'Yellow-belly' shouted one. 'Cowardly, cowardly Custard, can't cut the mustard' sang the rest in unison, until finally, the boy standing at the cliff edge, fearing his friends' derision more than the drop, launched himself off the precipice, overshot the water and landed with a bone-crunching smack on the rocks below.
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Posted in response to @jayna's 50-word challenge which you can see here
The image is mine.