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55 - Fountain People

They called themselves the fountain people, although what this signified the young man didn't know. Perhaps they were a race of water-worshippers, beholden to a deity that caused rivers to flow forth from crusty rock. Whatever their origin, to the ambitious archeologist of 7012 they were a rare find. Their story would make his career.



















About Friday Flash 55: The challenge is to write a complete story in fifty-five words. If you've written a 55-flash, go let The G-Man know!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ha, ha, indeed they would!

November 29, 2012 at 10:25 PM
Brian Miller said...

smiles....you gotta wonder sometimes what the future will think of us by the things they find....ha.....true that...

November 30, 2012 at 5:17 AM
Unknown said...

The truth would be less fascinating.

November 30, 2012 at 6:01 AM
izzy said...

I like this ponder! where is that plate ?

November 30, 2012 at 7:50 AM
Helen said...

It's next to impossible imagining that far into the future ...

November 30, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Karen M said...

We lose so much, even in 50 years. I wonder what "people" would be like that far in the future. I like the idea of Fountain people, though. Would love to be one.

November 30, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Ann (bunnygirl) said...

@izzy: This is near one of the man-made waterfalls at Helen's Park in Houston.

November 30, 2012 at 11:44 AM
G-Man said...

AHA!!!!
Thats why I'm gonna be cremated.
I don't want anyone "discovering" me in the next millenia.
Love the name Fountain People
Loved your 55 Ann.
Thanks for playing, thanks for always offering up a classy Gem, and have a Kick Ass Week-End

November 30, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Margaret said...

Very clever. When my children play in water fountains, I must say, they do look like they are worshiping ;)

November 30, 2012 at 10:19 PM
Alice Audrey said...

Capitalism at work? Will he be able to relate so far into the future?

December 2, 2012 at 2:08 AM

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