Afraid To Ride

Written for:

Stream Of Consciousness Saturday 
where the prompt given was "hide"

where the prompt given was "hide"

Work Text:

"Should we chide or deride children who hide
because they're afraid to ride the roller-coaster
and the ferris wheel?" Melrose asked.

"Personally," the old man said, "I'd tan their hides!"

But a wise woman spoke up and said, "Shaming
people for their fears will not make them brave."
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Notes:

This started out as a poem, but it turned into a story.

Change Of Heart

Written for:
https://mymindmappings.com/2026/02/02/fowc-with-fandango-apprehensive/
and for:
https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/meet-3/

Work Text:

Melrose, who felt a bit apprehensive when he was about to meet his
nursery school teacher and classmates for the first time, didn't want
to leave when his mother came to pick him up.
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