Live and Learn

Posted on April 8, 2012 | 18 Comments

The cacophony of mosquitos surrounded our recruit; never told that perfumed soap drew insects like a moth to a flame. That morning she went to the river and took a bath without soap.

http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/
The 33-word stories are fun to read, but we wanted to give you a bit more leeway this weekend. The challenge is to write a response that is between 33 and 333 words long and uses the words listed below. Use the words however you wish, but make sure that all three appear in your response. Oh, and they must appear in order.

Good luck!
cacophony
soap
insects

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18 responses to “Live and Learn”

Ina | April 8, 2012 at 7:21 AM | Reply

🙂 good tip, not to use perfumed stuff! I love the story.

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- booguloo | April 8, 2012 at 12:49 PM | Reply
  
  Seemed like the best way to go with those 3 words.
  
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Ruby Manchanda | April 8, 2012 at 9:01 AM | Reply

Interesting write up.

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- booguloo | April 8, 2012 at 12:50 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks Ruby.
  
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barbara | April 8, 2012 at 9:15 AM | Reply

Yup, Michael. We learn by experience, don’t we?

I tend to take vitamins that set off a stench to skeeters up here in AK or I would never be able to go out of my house. 🙂

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- booguloo | April 8, 2012 at 12:51 PM | Reply
  
  I heard garlic worked too, but it might repel more than insects. smile…
  
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Linda Vernon | April 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM | Reply

Short and sweet. Gets the job done without sounding contrived. Well done! 🙂

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- booguloo | April 8, 2012 at 12:53 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks. That’s me… short and sweet. smile…
  
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becca givens | April 8, 2012 at 4:22 PM | Reply

I love to read your trifecta entries … your muse tickles me!! 😀

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- booguloo | April 10, 2012 at 2:39 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks Becca.
  
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jannatwrites | April 8, 2012 at 9:15 PM | Reply

This was entertaining and helpful! Bees like the floral scents, too…so au naturale is best 🙂

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- booguloo | April 10, 2012 at 2:40 PM | Reply
  
  That’s what I think! smile
  
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Sparks In Shadow | April 9, 2012 at 2:51 AM | Reply

I love the simplicity of this while it still tells a story in so few words. And it’s helpful, too, to those not in the know.

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- booguloo | April 10, 2012 at 3:19 PM | Reply
  
  Thank you.
  
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Trifecta (@trifectawriting) | April 9, 2012 at 6:51 AM | Reply

Thanks for linking up this weekend. We hope you can come back for the weekday challenge too. Remember to check out our Facebook and Twitter pages for news on what’s happening on the site.

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- booguloo | April 10, 2012 at 3:20 PM | Reply
  
  Thanks for the visit and the invite.
  
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Daydreamertoo | April 9, 2012 at 7:59 AM | Reply

Growing up in the UK, I’d never encountered mosquito’s in my life. So when I moved to Canada and there was one in the car I was told ‘Kill it quick, before it gets one of us.” Indignant, I refused, my reasoning being that, it had never harmed me, so why would I want to kill it simply because it was ‘there’ Once I discovered how much they liked my blood and, not only but alos the black fly (noseeums) and how allergic I was to them, I became the worlds worst killer of those bugs you can imagine. LOL We live and sometimes painfully on an IV drip in the ER, we learn.

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- booguloo | April 10, 2012 at 5:17 PM | Reply
  
  Sorry for your bad experience. At least you might enjoy better weather. smile
  
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