and running through the forest, towards the cottage.   ~~~~


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