for purest of prose, #37: how did you find it?

[1stmate]

The boys gathered around her in hushed awe. She held it out to them on her palm, where it would be easy enough for one of them to grab it, but they all had their hands clasped firmly behind their backs.

"How did you find it?" one of them asked.

She smiled slowly and did not answer.

"Where?"

"Drain fronta old MacGregor's."

"We looked down there and never saw it with our flashlights and periscopes. James even sent down that telescoping magnet his father gave him for Christmas. How did you even get it out?"

"Gum on th'end ova string."

Comments

[bluegerl.livejournal.com]

Well Done - twas a super drabble.... gum on a string... hahahha and it works!!!! Super job!

[1stmate]

Thanks, Blue! My mother amazed some kids a few weeks ago by getting something out of a tight space with that trick, so that was the first thing that popped into my head :D