He revved the well-oiled engine and bounced his brows in her direction.
‘You wanna ride?’
‘Maybe in ten years’ time.’
The engine attached to his bicycle coughed and died, as did his ego.
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For Trifecta: ‘33 words about anything you want. Your piece must include at least one hyphenated compound modifier.’ And here’s mine…thanks for reading.
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Aw, poor guy! Love this Sandra! Great compound modifier — and I love the bit where he “bounced his brows in her direction.” Awesome!
I wondered about the bouncing brows bit…glad it worked. Thanks 🙂
Even the eyebrow action couldn’t save him from ignominious defeat. Cool story! 🙂
Hehe 🙂 Eyebrow action rarely does. Now if he had some good conversation up his sleeve, that would have been a completely different story.
Tch!Tch!Nothing worse than being rejected when you think you are the cat’s whiskers,lol!Poor guy!I agree with Suzanne:-)
Thanks Atreyee 🙂
awwww too cute
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Aw, poor kid. 🙂 Great response.
How come women, of all ages, know just how to dent a fellows ego? So unfair!
Loved your story – made me smile.
We’re born with the knack, what can we do? 😉
Nice closing punch… ‘as did his ego’. Good one.
It’s hard to keep the squares of cardboard pinned just so to his the wheel’s spokes. I can feel the breeze in my hair.
It’s hard to be cool when machinery won’t cooperate 🙂 Poor guy!
So true!
bouncing-brows… love it!
Heh 🙂 Thanks Ted.
Sounds like something I would’ve tried!
I missed the linking limit on the post.
Mine is at https://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com
Scott