Daddy’s latest beer-drinking buddy almost permanently moved into the spare bedroom. For several days and nights he ate our food, smoked Daddy’s cigarettes and watched his favorite shows on our television. Even though his beady eyes and piercing hyena laugh made the invisible hairs on the back of my neck crawl, I politely smiled and waited. I knew Momma would eventually tire of playing hostess and maid. Sure enough on Tuesday night, Momma threw a hissy fit and declared his vacation over while he stood at the open refrigerator wolfing down leftover Sunday pot roast. But like a stray dog, a few weeks later he followed Daddy home again.
Grace Grits and Gardening
This was written especially for Fearless Writing Alumni Practice. Prompt: 6 Sentence Story Structure from Sacred List Crawl
Musical Pairing:
Chow Down, The Lion King Hyena Song
It just doesn’t matter what they throw at you. You are always up to the challenge! Just keep it coming, I’m spoiled now 🙂
Thank you Renee! I’ll do my best to keep you spoiled:)
pretty good! I think you’re up for anything they can throw at you!
Thanks Bryan:) This was easy. The Bat Cave is still haunted by the hyena laughter…
I knew who it was before I even looked LOL! Greatness!
I knew you would:) haha
Very funny!!! I can still hear that laugh. Oh, me!!!
My cousin has a hyena laugh and we crack up! However he doesn’t live with us so it’s great to hear from a distance! Great writing!
haha thank you Michelle.
This is awesome. Love it.
Thank you Kim. Glad you enjoyed it.
Do these responses just pop into your head immediately or do you have to give it lots of thought? You are amazing either way when given a prompt!
Good job in making me feel what you felt. I hope he didn’t get to stay the next time he followed your dad home.
Of course he stayed. He always stayed. Thank you Dorothy!
“Oh Thomas, what the hell?”
I remember hearing about this scavenger. Good one, Talya!
Scavenger. Good word for him:))
Love reading your stories and seeing pictures of rural Arkansas on Facebook.
Thank you Donna.
You create such vivid scenes with your words. I felt as though I was right in that kitchen when your mom through the hissy fit (definitely, a Southern thing).
Keep it coming!
Blessings!
Thank you Martha. I appreciate your comment!
You have such incredible stories on your blog, Talya, and my best advice to you when it comes to your sharing them with us, is…”do it again, do it again.”=)
🙂
You have a special knack for a final sentence that makes me look at a story, one that was already commplete in my mind, in a new light.
Thank you. My zinger sentence?
Hey! Where’s that picture come from? Where’s my Geezer picture you took at DH?
I was wondering the same thing!
Ha ha! Makes me want to go watch The Lion King
haha me too!
This is fantastic. I love the visual you created with your words.
Thank you so much:)
Talya, I love reading your stuff, how do I finish reading the rest??
I want to read the rest of The man with the HYENA LAUGH..??
Thanks Linda! I haven’t written much more about him although he appears in the book I’m working on:))
That’s all there is for now although he makes an appearance in the book I’m writing:) Thanks Linda!
Thanks Linda. You can scroll through all the old stuff with arrows at the bottom. I have over 600 posts.
His name wasn’t Robert, was it? That was the name of the stray in my memories.
Wonderful
I’m out of league here. Too much brain power on disylap!
Love the hyena story Talya. Love all your blogs — your writing definitely makes my mind travel to the neatest places! Good luck with your book! Love, Norma