Jackal's 100-word story for May 3, 2025

Jackal wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 3, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Just past the old oak tree in the Peterson’s yard, there is a beautiful patch of wild flowers, in every color you could imagine. I used to see them every time Dad would take me out to hunt, but we never stopped. We would run past them quickly since Dad didn’t really get along with the Peterson’s, and it was their land. Last year Dad said we had to hunt somewhere else. I was overcome with sadness thinking I would never get to see them again. So you see that’s how I got stuck here. But I can see them.

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