Childhood Memories
“Duck.”
“Duck.”
“Duck.”
” GOOSE!”
She hollered the call, as she solidly cuffed his skull through the mop of hair that stood up on the back of his head.
Sliding into his vacant spot in the circle of first graders, she prayed for him to return her affection.
WELCOME!- the cue this week is DUCK
- six sentences, no more, no less
- any genre
- use that cue any way you like
- come back and link up
- hop around and read some more
Recording Life Under the radar 
This is a sweet story.
I’ve never played this game, but we have a similar game, in which the ‘it’ drops a hankerchief behind someone secretly, instead of calling him ‘Goose.”
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the hankerchief method is far more demure… probably would have prevented some bumps on heads!
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Ah … the gentle affection of childhood! I’ve never played this game in particular … but I do remember others 😉
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we seemed to play it constantly… that and red light-green light.
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now red light – green light I do remember playing most summer evenings one year!
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Not heard of this one at all… but I wish I had played it so many years ago.
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You would have been a scamp tapping every cute girl in the circle!
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How funny, I read this then reread the last line. As I did I was taken back to that time and remembered how that WAS how we felt! If he picks me he must like me!
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or even … ” you liiiiike him…you like him, like him….”
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Nice one Ivy. Sweet. Simple. 🙂
(“No! Don’t wreck the sentiment by adding”….life remains constant, non? The games of childhood become the games of adulthood.,..lol
Happy Thursday !
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I am do happy to see you here today! Happy Thursday…and yes some things never change.
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That brings back some good memories!
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🙂 doesn’t it!?
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Oh that is a nice story–love it, Ivy. And sadly, I doubt I’ll have one this week–barring a miracle beyond the Resurrection 🙂
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the computer still fritzy????
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Laptop is mercurial, Easter’s fast upon me…and for some reason, nothing’s coming to mind for “duck”–other than “quack” 🙂
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I love how kids show affection. My son and his friend used to play punch each other. A socially acceptable way for little boys to hug in public.
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such aggression! hahahaha…. but he likes me!!!!!
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yeah (keying on Val’s Comment) there was the ‘contest’ of ‘who can hit the lightest’. Always a scott to initiate the contest and he always lost! (Not to infer a gender bias, but those of us at that age were deeply involved in practicing our interpersonal skills…. now read the comments…. god help us all!)
lol
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never won that one huh????
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I *loved* duck duck goose. Thanks for the memory. 🙂
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your welcome! me too!!!!
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I remember playing this when I was a child. Sure does bring back memories of this as well as the others we played. 🙂
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those were great games.
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I am familiar with this game, but don’t ever remember playing it as a child. I love the sentiment though, it reminded me of primary grade classrooms where the boys who were pestering you the most were probably the ones who had a crush on you and vice versa. I remember wearing a dime store ring from one of those little boys for a short while. 🙂
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oh, you missed something special! but you had that cool ring!
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My entry for “Six Sentence Stories – Duck”. http://ramblingsofawriter2016.com/2016/03/25/six-sentence-stories-duck/
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Such a lovely story of innocent pure love.
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Had to dig into a moment last autumn for this one https://cheryllynnroberts.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/peace-of-mind-haibun/
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