Thank you @mariannewest for another fabulous #freewrite challenge, today's prompt is switch
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This is a stand alone freewrite, although it does follow on from "Jelly". To start at the beginning click here.
"Can't we just walk?" Mike said. He really didn't want to get into the gondola with the fat man. Not just that he was worried that the boat couldn't hold his weight, but the boat looked kinda narrow.
And Mike didn't want Jelly's sweaty blubber rubbing up against him.
He pointed at the path, "Let's take a nice gentle stroll towards the exit," he said. Hoping that the path did indeed lead to an exit.
Jelly looked disappointed. His wife laughed.
"Don't worry," she said. "Jelly doesn't do boats. Oh, he likes to look at them, but he doesn't enjoy being in them. Get in the boat." Mrs Jelly's tone seemed more threatening than it had before.
Mike swallowed hard, and started walking.
"I'm not getting in the fucking boat," he said. "And you can't fucking make me."
Mrs Jelly laughed. It was a horrible sound and it made Mike stop in his tracks.
"We'll see about that," she said. And Mike saw her flick a switch on the wall.
The lights went out and Mike's world suddenly flipped upside down...
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Please sir! Can I have some more? MORE?!!! oh! ok, then...
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Yay! I won last week's Constrained Writing contest by @svashta you can read my story "Bes" here (although I think it has past upvote time, so I would love you to comment on it instead!)