This is a yarn about Jack, a hunchback, deformed, toiling at his forge to turn unshapely metal chunks into serviceable horse shoes, knives, swords and any implement that the villagers desired.
The villagers always approached Jack’s forge cautiously and eying his misshapen figure outlined against the raging fire would make a sign to ward off evil.
The villagers were great gossipers, as in all small communities, and meeting nightly in the tavern over their mugs of foaming ale they would discuss whether Jack was fathered by the devil, and the greatest laugh was over whether a woman would even dare look at him.
Rose was a beautiful gypsy woman selling her charms to the villagers to ward off evil and hated the way that men would openly lust at her with their glaring eyes and course gestures.
The Norns, meanwhile, were spinning at their looms weaving the fate of humanity beneath the world tree Yggdrasil
It so happened that Rose’s horse threw a shoe, and so as the fates had foretold, she and Jack were destined to meet and eventually, after many adventures, live happily ever after.
Lensdiary 
Here early*
enjoyed the tale (and hated the townspeople) but loved the synchronisty of this realm, specifically the word ‘Norn’ which appears in my Six this week.
*Six Sentence Story-istically speaking that is
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I was trying to leave a comment on your SSS, Clark, a box popped up asking me to input my email and url and when I did it didn’t recognize me and so wouldn’t forward my comment???
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Hephaistus he’s not (I hope), because even though he got the girl, it wasn’t the happiest of lives.
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Good one and a Greek God I had never heard of. Both crippled to some extent but don’t worry Jack and Rose did live happily ever after.
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I am glad to hear that Jack and Rose lived happily ever after.
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I do try for optimism over despair, though it sometimes doesn’t work out.
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Intriguing introduction!!
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I am so happy that in this Yarn, those two ended up together…
this story made me feel sad at first, because people can be so mean… And gossip is ugh… But then I smiled because…
She dared to look at him!!!
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Exactly, never judge a book by its cover.
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I have a soft spot for happy endings, Len, so I’m very pleased at how your Six ended!
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Thank you, Denise, so do I.
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They sound perfect for each other.
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They were, a match made in Heaven.
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Not the ending I was expecting…nice one!
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It’s tough to write a complete story in six sentences.
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So true!
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You’ve forged a fine tale. And won’t the villagers have plenty to talk about now, though I’m sure Rose and Jack won’t be bothered.
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Rose and Jack are courteous to the villagers but prefer to keep to themselves.
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