The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a story in 100 words or less. You can find all the Fictioneers’ stories when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!
Mickey Forever
So this is the writer’s office, very personal. Decorators would hate all these knick knacks, I like them. And then I see it:
A Mickey Mouse figurine! I want to steal it, it brings back so many memories. Mickey taught little me to read. The adults seldom had time for ‘that nonsense’, now I could read the stories myself. It changed my life. Mickey and friends took me on adventures, to exciting places, and helped me through bad times. I see their flaws now, but I still love these tales.
They also gave me my alter ego: Donald Duck.
(99 words)
True-ish story.
By Disney - Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66173508
Write already! 
A warm appreciation!
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Thank you.
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I love Mickey too.. good story
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Thank you Vartika!
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What a lovely take on the prompt, Gabi. What inspires us varies from person to person. How lucky she had Mickey on her side 🙂
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Thanks Dale. That was me, except for standing in Rochelle’s office, all of it is true. 😉
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Dear Gabi,
I love that you picked up on Mickey Mouse. So much a part of my childhood, too. Sweet story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you Rochelle. And better watch out for him if I should ever visit your office. 😉
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I had to look closely at the picture to find Mickey but there he was. Excellent take on this prompt!
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I was very glad I found him, because the picture didn’t give me ideas otherwise. Thank you!
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I think The Great Mickey Heist would be acceptable! 💕
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I knew i’d have you on my side. ❤
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For all the modern flaws of a big corporation, Disney has certainly had a lasting impact, and a positive one, on many lives. Nice one.
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Yes indeed, I think I got my first little booklet at 4, and I still remember the story, it was about a dragon. Speak about early imprinting, LOL. Thank you Iain.
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There are so many little, but significant, truths in this story. I really like it. (And having just re-read it, I noticed you have classified it as ‘True-ish story’. The truth of the story just sings out – excellent writing, Gabi!
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Thank you Penny. I rarely post personal stuff, but when I saw Mickey in the picture… I must point out that I never was in Rochelle’s office, though. 😉
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The Wonderful World of Disney after Lassie every Sunday night was my childhood line-up for a number of years. Thanks for reminding me, Gabi.
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We had Lassie, too, can’t remember the wonderful world of Disney, we probably didn’t have it (when I was a kid). But lots of little booklets with story, very popular, even now, and very much with grown-ups. LOL.
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Great take on the prompt. It’s so reassuring when simple things of the past prove to be inspirational. I hope the children of today learn to enjoy something similar, when they’re not examining their gender orientation.
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Thank you Sandra. LGBTQ people have suffered greatly in the past, I’m glad they’re getting heard these days, at least in some places.
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Well done. I especially liked the part about the alter ego. Why didn’t I think of that? 🙂
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Thank you Bill! Another Donald Duck? Always struggling, never lucky, having a short fuse but enjoying life anyway?
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Of course. 🙂
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A delightfully different take. I was a Winnie the Pooh-er myself, growing up following in the footsteps of Christopher Robin in the 100 Acre Wood, close to my home.
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Thank you! That’s also a nice memory, I’m sure. Pooh wasn’t a thing where I live when I was a kid.
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Interesting the way you picked Mickey out from everything there is in the pic.
It’s wonderful to have these types of childhood memories. Sweet story, Gabi.
Have a great day … Isadora 😎
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Thank you! I was rather clueless what to do with the picture for a while. So much to see there…
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I’m a minimalist so I can understand the over-stimulation. I took a long minute too before I found something to write about.
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it’s too good to be true for most of us, but it is. thanks for the reminder. 🙂
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It’s fun. Thank you! 🙂
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I too grew up in the world of Walt Disney, good clean cartoon fun.
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Thank you!
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I was so pleased that you reminded me of Donald Duck, I do miss watching all the cartoon characters now my grand children are all grown up
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You could, you know, watch them without the kids? 😀 Thank you.
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Ah, those characters – a big part of so many childhoods. They were so innocent, and so human too in many ways – vulnerable, eccentric, and loveable. No wonder we identified with them. Thanks for the reminder, Gabi. Terrific story.
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Thank you Margaret. I still find them plain fun (even if I’m a bit more critical now.)
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Those things from our childhood never completely go away no matter how the world changes around us. I still have all my Dr. Seuss books. Those might be where I learned to read.
I’m not sure Disney believes in “fair use.”
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Thank you! Dr. Seuss wasn’t a thing where I grew up I only learned about these stories much later and have never read them. Maybe I should…
Disney and fair use… are they extra harsh? I don’t need to leave this image up for long, and it’s on wikipedia, so I wasn’t too worried.
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😲! I can’t vouch for discovering him as an adult, but Dr. Seuss was a huge part of my childhood. If I remember correctly, my grandmother got me a subscription when I was a wee lad. I got a new book every month or something.
In this economy, they have to scrounge for every cent. Do you know how much Star Wars and Marvel cost? They can’t have people using that stuff for free. That’s obviously an exaggeration, but I’ve heard stories of them shutting down people’s Etsy pages.
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Oh, Etsy pages, yes. I guess that’s fair enough when people try to make money with it. But that’s not fair use, that really is copyright infringement. I’ll take it off in a week or so anyway. No power to search bots.
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I’ve always identified more with Donald than with Mickey. Maybe it was the high-pitched voice 🙂
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I mostly read stories, we didn’t have a TV when I was little and we get the movies dubbed anyway, so I couldn’t really tell. I just always loved Donald but also enjoyed the Mickey stories.
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Fabulous memories invoked by the image.
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Thank you! 🙂
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