Short Fiction, short story, six sentence story

Let’s Go to the Rodeo

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Excited to be getting tickets, Shandy gave Clarabelle a call, “hi Clair, I’m ordering rodeo tickets and wonder if you’d like to go with me?”

“Oh, Shandy, I haven’t been to the rodeo in years, Herbie and I used to go, but after he passed, I guess I just lost interest, but, hmm, maybe it’s time for me to think about going again; Okay, let’s go.”

“Yea, I am so happy to hear that. When Gerald was younger, we used to take a vacation every so often during rodeo time, and there are such sweet memories of my son and husband in their rodeo duds, oh they were so cute.”

“Well, I won’t be wearing a hat or spurs, but I will be there with a good spirit, ready to make new memories, thank you for asking me, I wouldn’t have thought about going if it weren’t for you.”

“Hey, ladybug, we are a team and they have not been so blessed as to have these two fine women to grace the stands, so yee-haw, here we go to the rodeo,” and Shandy could hear Clarabelle chuckling on the other end of the line.

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The rodeo is an annual tradition in Fort Madison, Iowa, just about 30 miles from Shandy and Clarabelle’s story location. You can read about it at Tri-State-Rodeo We attended many years ago and it was a lot of fun.

This story is in response to the prompt word RODEO from Denise’s Six Sentence Story. Why not give it a try?

19 thoughts on “Let’s Go to the Rodeo”

    1. Frank, you’ve been deprived 🙂 If you have a sports channel, you can tune in–the National Finals Rodeo each year is held in early December in Las Vegas–it’s a heck of a wonderful show (I’m praying it won’t be disrupted by Covid this year–last year was the first time I missed it in ages).

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  1. excellent installment/Six
    (as you know, I get something from trying to figure out technique as much as reading for fun)… excellent dialogue*.

    * not simply two people talking, but we Readers gaining insight into their individual personalities
    cool

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