Crimson’s Creative Challenge #90
Fredrik clumped and clattered his way up the stairs. “Come on, Trudie, there’s plenty of room up here.”
Trudie wasn’t so sure, but she followed him up, nose twitching and sniffing.
“Something’s missing here,” she said after another sniff of the air.
“Nah, it’s cool. No one else here, no fight for the food.”
“No food,” she remarked, now she’d figured what was missing. “This isn’t a mill for grinding grain. No wonder there’s no one here of our kind.”
Fredrik stopped at the top step and looked around him. “Hmm. Not agricultural land, only grazing.”
“Plenty of room… but no place for mice.”
St Olave’s Mill is a windpump, for draining the marshes
crispina kemp 
Maybe they made another mistake, and were looking for dormice to eat, instead of mice?
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No, they were mice, looking for grain… thie mice in the windmill in Old Amsterdam
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Ah, whereas I thought they were looking for mice for food!
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Nah. They were the mice
But I didn’t make that very clear. It was just those last two lines… if they’re read right
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Hey, you only used so many words. So I read it differently. I had fun with my reading. I was imagining Basque Falangist elves enamored of Roman eating habits. Because, you, know, they exist, and they’re a lot more tolerable than the Swedish berserker elves armed with butter knives.
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Brilliant. Thank you Brian
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I am only responding; you created.
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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At least they had a place to stay.
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That’s true. Just no grain
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👍👍👍
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🙂
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Might keep them safe for a bit but they’ll be hungry before long!
Sweet one, Crispina.
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Thanks, Dale
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🙂
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I couldn’t have guessed till the last sentence, and I like surprises 😁 This is a good one
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Thank you. Enjoyed the writing
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Oh I loved the twist at the end. Great job, Crispina ♥️
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Thank you, Shweta
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You’re very welcome 🙂
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🙂
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Lovely twist at the end, I didn’t see that coming at all.
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Thank you. You know if it’s possible to twist an end, then I will 🙂
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Hmm… no place for mice? Probably place for rabbits, which are half a breath from mice!
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It plays on the idea some folks have that if it’s a windmill, it must be used for grinding corn. Which this one doesn’t. It’s a pump
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My mom would die if she lived somewhere that needed a pump. So afraid of water and floods.
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I’m not too keen on it. Reallt racks up the house insurance!
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