“What is it, Mama?” the boy asked as they walked down the sidewalk with the great wheel looming in front of them.
“We don’t know, son. Some say it’s our Great Escape to another world since we can’t drink our water here anymore. More people are sick from poisoning from pollution.”
The citizens were gathering around the wheel, which seemed to be slightly vibrating. Some were afraid. Most seemed relieved. They had received leaflets dropped from the sky.
“But where are we going?” the boy asked.
His mother told him she didn’t know. She hoped to a safe, clean place.
Photo credit to Jennifer Pendergast
The Write Scribe 
That’s like – ‘Welcome to the real world’!
Very nice picture. That wheel (is that a wheel? pendant?) is so gigantic!
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left me wanting more… Good write.
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Thanks!
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Poison or not it sounds risky to leave. Who ever controls the wheel should help clean up the poison, don’t leave, it may be a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire.
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I don’t think a leaflet would be enough to persuade me. On the other hand, I might end up a s the last sucker on Earth. 😀 Nicely done.
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The escape hatch, otherwise known as “Plan B”.
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A leap into the unknown of epic proportions. Nice take.
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Thanks, Iain!
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It’s one thing to have hope, but I’d be very leery to just jump on the first thing without any other information.
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Hope is the last thing left, especially when we’ve ruined the water… and most likely everything else.
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I don’t know, it feels a bit like a set up to me…
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Carl, in case you don’t get my other note….I have a lot of relatives in the Marquette, Michigan USA area named Bystrom. I don’t suppose you are from that area…..or from an area in Sweden around Finspong?
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Finspong? Not sure. But I understand that Bystrom in Sweden is a bit like Smith here in the states. = )
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Would you take the chance? I suppose if your present life was really bad …
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Queue Journey! “The Wheel in the sky, keeps on turning! 🎶
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Sad and moving but with a touch of hope there. Let’s hope Mama’s right. Nicely told tale, Rosemary
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