Friday Creative: A Snapshot in Time

Create a story about these boys

I happened to be in Sri Lanka, walking about a rural street. A group of children were playing soccer in the street, using a tied up batch of ragged newsprint as a ball. When some of them saw me, camera in hand, strolling along, looking at this picturesque village, some of them ran away.

I didn’t want to frighten the kids, but as I turned to my right I saw two boys hiding behind a post. I raised my camera and managed to capture just one image, the one that leads this Friday’s Creative.

Can you develop a story around it? Are the boys afraid, curious, mischievous? Is there a back story? How about the textures in the image? How does their rural village fit into your narrative?

No more than 300 words, please, but I hope you’ll share it with us in the comments, below.