Monday's Minute Challenge (July 6, 2015)

This is a very fun and very helpful challenge that I will be participating in every other week. Tessa Emily Hall hosts this challenge at her blog: http://christiswrite.blogspot.com/, and you should check it out:)


This week I used the sentence and picture prompts, and I'm continuing my story from last week. It's 304 words. 

Krist smiled as he read through the questions and his answers. It was such an easy test. 

What type of material are Meredith Daley's curtains in her bedroom? Silk. 

Which small creature disgusts her the most: a) Ants, b) Caterpillars, or c) Snails? The first. 

From whom did Miss Daley receive the doiley on the end table in her living room? He frowned when he read over his answer. Of it, he was not certain. From the way in which she had reacted when he had taken the doiley, he supposed it had been given her by a close relative; probably one who had passed away. But nowhere had he been able to acquire definite information concerning that piece of lace. He shook his head in frustration when he read his response, knowing that it was false: The object in question was a gift from her grandmother when she moved into her apartment. 

He turned the page, ready to be over with the whole thing. There was only one question uncompleted.

There is a cup of coffee on the counter in Miss Daley's kitchen when you arrive for your investigation. She has been gone some time - when you feel the cup, it's cold. There is more than half that has not been drunk, and, thirsting for information, you decide to have a swallow. Once finished, however, you note a message shakily scrawled at the bottom: "You've been poisoned." Has she really poisoned you? If yes, what poison has she used? If no, how do you know that you need take no precautions?

As he read this final problem, Krist was completely immersed in the written scenario. He wasted no time in thinking it through, but his conclusion was well formed. Taking up his pen once again, Krist smiled. And wrote the right answer.


auf wiedersehen, darling

- Maddie