The Flood

The rain came and did not stop. It was up to the only one who could save the town from total destruction

The Flood

By Jack Ivey

 

A princess stood upon a bridge above a small stream eating a piece of fruit and crying. Her tears were so great that before long the small stream had become a raging river. The river, flowing at considerable speed had left its banks and was flooding the valley. No matter how hard she tried she could not stop her crying.

 

Meanwhile, downstream the townspeople received word of the coming flood and began preparing for the disaster by placing items up off of the floor, moving livestock to higher ground and attempting to build a barricade along the banks of the river.

 

The mayor frantically sent word for Sir Thomas, a local hero and all around handsome guy.

 

“How can I serve you, Mayor?”

 

“Thomas, as you know, the town is about to be flooded and there has been no rain in the area. Please ride north and find the cause and see if you can put a stop to it our future depends on you.”

 

With that, Thomas mounted his steed and headed north as fast as he could ride. Arriving at the Kingdom he spied the Princess on the bridge crying.

 

“Fair princess, why is it that you cry so?”

 

“Oh kind sir, alas, I have no answer for you as I know not why I cry.”

 

He approached the blonde haired girl and thought she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her skin was as fair as a spring morning and her eyes of the bluest skies. How could she possibly be so sad as to cry a raging river? He prepared himself to console her but the closer he got, the clearer the picture became.

 

“Fair princess, that fruit of which you eat is an onion.”

 

“Indeed an onion, fresh from the royal garden. My first one and it is delicious.”

 

“Would you mind allowing me a taste?”

 

“Why no, kind sir.”

 

She handed him the onion and instantly her crying ceased.

 

He tossed the onion far away and said. “You see fair princess it is the onion that makes one cry.”

 

“Oh kind sir, I am so happy to have ceased crying. How can I ever repay you?”

 

“Well you could breathe in the other direction.”

Author's Note

A humorous Flash Fiction story

Reviews

[Angel]

This story has produced a series of very definitely unfeminine, unangelic guffaws. My little dog is looking at me as if I had gone stark raving mad, as I mop the tears of laughter from my face, and try to pat the front of my nightgown, where the tears have wetted it.
What a glorious beginning to what had promised to be a rather dull day...

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much Angel. A few years ago I wrote many of these little flash fictions with humor as a theme. It was a lot of fun and very challeging at the same time. Some rules applied to the style which provided the challenge and the fun. So happy it made you happy today.

[CrochetRie]

Exactly what she said, ya made my day! LOL

[Frieda P]

You got me there, as impossible as I thought it was for me to smile today, you did it my sweet friend. Lee is probably looking down at me at this very moment thinking, 'what a fool she is' and laughing to herself saying, that Jack is a clever man indeed.

[Jack...]

Thanks frieda, your smile is my reward.

[icelandicblue]

Thank you for the laugh and not writing a predictable ending. That was pure fun.

[Jack...]

You are welcome and thank you for reading

[Levi Levin]

Funny one Jack!

[Jack...]

Thanks so much

[Carolann Dowsett]

Haha this is fun, I love the complete twist at the end, not where I was expecting it to go. Awesome write.

[Jack...]

I am happy it made you smile

[Carolann Dowsett]

It did :)

[KAOlmsted]

HA! :-D All around handsome guy -That made me giggle. The ending is priceless. I wonder if "Cry Me A River" was an influence ;-) Loved this. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

-kimmer

[Jack...]

Thanks, I'm happy it made you laugh.

[KAOlmsted]

My pleasure; great write.

[Lucien Maier]

haahaha very nice. Have you written any novels I would be interested to read it/them

[Jack...]

Thanks Lucien. I have written only one novel, which I am editing right now. It is for the younger set, but I will let you know when I finish it, it shouldn't take too long, I only wrote it about 15 years ago. :)

[David Scott]

Ha ha ha.
This could be a blonde joke!
We all do things out of oblivious stupidity!
Nice to know the solutions can be so simple.

[Jack...]

What did the blonde say to the onion?

[Marie]

It is humours, and very good.

[Jack...]

I am happy you enjoyed it.