Selkie Mom (99 Words)
Annie always wondered why great-grandmother never insisted on the truth. She wondered why the old woman allowed the legend to persist, when the twists to the story were often so lurid.
Then one day as she sat listening to her husband talk to their little daughter, she realized.
“And that’s how I met your mother,” he said. “I told the selkie king I couldn’t live without her. And he saw that it was true. That coat in the closet there, that’s her selkie coat.”
Annie listened to the little girl’s awe. And for the first time, she understood great-grandmother.
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Written in response to Carrot Ranch’s Flash Fiction Challenge. Check it out!
WALLIE'S WENTLETRAP 
Truth can be so boring after all. Many can’t handle it anyway.
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That’s true enough 😉
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Very nice!
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Thank you 🙂
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Selkie is, as selkie does.
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Yes indeed 🙂
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I will now be thinking of selkies in Lake Fannie Hooe! A lovely take on the prompt.
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Thank you! Wallie and I enjoyed the prompt… and selkies in Lakie Fannie Hooe! Why not?!
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I’ll look for them now! 🙂
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