The water is deep. I find the bottom with my toes and push my brother back to air. I feel myself drowning as he breathes deep, but I can’t stop. The edge is so close. I wish he’d learned to fucking swim.
42 Words / Childhood / Family / Microstories / Yeah Write
The sudden expression of resentment at the end was an unexpected twist.
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Thanks! I like delivering unexpected things.
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Great work
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Thank you!
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The edge is so close yet he could not make it. Sad
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This is actually a true 42 word story. And you will be relieved to know that he did actually make it. I had never swallowed that much water in my life, though.
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What an ironic twist if he were to drown pushing his brother to safety.
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It was a pretty close thing.
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Beautiful delivery of a true story…you capture the love that compels a sibling to save his brother from drowning while simultaneously cursing him for not learning to swim.
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Thanks! Although for what it’s worth I’m female. 😉
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Ha, sorry! I’m the mom of three boys, so my boy bias is showing 😛
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No worries at all. I can see how that would happen. 🙂
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Cursing your brother even when you’re almost drowning. Proves that sibling rivalry knows no bounds.
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Hahahaha, yea it really does.
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