- Grab the 7th book from your bookshelf.
- Open it up to page 7.
- Pinpoint the 7th sentence on the page.
- Begin a poem/a piece of prose that begins with that sentence
- Limit it in length to 7 lines/7 sentences.
The seventh book in the shelf was “The Motorcycle Diaries” and the line on the seventh page is “he is nine years old”
“He is nine years old,” I replied slowly.
I followed the trajectory of his sight watching the boy running helter skelter in the green park.
“Its getting late I must go, Ramesh must be waiting for us,” I rose from the bench and began to walk briskly towards my son.
“Ramya, you called that night when I was boarding my flight to Sweden . There was something you wanted to tell me, you were sounding very frantic,” he spoke casually.
“Nothing nothing at all. Rohan Rohan come over here,” I called out a bit nervously.
“Doesn’t Rohan look quite a bit like me. And strangely enough its been nine years to that call,” he spoke these words looking straight into my eyes.
There was very little I could offer to speak beyond that.
Written it for Write Tribe on prompt 7X7X7.
Excellent! Message conveyed in the shortest way possible 😉
thanks Aparna 🙂
First, I drooled over your bookshelf. Then your choice of book! Your continuation of that 7th line is a treat!
Thanks, Richa!
Thank you soo much Vidya 🙂 but I swear I didnt jumble the books, motorcycle diaries was the natural choice as seventh 🙂
Great take, Richa. Loved the way you wrapped up the story. Love it!
thanks Panchali 🙂
Short and impactful. Loved this
thanks Ritu 🙂
What an impressive line up of books! and how well you have built up that story Richa. You have skills girl! You have a long way to go.
thanks you so much Bhavya 🙂 for the books and the writing 🙂
Good momma good….it’s quite a challenge to weave up a story of such a short length from any random sentence and still do complete justice to it…. your son is in awe of you ^_^
thanks bachhe 🙂 Mommy is also in awe of you 🙂 🙂 and I hope rss is working now?
Na ma…..baccha is not much familiar of rss thingies….please ma, add that ‘subscribe my email’ option…..
added the subscribe by email, zara check it and confirm back ek baar 🙂
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yeyeye finally!!
Richa, I havent read any of these book :(. N u wrapped the story with a punch!!!
You might have read better and more than these 🙂 and thanks for the compliment on writing 🙂
Lovely. THAT was pretty direct of him – to ask like that. The answer could’ve been “Don’t flatter yourself. Rohan’s really good-looking”. 🙂
Liked this a lot, Richa. Thanks. 🙂
wow raja! Why did i not end the story this way. It would have been a better end honestly ! perhaps version two will have this 🙂
Loved the pictures, the choice of book, even if it was random and of course how you packed a story into 7 sentences!
Thank you so much Corinne. When I realised that the seventh is this I was also quite glad. The book is surely a lovely one 🙂
Very well written 🙂 and i like the bookshelf too 🙂
thanks You sooo much Sugandha 🙂
Sometimes no words are needed. Nicely done Richa.
thank you Suzy 🙂