Thursday, 15 May 2014

Innocence: Five sentence Fiction

The baby's laughter filled the air, sounds of innocence.

Unkown to her surrounding, dumped she was outside a garbage truck.

The sweeper had had a terrible morning, another fight with her in laws over her infertility.

Finding the little girl in the garbage bin had been shocking to say the least.

She bundled up the baby in her arms, maybe it was God's gift to her childless marriage.



This post has been written for Five sentence fiction prompt innocence
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56 comments:

  1. Soumya15 May 2014 at 13:20

    Wow! Powerful!

    Loved it!

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  2. monica15 May 2014 at 13:45

    What an irony, no? People are so typical at times..
    You have bent it in an interesting way...
    Loved It. :)

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    1. Midnight scribbles15 May 2014 at 22:38

      Exactly, the girl child still faces abandonment in so many parts of India.

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  3. The Side I Hide15 May 2014 at 13:58

    Loved your take on the word! :)

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  4. Ankur Anand15 May 2014 at 14:36

    two shades of life beautifully penned !

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  5. Red Handed15 May 2014 at 15:21

    Ahh..this is the best happily ever after!

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  6. Anonymous15 May 2014 at 16:40

    What a lovely happy ending. Beautiful.

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    1. Midnight scribbles15 May 2014 at 22:36

      Thanks for the read Carol, welcome tp my blog :)

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  7. Unknown15 May 2014 at 16:40

    Wonderful!

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  8. Swathi Shenoy15 May 2014 at 20:16

    Beautifully written sabeeha! What some people take for granted is some one else's dream!

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  9. Rupasi 15 May 2014 at 22:39

    Beautiful indeed!

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  10. Reshma16 May 2014 at 01:54

    Glad the innocent life found a home of love. Life has mysterious ways of surprising people.

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  11. Robin Leigh Morgan16 May 2014 at 02:51

    Definitely QUITE POIGNANT
    On one hand you've got a mother who's thought so little of the life she had given birth to, she treated it like worthless garbage.
    On the other hand you've got a woman, who couldn't conceive a child, finding a newborn baby she's totally willing to accept it as her own without batting an eye.
    EXCELLENT ! ! ! :-) :-) :-)

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    1. Midnight scribbles16 May 2014 at 07:40

      Yepp! One person's so called problem is another's boon. :) Thank you!

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  12. Priya16 May 2014 at 08:40

    There's still hope, I like how this story shows you that. For all the bad in the world, there still is good. Powerful. :)

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  13. Rajlakshmi16 May 2014 at 13:33

    That's the irony of life. Thank god the little baby found a home.

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  14. Anita Sabat16 May 2014 at 14:37

    Innocence retrieved from the bin... happens & finds its way to headlines...
    Nice, Sabeeha.

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  15. Unknown16 May 2014 at 20:11

    Profound....and sad too.

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  16. Anonymous16 May 2014 at 23:30

    powerful poem :-) it made me think..........

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  17. magiceye17 May 2014 at 11:00

    Poignant and packs a punch!

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  18. Shesha Chaturvedi17 May 2014 at 11:25

    For one the baby was unwanted and for another it was a blessing! Beautifully crafted! :)

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  19. Suzy17 May 2014 at 15:29

    Miracles of life never cease. Such a blessing for both.
    Dropping by from Five Sentence Fiction linkup
    Suzy Someday Somewhere

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    1. Midnight scribbles17 May 2014 at 18:57

      Thanks for the read Suzy, welcome to my blog :)

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  20. Amrit Sinha17 May 2014 at 20:42

    Perhaps it was a blessing for both lady and the child :-)

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  21. Ygraine17 May 2014 at 20:43

    Such a beautiful and moving story...and just wonderful to think they found each other! :)

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  22. Anonymous18 May 2014 at 09:43

    How wonderful to share such a hope-filled story. I could just imagine how ambivalent the sweeper must have felt. She must have been shocked and horrified for the little baby, while being hopeful that this baby was the answer to her prayers. What a lovely post.

    God bless you,
    Cheryl

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    1. Midnight scribbles18 May 2014 at 09:52

      Thank you for the read and for your kind words Cheryl :)

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  23. Sreeja Praveen18 May 2014 at 16:34

    Good one, Sabeeha :) God bless the child, and the sweeper ! How nicely their fates have fit into each other !

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  24. Anonymous18 May 2014 at 18:08

    I like this well written and heartfelt story.
    Here's mine: http://mcguffysreader.blogspot.com/2014/05/belles-box.html

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  25. Donna Burman19 May 2014 at 01:27

    Beautiful.. Such a profound piece.. :)

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  26. the little princess19 May 2014 at 16:50

    oh this was so beautiful.....god wasn't so heartless after all! he took care of both the baby and made someone a mother too!

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  27. The Enchantress20 May 2014 at 16:38

    Powerful and Beautiful :)

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  28. Soumyaa Verma20 May 2014 at 22:56

    Such miracles don't often shower their blessings, and when they do, it's difficult not to fill a heart with immence gratitude.
    Such an appreciative take on the prompt :)

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    1. Midnight scribbles21 May 2014 at 16:56

      Thank you for dropping by and your lovely comments :D you really made my day!

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