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# Freshly Butchered
- URL: https://www.writingintheshadows.com/freshly-butchered/
- Published: 2023-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-14T16:32:38.000Z
- Author: Ken Preston
- Tags: Flash Fiction, Short Stories

Here is the third in my series of fifty-word stories based on this photograph.

I hope you’re enjoying them.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e5/f3/e5f3ce55-c9d3-4643-a93f-512036ef1319/content/images/2026/08/Old-Lady-November-2023.jpg)

## Freshly Butchered

Arthur always saved me his nicest cuts of rump steak, even during the war.

‘But the boy’s stopped eating meat,’ I said.

‘Here.’ Arthur winked. He dropped a greaseproof parcel into my shopping bag. ‘Stew these until the meat’s dropping off the bone. He can suck them like lollipops. Lovely.’

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