Gerald made crosses and dressed them in tarp and rags to look like people blocking the way. He didn’t want anyone to get hurt while he was laying the drain pipes.
He considered using warning cones rather than those scarecrows, or scare-people, but how boring would that have been? Besides Gerald wanted to make them like he wanted to drain that seasonal wetland. In a week he was done.
Rather than keep them away the scare-people attracted his neighbors. They gave Gerald ideas for other scare-critters and new opportunities to use them.
Linked to Friday Fictioneers where Rochelle Wisoff-Fields offers the photo above by Sandra Crook as the prompt.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Haha! That is human nature though. Sweet, real story
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Thank you!
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I see a message in this Frank! So good!
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Thank you, Mary!
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Scare-pipers. 🙂
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Yes! 🙂 Thank you, Chel!
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This is great, Frank. Very entertaining.
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Thank you, Robbie!
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I believe I would enjoy visiting his garden.
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Thank you!
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