Silos

Alicia, Sally, and Liam walked along the dirt road from Sally’s house to Liam’s. Along the way they passed the grain silo that Liam’s father had tried to build. Before it was complete the money ran out. There had never been a roof.

“What a waste of money,” Sally said. “He’d have been better off just building a roof than building the walls but not the roof.

“You’re the only family without one,” Alicia said.

“But we do have one. It’s brought us more money, too.”

“Where?” Alicia looked around.

“Underground behind that little fence.” Liam pointed.

“He means the missile silo,” Sally said.

“Oh.”

The Hub: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Photo credit: Marie Gail Stratford