Once upon a time I listened to the yadda, yadda, yadda of a spell echo round the cylindrical walls of a black cauldron filled with a smelly, syrupy soup concocted to fix whatever it was the witch doctor stirring the pot said was wrong with me. Doc ladled some of the syrup into a cup and gave it to me forcing me to wrap my fingers around the cup’s ornate handle featuring a smiling serpent with a wicked forked tongue sticking out.
Now, what would you have done? Would you politely drink whatever was in the cup or would you dump it all out?
I often just drink it, but this time I poured it out when doc wasn’t looking. An ugly monster rose from the dirt floor and grew to immense proportions before its head exploded – and I was glad it didn’t do that in my stomach – leaving me happily ever after to tell the tale.
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Denise offers the prompt word “echo” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Hi Frank! I would not have drank either. Scary ta
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It would be crazy to drink that stuff. Blessings, Dan!
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Wouldn’t touch it – if it smells bad, tastes bad and someone’s trying to convince me it’s good for me, that’s an automatic “negative”, Frank!
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I imagine it smelled very bad. Blessings and happy new year, Denise!
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There are too many hawkers out there of bogus goods.
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There are far too many. Blessings and thank you, Mimi!
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Ho ho, an excellent tale, and a savvy one too.
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Thank you and blessings, Chris! Happy new year!
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You too, Frank – Happy New Year!
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not to be contrarian (yeah, right!) lol
but sometimes and despite the snake handles, all too many of us think, what the heck, lets live dangerously!
Shaná tová
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The worse danger is when there are no snakes on the handle. Blessings and happy new year, Clark!
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My, that was a lucky escape!
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It was. Blessings, Keith!
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Tiny sip, observe results, then listen with one’s heart and soul. But we all gulp the whole thing, time and again, in our search for what’s real; we hope that sprouts empathy when we risk it all…
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Even a tiny sip of that stuff might be hard to take. Thank you and blessings, Liz!
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A good reminder, Frank, to be careful what we put in our minds, lest it erupt from our mouths. A good caution for the new year as the world grows more turbulent. A blessed, happy 2025 to you!
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I am glad you liked this, Dora! Blessings and thank you!
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