This week’s contribution to Friday Fictioneers, a photo-prompt flash fiction group
Friday Fictioneers prompt for 28/02/2014
Copyright -Sandra Crook
The Last Straw
Last spring Jean-Jacques heard of a looming fodder crisis over in Ireland and immediately offered French farmers a price above the going rate for straw. They sold willingly.
The crisis continued and Jean-Jacques turned over a decent profit, gleefully buying and selling more as prices soared.
That summer he stocked up. But Ireland had a boom summer with great growth.
Unlike France. Jean-Jacques watched and waited while prices rose.
With animals dying, his angry neighbours descended in force.
Jean-Jacques tried to defend his investment but a pig farmer bundled him into a trailer of bales, thinking of the fine hams he would have come Christmas.
©Siobhán McNamara
Dear Siobhán,
Sounds like tough times for Jean-Jacques. Guess his neighbors figured him out. Nice one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle 🙂
Oh dear, pay back for Jean-Jacques I fear…
Nice take on the prompt
Dee
Thank you Dee 🙂
Looks like he made a bad investment this time around.
Thanks Adam 🙂
Good one.
Thanks Sandra 🙂
A lot of story in 100 words.
Well done!
Thank you AnElephantCant 🙂
Well-done story. This just goes to show greed often does not pay in the long run. Stay friends with your neighbors.
Thank you PatriciaRuthSusan
What goes around comes around, eh? I enjoyed that, although I guess Jean-Jacques didn’t. He baled. 🙂
janet
Thank you Janet
Sounds like greedy Jacques got what was coming to him!
Thanks Riya Anne
ha, ha. Talk about…just desserts! Or ham rolls in this case…
Thanks hugmamma
Moral – don’t piss off your neighbors!
Thanks writeamy 🙂
Oh dear, these hedge fund and straw bale traders.
Indeed, Patrick! Thanks for reading 🙂
Love the “Title”. We had a good laugh over just the title.
Thanks Mike 🙂
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Fitting revenge! Jean Jacques really got what he deserved. Witty and nicely written 😀
Thanks tinkerbelle96 🙂
Too much greed makes one fodder for the pigs ;-)A great story -loved it:-)
Thanks atrm61 🙂
🙂
What an ignominious end for a hot-shot commodities trader. Good story.
Thanks 🙂
So…revenge is savory, not sweet!
Good story 🙂
Indeed …
Thanks Jan 🙂
The economy makes you do things, I tell you! Loving the great variety of takes on this picture 🙂
It sure does.
Thanks for reading 🙂
Great story and very clever – let the pig feed the pigs! Greed will get you every time! Funny! Nan
Thanks Nan 🙂
i would have loved that he had a change of heart rather than he ending in somebody’s table. .
Thanks plaridel, not sure he was the type!
I would be careful eating french hams from now on…
😉
Thanks Björn
Reminds me of the Beatles song, Little Piggies – clutching knives and forks to eat their bacon 🙂
Thank you for the delicious association 🙂
Deliciously wicked.
Thanks Etienne
Ouch! Sounds like Jean-Jacques paid the highest price of all. What a unique take on the story. I know we’re already into the next week today, but I’m just now getting around to read a bunch from this week.
Thanks Sandra 🙂
Ah, siobhan, my irish lass! that is one of my favorite names. i will follow you blog and hope you will follow mine. Thanks for reading! beebeesworld