It took all afternoon, but she managed to not be discovered.
Rose had said that it could not be done. It only made Marina more determined.
“It isn’t proper,” Rose had said.
Well, what wasn’t proper was that lads went. Why would the lassies not?
She was supposed to be at the hotel’s library, peering daintily through lace windows at the expanse of sea.
Instead, she hid in the tiny cabin, inching it toward the water, hoping for tide’s help.
At last her bare toes touched a tongue of foam. It was worth the lashing she’d get once back home.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt: Sandra Cook
Na'ama Yehuda 
I wondered too about making it a bathing machine
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I was wondering if anyone else would see it as I had! 🙂 Apparently, yes!
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A sweet story Na’ama.
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Thank you, Sadje! I’m thinking of all those who pretend that the past was ‘great’ and who hark back to times of supposed ‘better’ when in fact, a lot was not better, or at least not better for many who had no voice, no say, no vote, no standing, no autonomy. And … well … what freedoms we have are hard fought, often by those who refused to accept the status quo and saw inequality for what it was – a system of control and unjust domination. … So … yeah, I would not want to go back …
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Very true. The myth of Good old days is mostly a myth.
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A myth, yes, for it was ‘good’ (or aspects of it might’ve been perceived as such), for only a very few, and most of that by force, power, control of others, exploitation, and violence.
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Indeed! Man/ humans have this tendency to look back with rose tinted glasses.
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Indeed many do, while forgetting – conveniently – their own subjugation to kings and their wars, lords, feudal systems, a greedy, corrupted and power-hungry Church … and more …
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Exactly 👍🏼
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Indeed …
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👍🏼
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time has a way of smoothing the rough edges of memory.
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Indeed! Many times!
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Good take on the prompt. She would, presumably, be caught on her way back to the hotel. I guess she thought it was worth it.
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I think you are right, and I think she believes it was well worth it … The injustice of inequity is one that many accept without raising a voice, but there are those who ask questions, and who refuse a status quo, and change happens due to them … If it weren’t for those who advocated voting rights for women (which led to more freedoms for women because they finally had a voice – something ‘conservative countries’ are aiming to take away exactly because they cannot abide women having a voice and a choice), we would not be allowed to own property, to open bank accounts, to testify in court, to vote, to run for office, to sue against domestic violence and marital rape (both were legally allowed before women had their own personal rights), and so on. And … perhaps … it started also with some girls daring to put their feet in the water …
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darn straight, the lassies should get to feel the waves too. She’ll be making her own waves as she gets older!
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Yes, she will! You ‘got her’ perfectly! Yep. She won’t be knitting by the fireplace while others get to do stuff, unless she darn well WANTED to be knitting by the fireplace while others did stuff … 🙂
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Na’am Y’karah,
What’s good for the lads is good for the lassies. (That’s why I became a bat mitzvah as the tender age of 48 😉 ) Sweet story. Worth the lashing indeed.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Never to late to get what you should get! 🙂
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I have to say it meant more to me than it would have when I was twelve. 😉
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I bet!!!
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Looks like she’s going to be a wave maker!
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Ha! Perfectly said!! 😀
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A sad reminder of the times back then for women. Why not the lassies indeed! Wonderful story, Na’ama.
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Thank you, Brenda! And there are too many places on earth where this is still true – in one way or the other – for girls and women, and ought not to be … and too many places that are turning toward taking away the rights women and girls fought so hard to have … and we ought to be mindful of that, so we don’t end up with our daughters and granddaughters being deprived of basic freedoms we believe ought to remain everyone’s to have.
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Some things are worth a whipping for.
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Well, whipping ought not happen, but some things are certainly worth breaking the rules for, when the rules are unjust and harm no one in the breaking.
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I never wanted to live in the ‘good old days’. She’s strong, I hope no one breaks her.
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