jekesta's Apple Drabble! Yay!

[capri0mni]

WITCH APPLES

Gretchen had reread the letter until its news lost all meaning. Aunt Trudi was dead. She’d met her once, long ago, on a family visit.

Gretchen brought an apple as a present.

“Half green apples are poison apples,” her aunt said, and told her how witches made them.

For ages afterward, Gretchen had nightmares. Now she was weeping – not from grief, but freedom. She was free from Aunt Trudi’s disapproval, from her stifling veil of fear.

Gretchen wiped her eyes, and went to the kitchen. She knew what to bring to the wake: an apple pie – a brand new recipe.

Comments

[jekesta]

::dances you::

::gloves you::

That's beautiful, thank you!:):):):):):)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I too, think it's good, yes. But if I come back in a week or two, I could probaably tighten it up a little lot more.

Still, Dancing and Glove before breakfast -- perfect.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Scawy! EEEee!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

EEEeee! Nothing as scary as a disaproving aunt, huh?

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Aunties are scary in general. *grin*

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Hence, your persona? ;-)

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily scary, but people are scared of witches, aren't they? I've had some occasions where a child has pointed at me and shouted to her mother: "Look, mum, a witch! I want to look like her!" and laughed my arse off, smiled and waved at the kid while the Very Upset Parent has rushed off to take the kid away from such scary things.

But in the beginning, I got called Auntie because I'm short (and often tie my massive hair into a bun), like wearing lace, velvet and skirts and carry my ol' faithful doctor's bag type handbag that's served me for nearly ten years:). It is a bit like an old lady, but with a romantic twist of Krizu:). I'm more Maiden and Crone than Mother, and have a middle-aged woman's metabolism anyway, so why fight it;)...

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Did you ever get to hear that 1927 stream of the song, "There ain't no flies on Auntie?" It's on the web in Real Media, which is icky, I suppose. But the minute I heard it, I thought: "If that's not a song for Auntie Krizu, I don't know what is!"

I think I posted a link to it for you a while back, but you were still in uni, at the time, and couldn't listen to it... I could find it again, if you'd like...

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

I did track it down and it was vaguely like a Fantasy Krz, yes...;)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

As long as it's a fantasy you like...