This week’s photo prompt is provided by Louise with The Storyteller’s Abode. Thank you Louise!
The woman paused to look at the scarecrow. It seemed to her like a strange place to put a scarecrow because it was propped up by gate rather than standing in the field. Was hardly going to scare the crows away in that position.
Standing there he had no choice but to just watch as his salvation walked on by. If they had given him a mouth he would have been able to plead with her to try and reverse his own terrible fate. He didn’t want to be invisible any longer. Why had he tried to stop those poachers?
Written for flash fiction for aspiring writers
AngieTrafford 
Oh dear, they turned him to a scarecrow.
Horrid people.
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Not your average poachers! Thanks for reading.
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What a sad ending, Angie! They didn’t give him a mouth so now he can’t explain his condition and plead for it to be reversed. All because he tried to stop some poachers! Great story!
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It’s a shame for him, but I thought the picture looked sad! Thanks for reading and hosting.
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Thank you for always thanking me!
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Not a great fate. All because he stopped poachers!
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Bad luck on his part! Thanks for reading.
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Okay, I’m picturing that he was always a scarecrow without a mouth. But he used to be out in the open where he could find other means to get his job done. Until the run-in with unusual poachers, who stuck him in an odd position, forever prisoned. Now he yearns for the ability to speak. How terrible!
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That’s how I imagined it! Thanks for reading.
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Those must have been some very unusual poachers! I hope he someday finds a way out of his predicament. 🙂 Great story, Angie.
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Let’s hope so! Thanks for reading.
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It seems we both focused on the idea of the poor scarecrow having no mouth. I like your story of him having been moved to the gate by poachers as a punishment for trying to stop them. What good’s a scarecrow at the gate? Lol Let’s hope the farmer comes to his rescue. Nice story.
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I would hope that the farmer would realise that his scarecrow is not in the middle of the field. He would need to go and find them. Thanks for reading.
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This is one of my favourites that I have read. A bit tragic like mine 😦 x
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I am glad that I wasn’t the only one who thought this scarecrow looked a bit sad 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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I read about 30 different on takes and people have such creative minds. I loved doing this. Thanks for stopping by my Blog too .x
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It is amazing to see what other people come up with!
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There’s a much bigger story here — the best kind of short story, the kind that makes me want to know more!
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There is definitely more of a story to be told, and one day it may just come out! Thanks for reading.
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Of course! Looking forward to more of the story 😉
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Poor fella. Such mean guys to have turned him into a scarecrow and zipped his mouth.
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Turned or just moved, either works! Thanks for reading.
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