"Gertrude! We need cheese again!"
Gertrude looked up from her sewing with large doe eyes and smiled at her Momma. She lay the small dress she was meticulously sewing for a doll near her on the rocking chair.
She walked to the door and pulled her coat on as she opened the door with her left hand. The road to the store was almost empty aside from two laughing boys hitting a ball with a stick along the road.
"Gertrude! They let you out of the house for another cheese run?" one boy shouted. The other boy laughed as he hit the ball again with a healthy "thwack!"
Gertrude smiled and lifted her chin with a haughty air, picking up her skirts she jumped over a puddle.
At the General Store Gertrude sidled up to the counter. Mr. Samuel totaled the customer whose order he was ringing up. He reached behind him into the cooler and pulled up a paper-wrapped round of hard cheddar cheese. He winked at her conspiratorial-like and handed her the round.
"Thank you!" Gertrude whispered and took off running back home. The boys playing stickball looked up and nodded in her direction as she whisked by.
Slipping into the kitchen door, Gertrude, breathing heavy, handed the precious cheese to her Momma.
"Gertrude, you're the quickest cheese runner! Thank you," said Mary taking the package from her.
"You're welcome, Momma!"
This is my five-minute freewrite
using prompt cheese runner by @felt.buzz. I challenge you to join the challenge and add @freewritehouse for regular contests!
Photo taken Friday at dinner using my Samung Galaxy Note S22 Ultra Plus 5G smartphone.
I am alive and thriving. Sunday in Alive we share our current Alive and goals. It's been a while since I've participated in this so let's start fresh:
Current Alive - 29.9971 ALIVE
1,806.5693 ALIVE Power
Hive 1628.26
Hive 176.771
Hive Power 4430
Goals:
35 ALIVE
1826 Alive Power
Hive 1648
Hive Power 4445
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