Darkness fell, and Adeline was alone in the forest. She shivered. The full moon shone on the rock face in front of her, and she started to climb. Up high, she’d be away from predators, and in the morning she’d be able to get an idea of where she was. She rubbed at her eyes with a free hand, and decided to cheer herself by singing. She could only remember a rousing hymn that her aunt sang with gusto:
“…the Rock cries out to us today…”
“You may stand upon me, but do not hide your face”.
Adeline froze. The rock itself had spoken. Had she woken it, with her singing? Or was she dreaming?
There was movement. The rock spoke again.
“Don’t be afraid, child. Trolls don’t eat humans”.
Adeline considered. A troll was definitely preferable to her aunt.
Frank is hosting Prosery at dVerse tonight, and gives us a quote from Maya Angelou:
The Rock cries out to us today, You may stand upon me, But do not hide your face.
That is a tough one, you have to admit.
Sarah writes poems 
Ha… I really like how you turned the rather ominous story with that end… it sounds like her aunt might have been the reason for her being in the woods in the first place.
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So few words, such a difficult quotation! And I have a great love of trolls.
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Love that twist at the end! Your evocative imagery painted such a clear picture of the forest, Adeline’s predicament, and the troll’s arrival. Well done!
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thanks, Frank. That was a tough quote. I have a penchant for trolls.
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Love me some trolls too. Nice choice to work with fantasy, like the talking rock people in THE NEVER ENDING STORY.
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Trolls and aunts… sometime comparable!
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Oh, I love this! 🙂 Lovely. Now … I’m an aunt, and a grand-aunt, and I sure HOPE none of my nieces or nephews ever think ME worse than a troll … 😉
Well done!
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There are aunts and there are aunts…
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Whew … 😉
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Very creative … children suffer too often, if they make friends with trolls or fairies it helps build resilience 🙂
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This was fun! Scary-ish, but clever twist. You did it!
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Funny ending, loved this one (poor aunt!)
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A troll-de-roll and a girl called Adeline! The name made me think of Aveline from Bread, but Adeline means noble – it comes from German. I love a ‘lost-in-the-forest story. If the troll was preferable, I wonder what her aunt was like!
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I love Troll stories, and this one’s an ally in surviving the aunt, loved it.
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Hurrah for friendly trolls!
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Love it Sarah!
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Finding Nature Preferable
to the Human Touch Now
Nature in Deed Dances Sings
Back to Us NoW in Superior
Ways of Truth not
sullied by
Human
Intellect Sold..:)
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Great ending!
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Very cool story!
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