WRITING PROMPT RESPONSE

A Funny Bird Hiding the Magical Rainbow

January Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Fun”

When a seagull photobombed my timelapse.

It was such a magical morning. When I got up and crawled out of the tent I almost immediately saw the huge rainbow stretching across the lake. I boiled some water to make tea and oats and sat down on the beach with my breakfast in hand.

I set up my camera to take a timelapse of the rainbow and the clouds behind it moving across the sky.

Sitting there and admiring the beauty of the scene I watched a colony of seagulls floating along the shoreline of Lake Manapouri picking for food in the water.

It was peaceful. Except for their occasional, very distinct shrieking cries.

And then, this one seagull walked out of the calm and shallow water to seek more food on the beach.

Right in front of my camera.

Blocking the rainbow I was filming entirely.

Photobombing the scene.

I couldn’t be any different but laugh.

This is a writing prompt response to Sandi Parsons’s “January Prompt”. Look at my first submissions:

“Mr. Quail Gets the Best Dad Award”

“Type Two Fun is Suffering For the Reward”

“When the Arch Shines Bright and Colorful Above the Rain-Heavy Mountains”

Read below other writers and their fun prompt responses:

Catherine Oceano with “I Live On A Boat”

Mary Chang Story Writer with “These Rocks Are Too Big for Skipping”

Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles with “Don’t Just Fly, Darling. Soar!”

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