Tourist: What are they for? I mean, there’s the statue for learning, and that bunch for long life. What’s the spiritual meaning for building only feet?
Tour guide: It’s a beginning.
Tourist: Oh. I see.
Tour guide: No, I mean it’s just the first part made. When the rest of the parts are done, they’re going to put it together in the mountains.
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
True story – the Mongolians are building an enormous Buddhist statue. Now that they are no longer under Communist rule they are flexing their religious muscle. But they won’t turn away help. If you’d like to contribute, they take donations here.
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