Written for the Friday Fictioneers. A story about an unusual plan to escape the police begins after the photo.
Genre: Crime/Humor
Photo by: Sandra Crook
The Getaway
“Are you certain this will work?” said Callie.
“Of course!” said Rupert. “It’s perfect for making a getaway with the diamonds. No car chases, no airport security.”
“But these hay bales stink!”
“We’ll just wait inside the bales until they’re delivered to some farm, far from security, and most importantly, no where near any cops.” said Rupert. “This can’t fail.”
After waiting an hour the jostling hay bale cart finally stopped. They heard the driver speak with someone.
“Busy day in the stables?”
“You see?” whispered Rupert.
“Always is with hundreds of cops collecting their horses for their daily patrol.”
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Every Wednesday, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields leads the Friday Fictioneers to the lush fields of our imagination. There, ideas are harvested and collected into bales of flash fiction stories 100 words long. We’d love to have you join us a-grain and a-grain! Here’s this week’s prompt: http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/28-february-2014/
EagleAye
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LOL oh dear, are they ever in for a shock. I’m not sure if I feel sorry for them or not – depends on who they nicked the diamonds from. Nice twist as always, Eric 🙂
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That does make a difference, doesn’t it. In any event, Rupert’s escape plane wasn’t nearly as foolproof as he believed. Glad you enjoyed the twist. Thanks for reading, Lyn!
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Haha well that’s not going to work out for them too well!
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No it won’t. Instead of staying away from police, they’ve delivered themselves straight into their hands! Yikes. Thanks so much for stopping in and reading. 🙂
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Surprise, Surprise. I guess it won’t be a perfect crime today. Great story.
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Nope. Getting past all those cops will be very tough, and they can run really fast on horseback. Thanks for your thoughts! They’re much appreciated. 🙂
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If they play it right, there’s the chance they could get away with it. The cops don’t know they have the diamonds (as far as I can tell) and if they aren’t seen getting out of the hay they might be able to pass as stable hands. Or there is the option of waiting long into the night until few, if any people are still around. There is still hope yet… until there isn’t.
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True enough. If they play their cards right they might still make it out of there. At the moment though, I think their guts just turned to water. Thanks for stopping in, Adam! 🙂
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Lol, another humorous tale from your magic brain. smelling stinking hay for nothing, poor fellows.
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I know. Too bad for our wayward criminals. Everything went awry. With any luck the only police that find them are horses. Thanks for stopping in, Indira. 🙂
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Ouch. A caper gone badly wrong. Clever one.
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Thanks Patrick! They don’t always work out as expected. Thanks for swinging by and reading!
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Helen Midgley wrote a successful caper, and you’ve written a foiled one. Great!
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How cool! I’ll have to check that one out. It’s interesting that both of us should think of a caper. Thanks for stopping in, Helena. I always enjoy a visit from you. 🙂
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Anyone who thinks hay stinks (and steals diamonds) deserves what they get! Good one/
janet
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Haha! She’s obviously a city girl. She won’t have to worry too much about the smell of hay where she’s going. 😉 Thanks for stopping in!
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Nice story, and a surprise ending for your burglars. Loved your closing paragraph, I could read it a-grain and a-grain.
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Haha! Thanks, Patti. Glad you got a kick out of it. 🙂
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Oh dear – the pitfalls of leaving important details to chance ….
I enjoyed reading your story.
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Indeed. The devil is in the details. Thanks for reading and commenting, Siobhan!
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Good one! Karma’s a bitch….
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It certainly is! Thanks for visiting! 🙂
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Ha!ha!What an irony of fate-reminds me of a proverb we have in our community-“Night falls,just where we fear the tigers!” :-)Good one again Eric:-)
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Oh cool. I love that proverb! I’ll have to remember that one. Thanks so much for stopping in to visit, Atreyee
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Ha!ha!Thanks Eric-it used to be one of my Mom’s fav-she was a warehouse of folklore,proverbs & idioms-I miss her
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Good story and well done. This is one story where it seems crime really didn’t pay.
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It never does pay, because it’s not the way, especially in the hay. 😉 Thanks so much for stopping in and commenting. 🙂
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Dear Eric,
“T’would seem that a few of us have taken the Karma out for a drive this week. 😉 Hope the horses don’t choke on the diamonds. good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Indeed it does! Who woulda’ thunk hay bales would bring that out of us? Thanks so much, Rochelle!
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Oops! Looks like the poor thieves are out of luck the flawless plan wasn’t that perfect at all! Good job with the prompt!
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A very big oops. “Oh the best laid plans of mice and men.” Thanks very much for reading and sharing your thoughts!
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Ha!! Their plan is foiled. Great twist at the end and a fun story.
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Hehe. Crime doesn’t pay. Glad you had fun with the story. Thanks much for stopping in to visit!
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It’s what happens when you ride where you can’t see the road and know where you’re going. Good humor! I liked it.
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Yup. I think that’s the fatal flaw in the getaway plan. Glad you got a laugh. Thanks much for stopping in!
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Uh-oh! Busted!
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Big time!
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