There were two trees. Knowledge, and Life.
Adam and Eve went for Knowledge. They always were the clever ones.
For me, it was life. And when He found what I’d done, all He said was “Sorry.”
I didn’t understand what He meant at first. When I saw Eve die in childbirth, I praised my own good sense.
I watched you, their children, flourish and grow. Building cities. Telling stories. Throwing yourselves at the stars.
And eventually, you died out.
There were others, after you. They’re gone too. Now there’s just me, and the sun. Huge, red, getting closer every day.
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Got to admit, I’m a bit meh about this one. On the other hand, story! The prompt was ‘old age’.
In other incredibly impressive flash fiction news, Lee ‘Budgie’ Barnett has completed his 24-stories-in-24-hours for Red Nose Day challenge. And I thought 30 stories in 30 days was mad…
You can read the stories on his blog, and also still sponsor him. An e-book full of them will be out shortly – I’ll put a link up to it when I see it available. All the money’s going to RND, and yes, I’ll be buying one.
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