My fifth and final Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge post is inspired by the creepy chap on the left – this weeks photo prompt for FFfAW which, I’m sure, will inspire all sorts of scary Clown stories. Thank you Lynn for nominating me for the challenge – it’s been great fun.
And my final nomination to join the challenges goes to – YOU! Leave a comment to let me know you fancy the challenge. According to the rules, you are supposed to post a photo and a story (though the interpretation of story is broad: could be a poem, a short paragraph talking about the photo, fiction, non-fiction, whatever suits your blog…). You’ll also have to nominate another blogger to join the challenge in each post, but nomination doesn’t mean they have to join – it’s an invitation, really. So if you want to play, tell me.
Five Photos, Five Stories – Day 5: Fooled
‘Have you heard, guys? We’re getting new uniforms. Effective immediately, apparently they’re on the way,’ Jerry says.
I see through it straight away, but Belle buys it. She looks at the photo of the clown. The horror that grips her is written all over her face. She looks down at the sleek uniform she’s wearing, all black but for the slate-grey apron. She takes off her hipster glasses and daps at her eyes with a napkin.
‘No, no, no. They can’t do this to me.’
‘Calm down, Belle. What’s the date today?’
Belle screams. Jerry and I howl with laughter.
Ha! Ha! It’s like a nightmare come true. CLOWNS. I hate dressing up at the best of times, but dressing up as a clown… Kill me now. Nice send off for the challenge, though 🙂
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They are so creepy, Clowns! Thanks Lynn 🙂
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Love it! I hope Belle recovers! Very funny…but not for Belle, of course.
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She’s probably plotting to pay them back right now… Thank you, Jessie 🙂
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Haha! April Fools! Cute story. You had me pulled in. I thought it was going to end up a scary story. Nice job!
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Scary story was my first thought. But I wanted to wrap up the Five Photos, Five Stories challenge and use April Fools… There’s quite a lot scary clowns already, anyway. Cheers, PJ 🙂
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I haven’t read the books or seen the movies that have made clowns so horrific. That’s kind of sad really.
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The hipster glasses are a great touch (I usually call them Morrissey glasses, but not many people know what I mean)
An entertaining send-off for the challenge, and I am glad it was only an April Fools joke!
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Yeah, I suppose Morrissey glasses would work. You can’t walk into a coffee shop in London without at least one barista wearing them… Thank you, Francesca 🙂
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Very good and funny.
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Thank you, glad you liked it!
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Hahaha – that’s great! Perfect for the day.
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Thank you, Mary!
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love love love!!
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I could say the same about your comment 🙂
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I love this one – dressing like a clown would be a hipster’s worst nightmare!
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It would, wouldn’t it? Thank you, glad you liked it 🙂
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Ah, man. That’s not very nice (lol). Hopefully Belle has a great and genuine sense of humor and doesn’t just laugh it off for the sake of her friends. 😦 🙂 😛 Btw, what a delicious image you captured.
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Cheers, Izzy! The pic turned out much better than I’d expected 🙂
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Great, Sonya. You play out the prank really well. Poor Belle … she really falls for it. I really like this one. 🙂
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Thank you, Millie! It was a fun story to write, so I’m glad everyone seems to like it 🙂
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It was a great little story! 🙂
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Great story! I love hipster glasses – good touch.
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Thank you! Glad you liked it 🙂
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Great story, Sonya! I can easily imagine the horror! This actually took me right back. When I first started work at the play area 12 years ago our uniforms were based on clown costumes – multi-coloured tops, and trousers with one leg red stripes, the other blue checks. Luckily we didn’t have to paint our faces like clowns! Even now my brother still refers to my work as ‘clowning’. 🙂
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Ah, brothers – they can be so cruel… Thank you, Louise!
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Hahaha, I’m laughing with Jerry too :D. I cannot imagine the thought of wearing a Clown costume as uniform, no wonder belle was horrified. This is such a wonderful light read 🙂
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Thank you, Ameena! Great to hear it made you laugh 🙂
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Fun short story! I really thought they were going to wear new uniforms until I read the last line. Thanks for the laugh 🙂
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Thank you, glad it made you laugh!
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An enjoyable read. Clowns and April Fool’s Day, a delightful combination!
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Thank you, Jane!
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