In the shallows of the gently lapping waves, the girl, dress tucked in knickers, had played.

The sun, low in the sky, casts an orange glow.

Shops long closed. Curlews, in flight, send out their cry.

A mother comes out to call her daughter home.

There’s no one to hear.

Jean lives in Bath in the UK and loves reading 50-word stories. She has a go whenever she gets the time.