By Richard Edenfield
May 10th, 1918.
A block of 24 cent postage stamps were printed that accidentally depicted an upside down Curtiss Jenny JN-4HM biplane.
2015.
A young girl named Jenny lived in poverty in Harlem, NY. Jenny always did cartwheels and handstands in front of her dilapidated home.
A wealthy businessman bought one of the inverted Jenny stamps at Sotheby’s for 977,500 dollars.
He was a philanthropist.
Driving through Harlem, the man saw Jenny doing handstands. He parked and got out.
“Jenny!” Her mother yelled. “You can’t change the world by being upside down!”
The man smiled and walked to Jenny’s front door.
Lovely little story, thank you for sharing
Thank you,
Good story, but is that really a surprise at this point? Richard seems to only respond in short bursts here and nowhere else…so I’ll ask him a question within this platform. Are you yourself real? Or are you just a mysterious gimmick that a well-known author is using just for fun. Not being a wise guy or anything, simply curious about your origins.
Thank you very much.
So is it a fair assessment to say that you can’t answer me like a normal human being as you did with others right below me? I actually thought you were an automaton until I saw a legitimate reply back to a specific question. I am CLEARLY not the only one that is curious about your writing or your history/life story. Honestly, I am pretty disappointed overall by your basic social abilities. Or lack thereof. But alas, you’re still a good writer. #DoNotDeleteThisComment #ItWasStillPositive
Thank you very much.
You’re not welcome. Never will be.
Richard, I must admit I am curious as well. Are you a robot? Clearly you are an excellent writer. Why the vaguery and lack of response? We just want to know…
Nice one.
Thanks.
Great story, as ever.
Do you have any archive of all your stories on a blog anywhere?
Thank you very much.
I am very flattered at your comment and interest in my stories. Of course, I am aware of all the wonderful things you wrote on Flash Friday and Three Line Thursday. As well as here. I do not have a place like that where all my stories are together. I hope one day to get them all in a room together, at once, so I can give them a good talking to. My stories are very childish and are constantly running all over the place. I yell at them and tell them to keep still, but they never listen to me; as soon as I write them, they are off doing God knows what. If I even mention a “Blog,” I am sure they would all up and move to Paris or some exotic place like that. The ones I post on here are just the ones I could catch! Upside Down Jenny was hiding under a chair in the kitchen. Thank you once again and I hope you have a great 2016. I hope everyone on here does. I am additionally flattered at all the supportive comments I have gotten on here.
This reply was better than your flash, which is excellent. Instead of sitting there in front of the blank page, I am going to go look under the kitchen chair! Thanks!
Your welcome. Look in the refrigerator, also. They like to hide in there. I already caught another story for next week… It was eating my leftover meatloaf! You just never know what a story will do after you write it. People think they just sit around waiting to be read – but, I have noticed many blank pages where I know for a fact that there was a story there, before. Best of luck story hunting. Sometimes they come if you leave a dictionary out… It îs like thier cheese.
Thank you.
Nice, optimist take on humanity. Well done.
Thank you. Authur C. Clarke once said that he believed in being optimistic, because at the very least it could be a self fulfilling prophecy. He was talking about mankind as well as the individual. I love that. I am all about self fulfilling prophecy.
Originality is everything. You are original. And a great writer. And this is a unique way to tell an uplifting story.
Thank you. That is very nice to say.
Good story, Richard. You sound somewhat like me. I have a zillion story ideas scribbled on bits of paper, most of which I try to turn into flash fiction stories. I’ve got maybe 200 or more posts on Friday Flash Fiction and a few more elsewhere. Hope I can find one lying around that turns out as well as your “Upside Down Jenny”! By the by: You have enough comments to make into a small book. You darn sure must be doing something right!!! Keep on doin’ it!
Thank you. I like to invent. I’m an Aquarius after all. Peace, love & happiness and a nice split window Corvette! I’m just a flower child looking for water. Good luck with your writing.