On the Beach - WWE

“We shall fight them on the beaches.”

“Who?” I asked, but Grandpa was dreaming again, reciting remembered lines from Churchill and war.

“We shall fight…”

“Stop it Tom,” my grandmother said. “You’ll have the kids at it again.” But we weren’t arguing just then. We were glued to Grandpa’s words, hoping today he might tell us something more. I was anyway.

Todd spun a banana like a helicopter blade. “Wrong war,” said Dad.

Then: “What did you do Dad?”

My father’s face grayed helplessly; Todd really should have known. Dad never talks of war, and Grandpa only remembers the speeches.

(100 words)

Prompts for Wednesday Writing Essentials October 7th, 2009--due by October 13th:

• refer to a secret, but keep it secret
• use a famous quote and identify it as such
• use a word that denotes color, but use it as a verb or noun, not an adjective
• include food as a prop
• tag with wwe