Generalissimo Chinchin drew his last breath under the shade of the banyan tree.
His loyal aide dug a grave, then placed the Generalissimo and his gin in.
A flat river rock was found and scratched upon:
“His two-pronged battle plan sadly did not prove to be a win-win.”
Written in response to the #fiftywords challenges that @jayna has been posting.
shade was this week’s prompt:
https://steemit.com/fiftywords/@jayna/new50-wordstorypromptplusanannouncement-ion0gi3p6d
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I just love this. The rhyme of "gin in" and "win win" made me smile. But even better, once again you sent me running to Google to learn more about the inspiration of this story. Where many of us provide the backstory with our 50-word missives, you leave it up to us to further explore what's behind your writing.
I found this wonderful wiki that provides the modern day interpretation of the original lines of Robert Burn's "To a Mouse" poem, written in 1785. And of course a line of the poem was the inspiration for Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.
Amazing work, @preparedwombat.
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I love the uncertainty of whether it was the enemy getting him due to his poor plan or his men in response to his poor plan.
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Fine story. Very symbolic. It allows multiple interpretations. I find it proper that an "infallible" leader (whose battle strategy ended up being suicidal) rests under an "upside down tree", symbol of power but also evidence of nature's exceptional possibilities.
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Man, I LOVE your sense of humor! Your fifty word stories leave me a bit in awe. Wonderful story.
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Generalissimo Chinchin sounds like quite the character!! :o)
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I like how playful of a cadence it has even though it's slightly dark in nature. Well done :D
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