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Alder Manor
#WritcoStoryPrompt39
Some dreams are meant to come true. But what do you do when your nightmare comes true? Do you run the opposite way or face your fears?
Ma taught me to face my fears. But I taught myself to run away.
Ma wasn't brave though. If she was then I'd have been happier—but she wasn't. She just taught me to be strong so that I wouldn't be like her. But it seemed weakness was an inborn nature.
Ma was a lowly servant maid at Alder manor. I have been there just once, that was when ma first took the job at the end of summer. She used to be a washer woman. I was hungry that day and had gone to meet ma hoping to get a bite. Because I knew the people of Alder manor often had more than enough to spare. But I couldn't meet ma. The gatekeepers wouldn't let me in, when I begged and cried they called a patrolling guard on me.
As the guard tossed me out, I hunkered down by the road and cried my eyes red. Then the sound of horses and wheels made me raise my head. A beautiful carriage pulled by...
Some dreams are meant to come true. But what do you do when your nightmare comes true? Do you run the opposite way or face your fears?
Ma taught me to face my fears. But I taught myself to run away.
Ma wasn't brave though. If she was then I'd have been happier—but she wasn't. She just taught me to be strong so that I wouldn't be like her. But it seemed weakness was an inborn nature.
Ma was a lowly servant maid at Alder manor. I have been there just once, that was when ma first took the job at the end of summer. She used to be a washer woman. I was hungry that day and had gone to meet ma hoping to get a bite. Because I knew the people of Alder manor often had more than enough to spare. But I couldn't meet ma. The gatekeepers wouldn't let me in, when I begged and cried they called a patrolling guard on me.
As the guard tossed me out, I hunkered down by the road and cried my eyes red. Then the sound of horses and wheels made me raise my head. A beautiful carriage pulled by...
