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“Despite grandma’s protest, grandpa got a ceiling fan installed in the verandah that was accidentally placed too close to the wall and the classy old fan was too big to just evade the wall narrowly. That night, after grandma took her last breath, there was a storm that made the fan dwindle and its moving blades were damaged by the wall.”
“But who would switch on the fan during a storm?”
“Oh, it was grandpa, they said he often did that to vex grandma.”
“But she died almost an year after him!”
“Yup. and the fan never moved again.”
This post is written in response of Friday Fictioneers
Nice one 👍
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Thanks for appreciation.
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Thanks for the appreciation 🙂
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Great tale! Especially the end with grandma and the ceiling fan. Kinda reminded me of this short story called The Last Leaf, where she associated the longevity of her life with the last leaf of a tree.
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Thank you for the nomination. I am not used to it so its pretty awesome to get nominated by you.
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Hey!! I have nominated you for the “three days, three quotes challenge.” Here is the link to the blog.
https://aditisways.wordpress.com/2018/04/18/the-three-days-three-quotes-challenge/
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Awwww…. this is wonderful
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You’ve written an entertaining ghost story, showing the way some couples strive with each other to get their own way. I wonder if it was just the fan they fought over, or if they fought over everything.
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Thank you for reading. This story is actually inspired by my grandma who in her last days got attached to a certain thing and was always asking about its whereabouts…I don’t know what’s that but I think sometimes people become obsessed for some unknown reason
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Grandpa was pip, wasn’t he? I hope grandma gets even with him, wherever they are now.
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If u look closely, grandma did initiated the revenge by breaking the fan…
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You’re right – the fan IS too close to the wall. And grandpa should have let grandma live her last days in peace!
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Nice twist – naughty old granddad.
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Haha…but grandma stricked back at the end…if you noticed
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Nicely written.. Enjoyed the twist in the end.
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Glad that u liked it.
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Wow – grandpa was so determined to irritate grandma up until her last breath he managed to do it from the grave. Great ending – took me completely by surprise!
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Thanks for reading
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Great twist there.
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Beautifully written.
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Thank you
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