She’d had the idea while watching a gardening magazine show – apparently plants had emotions and responded to music and words.
Perfect. She stripped down the old grand piano, rejigged the strings and hammers, filled it with grade-A compost and planted the seeds.
She soon had a playlist – Rachmaninoff and Chopin went down best from the Classics, and of her modern repertoire The Beatles, particularly ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’.
Things wilted over anything post-2000 and Wagner.
After a rendition of ‘Strawberry Cake’ by Johnny Cash they were ready to be picked.
Dessert that night was the sweetest Strawberry American Pie she’d ever tasted.
Written as part of the Friday Fictioneers challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details HERE). The idea is to write a short story of 100 words based on the photo prompt (above).
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