Prompt ….
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The grand old dame looked glum. The owners were contemplating renovation of the old hotel as the tsunami warning was issued. All were advised to vacate the area within 24 hours.
Boats and ships were dispatched to salvage the most expensive items in the hotel by the owners.
The silver-ware, old wines from the cellar, electronic goods, including the new red tuk-tuk were loaded and stored in a safe place.
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The massive tidal waves of the tsunami overturned an old silver-urn and its contents were dispersed.
Finally Henry could let go and start anew.
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Thanks for the prompt Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. SHALOM.
Yarnspinnerr 
I wasn’t expecting the sudden upturn at the end. Great twist – and it makes you wonder, was the old silver urn an oversight in clearing the property, in the presumed haste? Or was it deemed unworthy of being taken? Or was it deliberate. All these questions raise just enough tension and “unease” in the mind – perfect.
Thank you for the generous comment. I loved the way you described the emotions that a reader felt. 🙂
my pleasure in the reading 🙂
One treasure left behind and found!
Good one, YS!
Glad it appealed to you. Thanks a lot. 🙂
Great story and a beautiful post script .
Happy it clicked. Thank you, Moon.
sometimes a storm gives the new start someone needs….
May be the storm comes to give a new start to somebody …… 🙂
Thanks a lot.
well said
That was such an interesting and intriguing story. What was in that urn??
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Glad it piqued your interest. The urn contained Henry’s ashes.
Thank you so much.
Did Henry leave it behind deliberately or just forget it? Interesting story.
It contained Henry’s ashes. Glad this interested you. Thanks a lot.
You got us all wondering about the urn and it’s contents! Intriguing YS
It contained Henry’s ashes. This was an esoteric take where the spirit is unable to move on in its cosmic journey if it has too much attachment to things/ persons it leaves behind.
Thank you KR.
Now why didn’t I think of that? Thanks for claifying!
Welcome. 🙂
That was a great ending twist, Yarnspinnerr. That storm gave him a benefit. Good writing. 🙂 — Suzanne
True. It liberated him. Thank you so much. 🙂
As I read I imagine the urn held the ashes of Henry’s loved one/s, so their loss set him free to carry on his life. Having read the comments and learnt they are Henry’s ashes, adds a ethereality as Henry is let loose to roam again.
Good story with the two sides – the frantic preparation to save things, and new beginnings resulting from things lost.
My muse or probably my beliefs took me there. I looked up Hotel Henry Berrisford and learned he had 10 children ….. and other details. That was how this story crystallized.
Thank you so much for reading it and summing it up here. 🙂
Lucky Henry 🙂
Truly liberated!
Thank you so much. Regret the delay in reply.
I got the feeling Henry got tired of being imprisoned in the urn and arranged the tsunami 😀 An engaging write YS
It is a perspective. Thank you so much for the interest and lovely comment. 🙂
Loved it. They left behind his ashes… how cruel.
Glad and Thanks for dropping in.
I guess the ashes were not those of a loved one, if Henri finally felt released. Great atmosphere here.
Thanks a lot. 🙂
I am guessing the Henry’s spirit was trapped in the urn with his ashes. Now he free to roam in the ocean. Nice one.
That is how I imagined this piece of fiction. Thank you so much. 🙂
I loved the all Pablo’s buffet ….. unfortunately the site would not allow me to post my comment.
I think many of us limit our possibilities by hanging on to things and people. Sometimes, it takes a storm to sweep everything away before we can start anew. Great story.
So true. We all have been or seen such a situation. Thanks a lot for the insightful comment.
I expect that Henry’s descendants were also liberated by the loss of his urn and the dispersal of his ashes. An illustrious forebear can be a difficult burden.
True – to live up to the reputation and achievements of one’s ancestors is often very difficult. It could be a great theme for fiction.
Thank you so much for the read and feed back.
So the tsunami *did* serve a purpose after all! Interesting resolution; I didn’t see that coming.
At least here it did. 🙂
Thanks for the read and feedback.
Oh I loved that ending!
Thank you. 🙂
I hope Henry loved the water – if so, this would be a truly fitting end for him. Lovely story
Thank you so much. 🙂
My pleasure
Superb. It took some time and rereading to understand.
Frequently my thoughts are a little convoluted and I lack the skills to imprison them in 100 words. 🙂
Thanks for taking the trouble to read and comprehend.
You did okay. My English is weak so sometimes it takes few more reads and Googling some words.
English is a funny language. 🙂
🙂
Now I have to check the meaning of ‘ convoluted’ 🙂
Just complicated. 🙂
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