The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37563   Message #1342757
Posted By: dianavan
29-Nov-04 - 10:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat challenge: 100 word story exactly
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat challenge: 100 word story exactly
They were looking for the hole in the wall. The waves were too high. They knew they had missed it. The engine stopped cold.

She held the wheel. He lifted the hatch and entered the engine room. Nothing. He could find nothing wrong. The boat was bobbing along like an old dead head at the mercy of the wind and the sea. The keys were on the floor. Good God! The wheel had caught the keychain and pulled the keys from the ignition.

Get out she yelled as she started the engine and turned the bow into the next wave.