This week’s 100 words challenge for grown ups at Julia’s place has the prompt:
…oh my goodness! I nearly forgot…
I looked around and found this nice picture I took a few weeks ago of a thrush who looked chilled to the bone.
As we left the house for work that morning. We crossed the street, as a cold northern wind was playing glockenspiel on falling icicles.
“Oh my goodness! I nearly forgot,the bird-feeder” she exclaimed
A poor thrush sat on a branch looking twice as big as usual, with black eyes that burned accusingly at us.
“I’ll only be a minute she said” she said, turned and ran back again.
In anger I kept my eyes on my watch, silently counting seconds inside my head. A sudden sound of brakes and a violent crash was all I heard.
Needless to say, the poor thrush was never fed.
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February 11, 2013
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Oh my goodness indeed – shocking! and the glockenspiel is excellent, words I wish I’d thought of.
Thank you. Just needed an instrument to go with icicles
I adore the image and sounds conjured up by ‘…cold northern wind was playing glockenspiel on falling icicles.’ Photo’s lovely.
I take it they were going away for a while, which is why the birdfeeder was important.
I think they are staying to some extent. Feeding the birds is very common here.
Yikes. Very good.
what a sad one! but perfectly done
Oh my goodness – what a twist at the end. The lesson in this – never run back for bird feed :o). BTW I loved the line ‘as a cold northern wind was playing glockenspiel on falling icicles’ – really evocative. Lovely photo you took too!
What an ending! Very sad but very well written
what a turn of events. I liked the sound of the glockenspiel by the icicles…made me pause and think a moment, to get in to the idea and put me in the icy reverence of the day, even the hurry of the day…well done
Killer of a last line, so to speak! Great stuff there, packed into few lines..
Crikey, what a twist.
Indeed.. 😦
OH!