Title: Legend Keeper
Source: Flash Fiction Challenge
Prompt: Write a story that features a bucket of water.
Word count: 99 words
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No one remembered the well digging ceremony, the water pump’s installation, or the water bucket’s significance. During the troubles, it was the only county pump to provide clear, pure water.
This was my family’s land. My land and my responsibility. The caretakers ensured we wasted not a drop of precious life-giving fluid. The task grew more difficult with each passing year. Many had forsaken the old ways, and the relic’s existence faded, erased from common memory.
As the keeper, I held the stories, legends, and rituals. With the full moon, the remaining guardians gathered and spoke with the sprites.
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
Jo Hawk 
i am intrigued about the water saving rituals of old. and this keeper of tradition seems to have little or no help, maybe there will be supernatural favour soon, nice story Jo, it has all the ingredients of a bigger tale to come.
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Ha Gina. There is an abandoned water pump I discovered as a child. I have imagined many stories about it. Perhaps I should consider weaving those stories together into a longer tale?
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maybe a historical fiction kind of story ya?!! er are so connected through our ancestral DNA, you never know what this story could reveal – good luck if you!
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It is necessary that it should be saved. How right
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I love old hand pumps, there is something mysterious about them.
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There is!
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A well seems precious like water was less taken for granted. I love the gathering in the end.
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I am glad you enjoyed the story Charli, Your prompts and stories are always inspirational.
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