We call her “Le Petite Danseuse“, after that sculpture by Degas. The story goes that she wears a long white tutu, and pirouettes round and round like a music box dancer. As yet, I’ve never seen her. Not that I haven’t looked. Waited. Even played my violin hoping she’d come. Nothing.
Pierre from accounts captured a blurry, white image on his phone. Reckons this was a dance studio, and a young ballerina died when the Brits bombed Paris.
Bet it’s only steam from the kettle. Or, that he’s drunk too much Absinthe, and gone flying with the “green fairy”.
99 Words
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This has been another contribution for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wishoff Fields. This week’s photo image was provided by Yarnspinner.
I also wanted to let you know that I’ve been participating in the Blogging A-Z April Challenge. My theme this year is Writing Letters to Dead Artists. Here’s a link to my Weekly Round up
If you are participating in the challenge, please leave a link to your blog and a brief intro in the comments below.
Best wishes,
Rowena
Beyond the Flow 
Awesome story… mysterious and dreamlike.
Nice tie in to Degas. Amusing read Rowena.
Ah, I love a mystery!
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
Dear Rowena,
Ethereal and enchanting.
Shalom,
Rochelle
This was a lovely story, Rowena. I really enjoyed it.
Good imagery.
Great take on the prompt, Rowena! I particularly like your closing sentence.
Intriguing tale.
Very nicely done, and a great take on the prompt.
I love ghostly things when they’re not harmful. Such an evocative picture, a young girl dying in the bombing.
https://lindaswritingblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/a-hideout/
Thank you very much, Linda. I struggled initially with the image and then thought of someone setting up a dance studio in that abandoned space and the rest popped up. My daughter dances and it’s become part of my way of life.
Best wishes,
Rowena
Thank you very much, Sandra. I was lucky that Absinthe is known as the Green Fairy as it played well into the story.
Very mysterious. Great job.
Nice one. Maybe he only sees her when he is in high spirits 🙂
I am doing the A 2 Z too, but I am so far behind 😦 http://subrotopant.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/a2z-challenge.html
An enchanting take.
So – she believes in the green fairy but doesn’t believe Pierre has seen it? Gren-eyed monster, methinks!
Oh, I want to visit this studio. You made it sound so enchanting.
Thanks, Alicia.
Thanks, Liz.
The green fairy is a euphemism for absinthe, which conveniently worked in with the ghost theme. Google can be very helpful at times.
Best wishes,
Rowena
I was just about to pop over and see what you were up to. Good luck with catching up and don’t give up. I find I do my best writing each year during this challenge. There’s something magic about the pressure of writing like this every day and writing through a topic alphabetically rather than sequentially, puts a different slant on a topic. You end up darting all over the place and I think that rough structure brings disconnected ideas together and presents a fresh perspective.
Best wishes,
Rowena
Thanks very much, Lisa.
Best wishes,
Rowena
I love great ghost stories – Nice one.
Nice take
Thanks very much, Tracey.
Best wishes
Rowena