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I’ve told you not to sit astride the window sill like that!
Why not?
It’s dangerous.
It’s not.
Remember when you fell off that seesaw?
Your fault for pushing it too fast.
When you fell off that horse?
The horse’s fault for jumping a fence.
When you fell backwards off your mate’s motorbike?
His fault, he took off too fast. Anyway, you don’t complain when I sit astride y….
Sush, people will hear you!
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Then it happened.
She wobbled…
She toppled…
She screamed…
She swore … as she landed on the coffee table and knocked a vase of flowers onto the floor!
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting and to Alicia Jamtaas for the photo.
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Keith's Ramblings 
Thank goodness she fell inwards!
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Indeed! Cheers, Iain.
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Ouch.
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She used a much ruder word than that!
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🤣😂🤪
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Dear Keith,
He tried to warn her. Thank goodness she didn’t fall out the window.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It could have been a lot worse! Thanks, Rochelle.
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Danger lurks when the fault is always someone/something else. Great parable hidden in your storytelling, Keith. Lovely read.
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A good point Suzette! Thanks so much.
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It was bound to happen
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…one way or the other!
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I can see it all in my mind. And that’s just the way it would happen. At least she fell inward!
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She’ll need to think twice before sitting astride anything again!
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Good twist
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A lucky twist!
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Now she has a mess to clean.
The picture prompt reminds me of a very, very old Andy Capp comic strip with Flo sitting in the second-floor window to clean it and her friend being most concerned. She said it was less dangerous than dealing with Andy.
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I’d forgotten about Andy Capp until you reminded me. I can see that strip in my mind!
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This is one lady who loves living life I think
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She lives it on the edge!
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in this case, it looks like fourth time was a charm depending on one’s point of view.
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You could well be right!
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Thankfully she fell inside instead of out.
But she should take heed, whoever is warning her is trying to save her life.
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Perhaps her name is Kat in which case he’ll have nine lives!
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They say that tragedy and comedy are two sides of the same coin. I’m glad she landed on the humorous side!
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Indeed they do Dora! Best of luck next time.
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Keith, hola! Long time no see! Where you be 😃
“Between the right doings and the wrongdoings, there’s a field; I’ll meet you there.”
Don’t know why was reminded of this quote when I read this spunky tale. 😃😃
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Great to see you again Natasha, virtually as it is!
That quote’s new to me but I like it.
It seems a bit late to say Happy New Year, but I will anyway! “Happy New Year!”
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Any time is a good time to say Happy New year, Keith. 🙂 Back at ya!
Yeah, it’s a quote by Rumi, my favourite mystic.
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It was his fault for making her worry, but did she fall from the window or from him? 🙂
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The window I think, I have a feeling they actually get on pretty well, especially when she’s sitting… Never mind!
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Never minding. 🙂
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Always an adventure with her.
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That’s life! Cheers, Danny.
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Such logic in this conversation! Cute.
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You could say that! Thanks so much.
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Well, this may be one case where it is “better in than out” …. 😉 If you gotta fall, fall inward … 😉
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That’s true!
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🙂
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This is delightful. Hopefully, no one was hurt!
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No one was hurt in the making of this story!
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You had us on the edges of our windowsills, Keith 🙂
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Haha, not literally I hope Linda!
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Haha – well could have been worse she could have gone the other way 🙂
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He may have caught her! On second thoughts, probably not!
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There’s a right way and a wrong way to fall. She’s not all that clumsy after all. Well done.
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…at least, not this time! Thanks, Sandra.
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I almost spat my coffee on the “you don’t complain” line.
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Oh dear, sorry about that Liam!
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No problem! It was funny!
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I think the coffee table, vase, and flowers got the worst of that deal. They wish she fell the other way.
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You have feel sorry for a table with a broken leg!
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Some people never learn. Lucky girl. 9 lives?
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Her name was Katherine, Kat for short!
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Catherine with a “C” would be more fitting. But Kat is close enough. 😀
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Nicely done, Keith. I’d be nervous watching someone sitting on a window ledge. Good job she fell inwards.
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Me too!
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🙂
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Phew! The tension!
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I was on the edge of my seat as I wrote it!
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Oh dear! LOL bit cheeky Keith. But lucky this time she fell back not forward.
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