The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37563 Message #945245
Posted By: Amos
02-May-03 - 09:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat challenge: 100 word story exactly
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat challenge: 100 word story exactly
"Go!".
The surly bonds broke and he was elated with the surge of freedom. He tightened his grip and leaned into a long, slow swoop, and looking down, he made out the ground far below, yellows and greens and touches of orange.
He was one with the flow around him, supportive but fluid. He could sense the currents, the lifts and drops, before they reached him and adjust – it was like floating in open spaces, like gliding, the sun filtering down, the shadows dappling below.
A large nurse shark swam by. Elation evaporated. He fled for the boat, and safety.