Books are heavy - Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus - Week 63
Welcome to Saturday Centus, Week 63, Mrs. Jenny Matlock's weekly writing meme, where participants are requested to write a PG-rated text - fact or fiction, any genre, without illustrations, using a prompt and only (just for this week) 25 words. This week's prompt is " ...I'm not getting any younger... " Here is my text: ------ Sweating profusely, John put down the book-box. "Daphne du Maurier?" "Yes!" squealed Sanna, "Now I'm reading ' I'll Never Be Young Again '. Aching, he thought: " I'm not getting any younger either..." ------ Wordcount according to WordCalc : 25 Best wishes, Anna First Commenter: Lynn of Happier Than A Pig In Mud P.S. When I write texts using characters, such as Sanna Rumsten and John Tell, I am writing purely fictional texts. The real-life background to this text is the fact that I am in the middle of moving to a new apartment; but there is no John Tell to help me carry cartons of books...