[Don’t know what this is? See yesterday’s post for some background.]
Prompt #211:
- Genre: action/adventure
- Word: quixotic
- Action: balancing the books
Story (98 words, per Microsoft Word):
Sheila’s quixotic pet project – planting an Earth Day flag in the rain forest – had surely been doomed from the start. Her accountant Witmers had said so on Day 1, repeated it on Day 2 and all the other days. Sheila didn’t care. “Just get us the money,” she said. Witmers got them the money, yes. But did he really have to grasp the expenses with such a tight fist? Could he not have reconsidered the truly fatal decision: helicoptering them in, but trusting the guides to get them out – the damned bargain-basement Sherpa guides in their Everest off-season?