Getting Away or Not
What Puteri wanted was to get away. The dell seemed an ideal place to settle down and relax. She did not want to hide away, but just needed to find a place to rest and prepare. The dell had seemed ideal until the midges arrived. She could have coped with them, but having people telling her to go away, and that she was not welcome, that had hurt her. Now her birthing time had come, she needed shelter and privacy. What she had got was hard grass and hate.
Footnote:
This piece of flash fiction is a follow up to a story called – the young buffalo – that I posted in January 2016 at – https://www.michaelhumphris.co.uk/the-young-buffalo/.
I also posted another piece of flash fiction about Puteri in September 2016 called – a troublesome grave stone – available at https://www.michaelhumphris.co.uk/a-troublesome-gravestone/
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How did you get from camping to calving? Great story, Michael
Hi Neil, I am not really sure, but it had something to do with getting away from trouble and individuals not being accepted
Great tale – let’s hope Puteri can find some peace and quiet somewhere.
Sadly wild water buffalo are under pressure from expanding human settlements
As are so many animals – great you brought this to your readers’ attention
Thank you Lynn
I loved the buffalo perspective and the solitude you need to giving birth… an even younger buffalo is on his way.
I should have thought of that, now I need to think of a name for the new arrival.
Love where this took you. Enjoyed it immensely!
Thank you so much for your feed back, it encourages me to write.
What an unexpected take on the prompt. Loved it! And the cow photo (before I read your explanation, I did think they might be water buffalo…..).
Thank you Louise, for your positive feedback. I do love to see cattle moving freely.
Dear Mike,
Interesting POV. Love that you didn’t make it a literal camping story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Hi Rochelle, I needed to work hard to stop myself heading down the camping route. I have had many interesting camping holidays. However I am learning to try at least to think out of the box. Thank you for the encouragement it is appreciated. Mike
You thought out of the box very well. I enjoyed where you took this.
I am so pleased that you enjoyed this, getting this type of feedback helps me understand how my stories are received. Thank you Mike
Good take on the prompt, Mike! Got me into a different area. Wonderful.
Thank you so much. I am still smiling at Tune in Tomorrow
Hahaha! A bigger thank-you as well. 😀
Nice take on the prompt! And quite a sad story, never finding peace and quiet at such a time.
It gets harder for all to find a quiet spot as the worlds population expands, that is until humanity heads for the stars.
Really good story!
This was a totally different and interesting take on the prompt. Well done
It is great to see all the differing style of handling prompt photos, thank you for your find comments. Mike
Great story. You made me feel great empathy for the water buffalo.
Your feed back really helped me understand how this story worked. Thank you, Mike
I like this story, no matter how you got there.
Thank you Dawn
Ah Puteri is back 🙂 And she is going to have a baby! Lovely take on the prompt Michael
Thank you for your support and positive comment. I expect Puteri will figure again in another story at some piont.
A great take on the prompt, and very sad without being too overtly sad.
Sandra, your comment helps me understand more about how my stories at perceived, thank you.
Lovely but sad story, Michael. It seems many wild animals find their habitat shrinking. It’s a shame. Good writing. —- Suzanne
Thank you Suzanne, sadly we seem unable to allow the wilderness to continue for posterity,
Good piece of writing, Michael. However, as soon as I read ” midges” I was struck by horror. I have only encountered these blighters once and didn’t know what they were, marvelling at the number of red dots. Turned out I was allergic. Not anaphyllactic but bad enough.
I say: “Shoot the midges!”
xx Rowena
Midges can be real troublesome, I have come across some blighter’s over the years. So I feel for you. Unfortunately every time I attempt to shot them somehow I miss.
Ha!
A bit of a christmas story from the water buffalo perspective. I like this a lot. Great story, Michael.
Thank you Gabriele, it really helped to know how you felt about this story