Challenge
December 2024 Drabble: Give and Take
With the holiday season upon us, tell me a story about giving, taking, loving, losing, joy, sorrow. Any or all of the above. There's a prize for what I consider to be the most interesting entry. Here are the rules if you're interested in winning: tell me a story in exactly 100 words. Use prose, not poetry, standard punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Please do NOT tag me, I'll read all the entries conforming to the rules at the end of the challenge period.
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Christmas Bauble Hunt
Both girls wore long coats with big buttons that reached to their knees.
Winnie wore a sleek red one with a furry white undercollar. While Sadie's was a dim mustard yellow color.
Currently they huddled within the last stop from a large delivery truck. This one being an old, creaking little shop.
And just ten hours left before the Christmas party the following night.
"I don't like you and you don't like me," Winnie had so eloquently said, "but thinking your parents stole those old decorations-- beautiful as they are-- it's stupid. And your family isn't stupid Sadie."
A truce.