This is my first entry in the 100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups. The prompt is to write from the perspective of the person arrowed in the photo below. The photo was actually originally posted here http://wp.me/p1zqCM-8x on my blog for a weekly photo challenge and it was an honour to be asked by Julia to use it.
So, my hundred words,
Virgin Birth
No praises of gladness,
So this is Christmas. For these good Christian girls at least. I know I should be grateful, they’ve taken me in, I have a bed now and plenty of food in exchange for some prayers. It won’t hurt me to sing a few songs to the tourists and rattle a tin.
No thought of their sin,
I’ll be safe in KK they would never guess I’d travel so far.
No glory but sadness,
Will there still be room at the Inn when they find out?
You choose now to start with the kicking.
Lucid Gypsy 
Great! I enjoyed this a lot.
I remember seeing that photo.
This looks like a fun challenge too. Can anyone join in?
Yes of course go for it! I’ll be doing them when I can 🙂
Excellent piece – I sense her fear that she won’t be able to hide it for much longer. I hope they are compassionate Christians. btw – I went back and wrote another reply to your comment on mine. When I first read your comment I didn’t realise that you were the photographer, sorry.
Hi and no worries I’m really pleased that the photo was used! Thanks for visiting as well 🙂
Hi, enjoyed your piece…great that its your photo too 😀
Thanks Anna 🙂
Hello you & welcome to the 100WCGU! It’s brilliant to see you & I hope you will become a regular. This is a super interpretation of your photograph.She does seem pensive and sad. As soon as I saw it I knew what I wanted to do with it. You’ll see from the other entries that they have taken lots of different routes. Thank you again and keep taking the photos because I need them!!
Thankyou I’ll certainly try!
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I like this idea – creating a story from a picture. will use in class.
My write up would be to the effect of: ‘are my breasts too small?’
If you do can I read the answers pretty please? 🙂 🙂 🙂 I feel a whole new story coming on.
great photo and writing – you captured her fear and anxiety well
Ditto, I can feel her worry and doubt. Juxtaposing sentences like you have is really efffective.
Thanks for visiting and commenting Ventahl!
A great challenge! Loved your writing.
I loved your piece of writing – you captured her anxiety really well. Thanks for letting us all use your picture for our writing challenge!
Awww, nice piece. I think that it’s especially good, given that you are the photographer. It must have been challenging going in a different direction to the known reality!
I like this and love how it’s written, although I don’t understand the last line. This story makes me want to know more about her, where she’s come from and where she is now.
I’ll have to come back and linger over it when I have more time.
I was really slow on the uptake with this one and also didn’t understand the last line at first. Now it’s glaringly obvious (altho still don’t get the KK reference). I really really like it. Cleverly written and well put together.
I was probably assuming that people could read my mind silly me! KK is Kota Kinabalu in Borneo. Thanks for visiting 🙂
Interesting concept… and I like your interpretation. 😉