He saw the ugly rock on his morning walk every day, and turned away in disgust.
Today was different. The rock looked clean, with a red piece of cloth full of coins and flowers, kept in front of it. He noticed with interest, that parts of the rock resembled a face, and had vermilion painted over it. A piece of card paper was pasted on top, narrating a story of warriors who were turned to stone by the enemies, while they were protecting the nation.
It was the invention of a smart beggar. People will always be suckers for stories…….
Inspired by Rochelle Wisoff at
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A typical Indian yarn. Well written, Reena.
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yes, anything to make a quick buck. good story. 🙂
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Yes we will. I fall for stories all the time. Nice work Reena. :o)
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My story runs on the same lines. Do visit http://ideasolsi65.blogspot.in/2017/08/re-invent.html
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This was really clever (as was the beggar).
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Well, at least the beggar had an imagination. You did, also.
Great take on the prompt, Rowena! This was nice and imaginative.
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Thanks for little mercies – it was a beggar and not priest (pundit).
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😉
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Clever beggar! He won’t be begging for long, he’ll be rich soon 🙂
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They devise newer methods to influence people to part with money. It is finding a market, not begging 🙂
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I certainly am a sucker – that beggar is probably the richest guy around!
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Many of them are 🙂
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Reinvention is the name of the game, lovely
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And why not? People throw coins into holy wells and visit miraculous what nots don’t they?
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I was convinced it was true – until the end! Nice one Reena
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Clever. Made me smile, too, because it’s truth!
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That really is very clever. Well done, Reena.
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As someone who is admittedly a sucker for a story, I really liked this one! It’s a great example of how legends are created, sometimes from whole cloth and not for the purest of motives.
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These places can become tourist spots. And it takes a historian or geologist to say that it is all fake.
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It’s even worse in the places that are already tourist spots for legitimate reasons — the additional legends, historical gossip, and ghost stories that the tour guides make up (or repeat without checking) can be completely out of control!
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Beggars can be very enterprising. Good on them. They might also believe that they’ve taken gullible out of the dictionary.
xx Rowena
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That made me laugh. People do love stories, don’t they?
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Sure! We exist and connect because of that. 🙂
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Someone’s entrepreneurial spirit has kicked in. Great spin on this prompt, Reena
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Beggars’ belief this one 😎
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Ha, smart idea – I bet the tourists fell for it completely!
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Fell for the stories 🙂
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Fabulous story – he won’t be begging for long!
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What a great tale! Super twist! Really well imagined.
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Thank you so much!
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hahaha! smart beggar, i must say . I can see he won’t be poor for long .
Great story , Reena!
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Thanks!
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I’m a sucker for stories, you’re right
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🙂
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