The girls went out every Thursday evening around the same time. The room would be in a state. To the untrained eye, a burglary had surely happened. The place looked ransacked. There was a certain irony in the perfection of the makeup and the hair to present to the world that night against the mess they left in the room where they got ready. The air was still speckled with the floral notes of the perfumes, lotions and potions, as the young boy entered the room, clearly disobeying the sign stating no boys allowed.
He had a look around to see if there was anything he might take, but alas there was nothing to draw this ten year old's eye. As he turned to leave the room he spotted something shimmering in the evening sunlight. A tube - he snatched it and ran to his treehouse. He then started applying the cream from the tube to his skin to see what would happen. It seemed to make his skin a little darker, so he covered himself from head to toe.
He soon tired of the experiment with the tube and threw it aside. He decided he would go knick knocking to ease his boredom and thus the "Bronze Door Knocker" came into existence. He could not even hide very well, such was the glow!
Edit: = Knick knocking = ding dong ditch for my American and Canadian friends!
It's been 21 days and that's too long, so here I am, back with a Freewrite.
So, do you know about Free writes? When I first arrived on Hive or the previous chain, I would often struggle for ideas on what to write about, and there were two writing initiatives that really helped - one was called #fiftywords where you could use only fifty words to tell a story about a prompt word and the other was #freewrite which basically sets a challenge of writing a mini story within 5 minutes. I regularly took part in both, and people like 
Maybe you've never heard of the freewrites yourself, and if that is the case, I'd encourage you to have a go, read about todays prompt and how to enter below and above all else mind yourself and have a great day - smile, rub a dog, help a stranger and just be a nice human.
Here is today's prompt post:
@daily.prompt/mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2054-prompt-bronze-door-knocker
The photo used is not my own and was sourced on https://pixabay.com and link is below
https://pixabay.com/photos/cap-boy-smile-tomboy-emotions-2923682/
