T(ea)
I’ll admit, I was only half listening to my daughter. She’d just gotten back from school and was chattering about her day. I was going through the mail.
“Tea,” I heard her say.
I looked at my watch. “Sure, I guess. You going to make it?”
“You are.”
“Fine. Don’t take that tone, though.”
“’Kay.”
I dropped the mail and started to fill the kettle.
“Ee.”
“Eat? No, we’re not eating anything now. We’re having dinner in an hour.”
“Why?”
“Because that’s dinner time.”
“And that’s how you spell TURKEY,” she proclaimed proudly.
I stared at her, thoroughly lost. “What?”
The Green-Walled Treehouse 
Smartarse kid. But I guess all kids are
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It does seem to be a common trait with kids. 🙂 Thanks for reading, Neil.
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That’ll teach mom to pay more attention? EH?
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Yeah, really. 🙂 She thought she knew what was going on.
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Brilliant base for a story!
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Dear David,
I had to read this twice before I got it. But then I haven’t had all my coffee yet. 😉 Fun and funny. But I expect nothing less from your tower. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle you sent this to me.
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Oops. Thanks for the head’s up, Violet. I copied it and the emoticons came out huge. Strange.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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OMGoodness- I types that before I even got out of bed! sorry David- you can trash these comments!
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I’m sure you’re not alone, Rochelle. This is definitely one you need to read twice to get fully. I wasn’t sure how it would go over, but that’s the fun of the Fictioneers, to try whatever. 🙂 Have a good week!
-David
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Thanks, Violet! So glad you liked it. It was a fun one to write.
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well crafted!
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Very clever. Thanks for the chuckle. 🙂
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Thanks, Joy! Glad you enjoyed it.
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Really silly story!! Bravo!
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Dear David,
I had to read this twice before I got it. But then I haven’t had all my coffee yet. Fun and funny. But I expect nothing less from your tower. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Not sure why the emoticons came out huge. Perhaps you can fix it on your end, David.
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Kids can be annoyingly funny 😃
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How old is she?
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Well, THAT was different!
Good job.
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Very clever. I had to read it twice before I got it. 🙂
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Haha, that was a good one, David!
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unexpected n funny
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Buahahahahaha! That’ll learn Mom or Dad to pay attention!
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Right? 🙂 They were traveling parallel on totally different trains of thought.
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As so often happens 🙂
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David, your story put an ess em eye ell ee on my eff ay see ee.
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Haha, thanks. Very clever. 🙂
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🙂
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