Little Gary’s eyes lit up as soon as he heard the familiar tune from down the street.
Without waiting to finish his cereal, he tore out of the house in his striped pyjamas, the belt of the fabric flying behind him in the autumn breeze.
He clapped his hands joyfully as the familiar face of Howard, the ice-cream man, came into view, cycling and pushing the appetising wagon before him.
Howard grinned back at him and whistled along to the tune of ‘The wheels on the bus go round and round’, pausing long enough to scoop a large one out and heap it onto the crunchy cone.
Gary reached eagerly for the Sunday indulgence and smiled at Howard, not noticing the wheels turning in that brain: that Howard’s smile did not reach his eyes; the same eyes which cleverly concealed the leer of the Pedophile within.
©Shailaja V
Written for Five Sentence Fiction’s Prompt: Wheels
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ohhh the ending… we should be aware of the dark side 🙁
Me on liky the twist 🙁
Creepy ending that certainly gave me a jolt. Very well written. Sad to think there are these types around preying on children. 🙁
Sad part is they do exist.. Well written Shailaja..
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Urk. I do hope they catch the guy!
Oh, God! I knew the ice cream man had a bad mind! Terrific twist at the end, Shailaja!
My God! I was not prepared at all for that one. Nicely written.
oh god!! pedophile!!
i was wondering while reading the frst 4 lines that this post is different from your usual style but the twist in the end proved me wrong. scarily good! 🙂
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Oh! That’s terrible. Didnt see that coming!! Good one, Shailaja! Liked this new look of yor blog 🙂
On the brighter side wheels within wheels reminds of a light comic character Monty Bodkins created by PG Wodehouse. He usually keeps referring to this in the story “Heavy Weather”. Cant help it I have a mania for the comic lord 😀
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Oh God that was scary! But well written Shailaja
A chilling end! very well written, as usual, Shailaja!
hey, there u go again. Fabulous climax!
Oh my Shailaj! This writing is so …well, shocking! I knew that the tune was that of the ice cream truck though right at the beginning…didn’t know it was on the other side of the world! 😉 <3
Sweet story then the surprise shocker! Good one.
This sent shivers down my spine! I did not expect this after that sunny start. Wow!
Not the way I would’ve wanted this to end. All cute with the ice cream 🙁 Well penned Shailaja.
That sounded like such a PG Wodehouse kind of a title and then this! Scary stuff.
You have done it again, Shailaja! Here I was so happy to see your post. Needed it – something sweet to put me in a happy mood – and then WHAMO! You did it again! You are awesome! HUGS <3
Oh dear! I so wasn’t expecting that… *shiver*