Andrea carried her picnic basket down to the promontory to sit and enjoy lunch under her favorite oak tree. It was a beautiful tree, enormous and very old. Sacred to her people, it provided a fine shade from the afternoon sun where she could enjoy a book or even an afternoon nap.
She pushed the tire swing pensively back and forth with her toes while reclining on her back, munching her lunch basket apples.
A sail was moving in fast from the northeast. Andrea stood and watched the vessel accelerating into the massive wall of mist to the west. As always, she winced in horror as the captured vessel tipped forward at the edge. The thunderous pounding of the waterfall nearly obscured the screaming of the terrified sailors, and the ship was lost over the falls.
Andrea just shook her head. Someday, surely, the explorers had to stop coming.
She climbed onto the tire swing and kicked into a slow, broad sweep out over the edge of the world. At the apex of each big swing, Andrea considered the darkness of space and the twinkling of stars visible between her toes.
Now that would be an awesome vista for exploration.
200 words. Inspired by this week’s Sunday Photo Fiction prompt:
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So the world really IS flat. Great story.
Well, her world is, anyway.
Indeed 🙂
Loved this story. A twist on reality.
I just liked the mental picture of a swingset over the edge of the world.
This story is awesome Dave! Your descriptions are wonderful. I too loved the ending where the tire was swinging over the water as she was watching the sky.