Ominous Tree | A 100 Word Story

#298 Creatures of the Night

She sat with her back against a large tree and watched people walk by. Some sat near her. Laid out picnics with friends. No one noticed her. At one point she called out to a boy who wasn’t watching where he was going while running down the path near her. He didn’t stop, and tripped over a soccer ball being kicked around by a couple of teenagers.

Why didn’t he listen to me? She wondered to herself. Hours later, when the sun started to set, she stood up just as a homeless woman walked through her pushing a full cart.