Dark Harbor, 1943, N. C. Wyeth
“We have too much food here, Jacob. What are we supposed to do with it all? It wasn’t our plan to empty the sea of all its fish.”
“Nonsense, Simeon, nonsense! There is no such thing as too much fish! How ungrateful you are! Me and my men have risked life and limb on the mountainous waves to bring this fine haul home to harbour. Not a life lost, not a bruise nor a scrape did we sustain. Does it not cross your mind to utter one word of thanks?”
“But where is your common sense? All of our salt has been used for the preserving of meat and our barrels are taken with wine. We cannot consume the fish fast enough. It will be left to waste and rot by the quay.”
“You see problems where there are none, Simeon. I propose a feast – let us build a bonfire, barbecue the meat over the flames and wash it all down with copious gallons of wine. We will have empty barrels, spare salt and extremely happy villagers. A solution, do you not agree?”
“I suppose I do, Jacob. You are an ingenious man, so it seems…”
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Here’s my latest entry to Magpie Tales – Jacob is a quick-thinking chap, no?
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Freya Writes... 
Well done Jacob! Sounds like a great party coming up. Well done Freya, I like your take on this one.
Thank you! Jacob loves a party 🙂
A solution indeed Freya. No long term strategy but a plan to satisfy everyone. Well done.
Jacob’s a ‘here and now’ kind of chap 🙂 Thank you 🙂
I enjoyed this! What a logical solution! Cheers!
Thank you, Kathe. I think he just wanted a party 😉
Miaraculously turning the one stomach into the many …..
Yes indeed! 🙂
Clever response to the prompt…
Thank you!
Never, ever too much fish! Unless you’d rather have beef! Hehehe! Ingenious man indeed. Nice story.
Beef or fish… Yes, it does depend on your preference! Thank you.
Nice thing to do! x
Indeed!
I love the different perspectives of your characters! It’s a very entertaining story.
Thank you so much 🙂
What a lovely feast…
I think the villagers will enjoy it!
Nice lot of fish – I’d want chips and mushy peas too.
Eddie 🙂
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Yes, good idea!