For Charli Mills’ writing prompt: a 99 word fairy tale.
Once upon a time there was a little boy who gazed at the stars. Far away, a little girl wished on every falling star to catch one and follow where it led.
The boy grew up to be a starman. On his first voyage to investigate Earth, he was drawn out of orbit and fell, streaking the night with fire. He climbed out of the vessel, the smoking crater, and took the hands of the girl with brilliant eyes who was waiting for him. Together they repaired his ship and flew away to write their destiny among the stars.
Jane Dougherty Writes 
Well that was a surprise. I assumed you would subvert the hope but you let it fly. Not sure why I thought that
I’ve had enough of sad endings. Let it fly, as you said 🙂
Goody!
A very enchanting fairy tale, Jane!
Rather short, 99 words. I might have another go at this one.
Yes, do!
you’re on 🙂
I’ll have to listen another time as Little Miss is napping.
What a great adventure!
If I could choose a guide to the universe I know who I’d go with 🙂
Not a song I was familiar with.
I think I’d like to travel with my hubby… 😉
Me too. But we’d need a guide, not being familiar with the star systems 🙂
Hubby has a bit of science… Maybe he’d be enough if he actually read the instruction book 🙂
Would make the trip more interesting if he didn’t 🙂 Mine was born with a GPS in his head. He’d plot a route and we’d follow it. Boring.
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Awe… some distractions would be nice 😉
Comets, black holes, star nurseries. Who wouldn’t want to see those?
I am a big fan of both Star Wars and Star Trek…
I love the campiness of Star Trek, the first series with Captain Kirk, but I’ve never been able to fathom out what’s going on in Star Wars.
Just good verses evil. Hi tech.
I must be looking for something that isn’t there then. Truth is, I usually have issues with the goodness of the goodies and badness of the baddies.
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Just like Star Trek there are the sub plots, romance, hardship, even princesses.
I like mysteries, but I can’t watch the show ‘Criminal Minds’ TV show anymore. Just too ‘bad’. I have enough nightmares with out that show.
I haven’t watched TV (or owned a TV) since I left home at 18 to go to university. I even find it hard to sit and watch films now.
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I watch just a few shows. The NCIS and the like. And being a Grama I watch the kiddie channel when ‘babysitting’ M-F, but I also read quite a bit to my 2.5 year old.
I pick ‘feel good’ films. Well I did see the new Star Wars. But I like to write more these days. Poetry and flash fiction. 🙂
I’ve taken to also watching the cooking and golf channels when I fold laundry sometimes. For white noise.
I used to listen to the radio when I did the ironing. I’ve given up doing ironing now 🙂
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I don’t iron much either…
Had a grandmothers that ironed everything!
I have contemporaries who still iron everything. The iron underwear, hand towels, pillow cases, sheets. Mad! And sad. It’s because they don’t have anything more fulfilling to do.
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Where’s a blank piece of paper, or my shoes for a good walk. I supposed it is all in how one is brought up. I’d rather used my imagination 😉
Too many girls brought up with the idea that they made the home beautiful before they even dared to sit down with a cup of coffee. Heaven forbid sit down and write a book!
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I’ve never let that vision hamper my desire to write for over 45 years. The book part though that’ll have to wait just a tad. Not to many go for modern poets. Lucky to have found blogging (though the name is awful) and the wonderful support of other creative folks. 🙂
Me too. It’s hard to imagine what I did before 🙂
Fly, Starman, fly! What a sweeping cosmic fairy tale!
As I said—topical!
Loved your rather SF take on the fairy tale Jane. Nice tribute too to the late great Major Tom. And just touch of Icarus too, but with a happy ending. Well done!
Thank you Jeanne. I’m glad you enjoyed the tribute 🙂