The water was filthy. And stank. Jane, the Environmental Minister was surveying the rivers, trying hard to hold her puke and not falling off!

The problem was internal. The industries had been given a free hand to dump waste and the residential sewage plants also somehow got chipped in.

The local natives who lived off fishing in the steams were all gone or dead as there was no food supply and what was breeding now was poisoned. This poisonous supply had now started making its way downstream.

Cleaning this would make them bankrupt! And stopping this was impossible.

“Screwed! Bigtime.”

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This is another version that came to mind as was typing up my Short story and could not resist.. Another take on the same: Treasure, Me Boy! Treasure. Would be great to get an opinion on both

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Friday Fictioneers. 100 Words or less Short story, courtesy Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.
More stories on the Friday Fiction, September 3 edition, click link.
Photo (c) Penny Gadd
Word Count: 100

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