The toddler climbed off the bench, waddling toward the edge of the station platform just as the Passau bound train rounded the last curve. Occupied with the ticket agent his mother didn't notice.
Beside the stationhouse playing with a dreidel, eight-year-old Anne looked up. She saw the toddler and the approaching train in the same instant. The girl dropped her toy and ran to the tiny boy. His mother screamed while Anne pulled the child from the threshold.
Moments later a grateful mother smiled down, "Thank you child. I am Frau Hitler, and this is little Adolf."
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"My tears need a minute to find the edges of my face. If you'll please excuse me." The sarcasm stabbed into Juliana’s heart. Antonia glared at her from the pit of the Lyceum as her student fought to hold back tears that had nothing to do with the pain in her fingers. “You’re better than this, again.”
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Comments (15)
Dang. No words except, “What if?”
Roy!... Roy!!!... ROY!!!!! Sorry to yell but how can you do this to us? First I'm panicking that the toddler will get hit and then I'm so relieved he is saved and now... I'm even more rattled! How can you do this to us? I am so happily devastated by this amazing story! How you managed to throw two plot twists in such a small word count is baffling! Not to mention the tension-filled atmosphere you built followed by relief and shock... All I can truly say is "Could you please help me? I seem to have dropped my jaw somewhere around here." 😜
I was hoping for the train to hit the baby. I was like "Ah man, a happy ending!". And then I froze at the baby’s name. Yep, this couldn't get scarier! Excellent job!
Great story! Great twist at the end! 👍
How moments with different outcomes would have shift history. Great story. Well written. 😎
Oy vey. That’s a plot twist I didn’t see coming! It’s brilliant.
I've read at least two hundred of these mini stories and this one has the best, unexpected twist in my opinion. Hats off my friend.🥇🍻💯 Now all we need to do is revisit the time traveler prompt to go back and distract Anne. 😅
My eyes literally popped out of my head. This hit hard! I'm not on my phone, but clapping emoji for you!
Oh, Scheisse!!! What an unexpected twist, Roy! 😱
Oh, damn!
Wow! Did NOT see that one coming. Way to go, Roy!
😂😂😂 that's messed up.. nicely done though. Adding that little messed up fate in there between the two
Lol 🫵🙃 you're just being messy now😆🙈😉...
Eeesh! Nicely done!
Ooo, that hurts.