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Salty Retaliation

2 min readApr 17, 2024

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Today’s random word is: against

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I was having the best time ever!

Each time I ran out to the ocean, the water would push back against me, even knocking me down sometimes! Then, it kept trying to pull me away with it! I think that ocean was laughing at me.

I was going to get even.

I waited, and just after a wave had rolled away, I took off after it, jumping and splashing through the water. I was going to beat it out to the water before another wave came to push against me again!

That’s when daddy grabbed me and said “No more!”

This is my latest drabble. What IS a drabble?? It’s is a fictional story of exactly 💯 words that is both challenging and a lot of fun to write. Nancy Oglesby posts a daily random word to write our drabble about. Want to join in? We’de love to have you just! Just click on the link below!

https://medium.com/fiction-shorts/107-random-word-drabble-5781777bac29

Check out this particular drabble that truly spoke to me by Eko BP

https://medium.com/fiction-shorts/against-all-odds-means-impossible-d46e10cf3f10

I truly love this community and the support we all give to one another. I am tagging those here whose writing I truly…

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Jennifer Morrison
Jennifer Morrison

Written by Jennifer Morrison

I am a whirlwind who changes daily, but I always have a pen in my hand!

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