“Tellin’ ya, Kid, we’re strayin’ too far from the Ranch. First bouncin’ through Fandango’s OWC… now where we at?”
“We cain’t give up, Pal. We gotta find Frankie’s missin’ glass eye. Mebbe the folks over here at Friday Fictioneers has seen it.”
“Kin ya see me rollin’ ma eyes? I jist wanna go home. On the range. Where the buckaroos play. Look, Kid, we’re the only ones ridin’ hosses. This place ain’t fer us.”

PHOTO PROMPT © Ceayr Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
“Then why’s there a waterin’ trough? Let’s lead the hosses ta water, set an’ think.”
“Kid, look! Frankie’s eye’s in the trough!”
“Things is lookin’ up.”
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“Okay, got it, so now kin we head back ta Carrot Ranch, git this eyeball back ta Frankie, an’ jist git back ta our normal routines, chores an’ sech?”
“You betcha, Pal, we’ll even take a shortcut, go by way of Crimson’s Creative Challenge.”
“Kid, what’s Frankie’s eye color, cuz somethin’ ‘bout this here eyeball don’t look right.”
“Oh, yeah, the eye color a this ocular prosthetic seems a shade off.”
“Oh shift, dang thing slipped outta ma hand, bounced inta thet concrete crevice.”
“Dang, it’s sure gonna be hard lookin’ Frankie in the eye an’ ‘splainin’ what happened.”
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“Well Pal, back at the Ranch, finally. Cain’t believe we went all that way, keepin’ an eye out fer Frankie’s missin’ eye then lettin’ it roll down the drain.”
“I cain’t believe yer gonna make me be the one ta tell her. There she is now, saddlin’ up Burt. It’s thet dang fickle filly Clarice what caused all this ruckus in the first place, dang hoss walks like a four-legged pogo stick.”
“Frankie. You got yer glass eye in. Thought it was lost somewheres.”
“Looks like I found it. Where you two been? You’re a sight for sore eyes.”
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Welcome to Friday Fictioneers. This does somewhat (by a factor of three in fact) exceed the 100 word length.
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Ah, it does but the Friday Fictioneer part is the first 100 word bit. Rather than separate posts. Just playing around, I probably won’t do this again.
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That’s a very clever and inclusive story or three. I’m diggin’ the crossover appeal.
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Thanks, I’m somewhat relieved if you’re diggin’ it, wasn’t sure these two should be let off the Ranch but off they went. Frankie was Charli’s s mail carrier back in January, you may recall. Anyway, Thanks.
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An excellent ending, and still very clever.
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Thank you! Much appreciated.
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So much fun this week! Thanks for the double dip 🙂
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Well dippity do da it was fun. These two write themselves so I feel like I’m cheating. Also feeling a little worried with the liberties they’re taking…
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I don’t usually like conjoined prompts but this one more’n works for me! I wuz luvin’ it from the git go!
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Thanks Dale. I don’t usually either but thought this might be fun. I didn’t have much choice, really. Um, be careful, their dialect is contagious.
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It was fun… And yeah, that dialect shore is fun to play with!
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Wandering goofballs in search of a glass eyeball. Glad Frankie didn’t have to miss her eye long, but I see someone is missing an eye!
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Uh oh… an unfinished story. You are mighty perceptive.
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I enjoy how you incorporate the prompts in such an imaginative way into your narrative.
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Thanks! These two are a lot of fun for me so I’m glad if you enjoyed their first off-Ranch adventure.
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Love it. And I wonder who’s gonna stick their hand in that crevice to fish around for the lost eye. Not knowing what might lurk there. 🙂
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Yes, that question remains. I may have to come back by and do more justice to your prompt. Thanks for prompting my characters back to the ranch where they belong though.
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I enjoy what you write 🙂
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Thank you, I appreciate that.
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🙂
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Around the sphere and back again. Here’s lookin’ at ya!
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Har har. Thanks!
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good job of nailing three birds with one stone or story as the case is here. always a great job. I love coming here.
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Ah, that made my day. I love having you come by.
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“Things is lookin’ up.” And then they didn’t and then they did and then…what’s happening next? Dare I ask? Love it!!
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Yes, they had their ups and downs with this adventure. As you know from the Ranch, these two have something to say every week.
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Welcome to FF, even though you cheated on the word count! Loved the authentic voices.
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I respected the word count. But then kept going. Readers are free to stop after the first 100 words that go with the FF photo prompt.
Thank you for the welcome and kind comment. I am an infrequent participant at Friday Fictioneers, as photo prompts don’t usually work for me, or I just plain don’t have time, but when these two saw that trough well, it fit their needs nicely. Thank you for your understanding with the rule stretching. It’s an aberration, not a pattern. All in fun.
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You’re on a roll. LOL … I loved that you continued on with this.
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Had to, Susan, had to write these two back to the ranch.I’ll see you there.
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See you there for sure 🙂
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Novel take on the prompt! 🙂
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Thanks. These two characters have been riding the range for almost three years now, but this is the first time they’ve free ranged. I’m relieved they’ve been so kindly received out in the world.
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I enjoyed your trilogy. What a lot of fun!
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Thanks Buddy. It began actually with the post prior to his one, “Lookin’ Good’.
Hope things are good with you.
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I’m not sure if I’ve read it yet. Missing some. Catching some. 🙂
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Dear D.
I’d say you covered all your bases. 😉 fun trilogy. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you. I’ve been an infrequent Fictioneer and I hope my rule stretching in my latest appearance hasn’t done me in here.
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Could be attributed to my faulty memory and the many writers who’ve come and gone. 😉 That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Still nice to see you here. 😀
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Things is lookin’ up. . .a sight for sore eyes. . . .you had a lot of fun with this one, didn’t you 🙂
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Ha! I sure did! These two have been itching to get further afield and while I don’t think the triple should play every week, I’d like to see Kid and Pal out and about like this more often.
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Several of us have reappearing characters, and it’s always fun to see what happens next.
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Nice style and language and plenty of fun
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So happy if you got all that fun out of this as I sure had fun doing this.
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I love the continual play on words in these linked stories. ‘Things is looking up’ is particularly fun!
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These are so linked- almost three years now, reporting on Carrot Ranch and consolidated at https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/ranch-yarns/. Thank you for reading and commenting. These two characters have been anxious and reluctant to step out of their comfort zones. Ya know?
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I got a kick out of your story and love the fact that her eye wasn’t lost after all that!
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Yahoo! (There’s plenty more of these yahoos on there ranch yarn pages at this here site.)
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I just went to your main page and see where those yahoos are bunkin. Thanks for the pointer, D!
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🙂 🙂 🙂 even more fun! I like the boundary-hopping.
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Thanks! Yeah, once these two got going it was hard to corral them.
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Tell Frankie I’ll keep an eye out for her.
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Ha! Much appreciated.
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Loved the ending and the uniqueness, but I have to admit I feel a bit lost lol
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Yeah, these two characters usually live on a virtual ranch where they are known, so I worried about them wandering out of context. Here they are ranch hands who are looking for their friend’s missing glass eye. But that’s another story from Carrot Ranch. They are collated from their beginnings here:
https://shiftnshake.wordpress.com/ranch-yarns/ If you are interested that page reads from he bottom up.
Thanks for coming by!
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I really enjoy the humor this morning. I laughed out loud when he said, “Things is lookin’ up.” Thank you for this post.
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Thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed these characters. You might be interested to know that they are now running their own Saloon via Carrot Ranch with the hope to bring humor every week.
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