Prompt ….
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The old-man had little time to enjoy his estate. However, he would go around it on all full moon nights and meditated in the especially constructed outhouse. It was out of reach for all others.
During the last full-moon night few days ago – he started on his monthly ritual and detected the mirror.
‘My stay on this planet is complete’, he thought.
He carried the mirror in to the outhouse.
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Next morning the old-man was reported missing. The outhouse was completely empty except for a shattered mirror.
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47 of the world’s 50 richest billionaires sighed with relief.
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Thanks for the prompt Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. SHALOM.
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I think it’s highly symbolic that his trip should require and outhouse.
Glad you appreciate the symbolism.
Thank you.
My stay on this planet is complete…….. words of wisdom.
https://ideasolsi65.blogspot.com/2018/08/who-is-being-watched.html
Thanks for the read.
A portal to another world. Excellent.
You got it. Thank you.
47 out of 50? Wow. Does that mean 47 more will have to “leave”?
These are the ones that need to be controlled perhaps by a stricter controller.
Thank you for the interest.
oh my that last line left me stunned so is it the same fate that will befall all of them?
They can breathe easy for till the next controller takes over. Thank you.
Excellent ending.
Glad you like it. Thanks a lot.
What happened to other three? Did the old man take them with him? Old man is one of the billionaires, I suppose?
The old man is the controller enjoying his stay here at the cost of his job hence he has been called back. Thanks for the read and interest.
Job done! Clever and different. Nice one YS
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Thanks a lot KR.
An imaginative and eerie story, like the meditative mood of it. Don’t quite understand the last line about the millionaires.
I have no idea what an outhouse could possibly represent but I see foul play afoot here.
Your last line made me laugh out loud! The thought of all those relieved billionaires seemed so incongruous that I found it hilarious!
Yes, I must say, the symbolism of the especially constructed outhouse leaves one to wonder…
I can’t tell from the comments above if this is the worldwide interpretation, but here in the US the primary meaning of outhouse is an exterior primitive bathroom without plumbing. Assuming this is intended, there are several comical points in the story–him bringing the mirror into an outhouse, which usually would have no room or need for such vanities, the idea that this would be the portal, or the location aliens would choose, to beam him up, and finally as Penny noticed, the double entendre of the billionaires being relieved!
Ah, the garden shed a symbolic retreat for all men and a place to escape the world by the sound of it. Did he take the billions with him?
This is unique and fun with the outhouse and the millionaires. I can’t say I understand all of the symbolism, in my mind I kept seeing a golden toilet…
Brilliant ending.
He used the mirror to teleport out. I love the outhouse as his place to meditate and communicate with his home planet. I used the mirror as a time machine … similar ideas. Nice job! =)
Very nice! Mirror as a portal. I wonder what he accomplished…or didn’t accomplish.
I wander what happened to the last three.
Outhouses are perfect to be yourself.
A golden toilet, an outside privy, aliens and billionaires!? I have no idea but i love it!!
I wonder it the millionaires will continue to be relieved when he doesn’t return – who else might take control now? An intriguing tale – who and what he was, as well as the why.
i think the mirror did it. he happened to look at his reflection while doing his thing and it scared the hell out of him. 🙂
Was he in control of 47 out of the 50 billionaires? I don’t understand what happened. Still, it’s a fascinating story.
Hi YS! Since long not getting notification of your post. Hope everything is okay. Missing your wonderful stories.
Great to read your story after a long time YS. Great one!