365 Days of Drabbles: Day Forty-One
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jeriendhalFor Naziha Zahed: "When knowing how to draw saves your life."
Note: Only one more prompt in reserve. Moar plz....
It was a big wall.
"It's very simple," the General had said to her, as they stood before the Presidential Palace, watching workers patch bullet holes. "I want you to paint a monument to my glory. A spectacle describing every aspect of my conquest."
She'd been a newspaper cartoonist, once. She'd moved on to portrait paintings later, but they had remembered. "How long do I have?" she asked.
"As long as you need."
"And after I'm done?"
He smiled. "You will be properly rewarded."
Right. "How could I refuse?"
Fifty meters by twenty high. Enough room for a lot detail.
Note: Only one more prompt in reserve. Moar plz....
It was a big wall.
"It's very simple," the General had said to her, as they stood before the Presidential Palace, watching workers patch bullet holes. "I want you to paint a monument to my glory. A spectacle describing every aspect of my conquest."
She'd been a newspaper cartoonist, once. She'd moved on to portrait paintings later, but they had remembered. "How long do I have?" she asked.
"As long as you need."
"And after I'm done?"
He smiled. "You will be properly rewarded."
Right. "How could I refuse?"
Fifty meters by twenty high. Enough room for a lot detail.
