Challenge
May 2024 Drabble Challenge: "Sprung"
Using exactly 100 words, tell me a prose story. This month's interpretation is wide open, but somehow stick to the topic / idea of "Sprung." Spring, sprung, hung, bouncy, end-of-wintery, whatever. Horror? Sure, ok. Porn? Hell, let's see what you got. Mechanical mania, machines awakened by the passing of an infectious comet? Overdrive it, baby, to the maximum. The only rules here are standard English grammar and punctuation and a word count of exactly 100 words. I'll pick a winner sometime after June 1 and before July gets here, probably.
Spontaneously Rung
Jake leaps over the spring surrounding the cottage. He tiptoes, trying to avoid crunching leaves that still litter the yard from last autumn.
He arrives at the door and places his finger on the doorbell. Pressing down, -bing- the spring inside presses back, -BONG!- and echoes throughout the walls of the solitudinarian's home.
Startled, Henry springs out of his recliner, "hooray! Company!" And with a spring in his step, rushes towards the door.
He opens to find nobody. Excitement turned disappointment.
"I need to fix that damn doorbell. Spontaneously rung again." Or, as Henry likes to call it, "Sprung."