Wednesday 2 March 2022

The Leaning Tower

"I wish to visit the Leaning Tower," Lini said dreamily.

Her mother nodded understandingly.

Lini had won a trip to visit Italy.

But, her happiness didn’t last as she met with the accident. 

The recovery process meant that she would miss the trip.

Photo Prompt- Anne Higa
"I wanted to paint right there..."

Her mother knew how Lini felt.

The next day, Lini woke up to a surprise! 

The Leaning Tower was right there in her room! 

Her mother had installed a home-theatre system.

It projected a true-to-life image on the wall in front of her! 

There was a blank canvas with colours too! 


100 words story for Friday Fictioneers

Isn't virtual reality amazing? Science makes this possible.

14 comments:

  1. Good for painting, but still not the same as being there and taking in the atmosphere! Hopefully she gets to go once recovered :-)

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  2. Perhaps the mother could also supply pasta dishes and Tuscan wine

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  3. What a lovely gesture from her mother.

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  4. Did the mother arranged for pizza while the daughter was painting the leaning tower of Pisa?

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  5. Aw, what a thoughtful mama :)

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  6. And then, some day, maybe for real. But for now.... Well told and comforting story.

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  7. So cute, a mother can truly make anything happen

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  8. Mom's always want to heal and keep their children from disappointmenting pain.
    Sweet mom ...
    Isadora ��

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  9. Awwwwww, Lini's mom adores her daughter and it shows so poignantly here. It is a story they will remember and share for a long time and hopefully a painting to honor the memory will also arise.

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  10. Great story Anita, and very credible. I am familiar with this tragedy. Our son was booked on a history tour of Europe with his school in 2020 which was cancelled due to covid. We live in Sydney, Australia so the trip was a huge deal and a real stretch for us financially. We could do much to get around it at the time, but he is going sailing on a tall ship in a few weeks and I'm just praying nothing goes wrong there. I find it so hard to plan ahead with covid still being around.

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  11. what a kind and loving gesture. the real thing is something to look forward to. :)

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  12. Dear Anita,

    What a lovely thing for a mother to do for her daughter.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  13. That's lovely. And maybe that's just a taster and she can still visit when she's better :-)

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Your words mean a lot to me.

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