Q: What do a tornado, a hurricane and a redneck divorce have in common?
A: In the end, someone is going to loose a trailer house.
Back in the summer of '98, man it was killing time. It was long and reckless. It needed to unwind. The clouds hovered in the distance with assumed rain showers. Although the sun's rays shined brilliantly, they could not puncture through the fierce charcoal clouds. The sun glowed in warmth, but the grass failed to attain the sunshine. Everything calmed to a lull. No movement in the distance presented itself. As if coaxed to sleep, nature rested.
Mother washed the dishes. They dirtied themselves and never could keep a clean face. The presents of a two year old child kept the new house alive. Although new to Mother and child, the house was old news to Father, who owed his childhood to the ancient towering farm house.
The young child that I was had only one thing on mind. It occupies any two year old child's mind. Yes candy, it in fact presented itself as the glorious prize for going to the bathroom. Not just any candy either, the most royal Starbursts stood at stake. I often faked my time on the golden thrown just to get my chompers on the sweet chewy goodness. On this very day at this very hour, I nearly peed my pants. I raced to that golden thrown with hopes of relief and candy.
Meanwhile, Mother scrubbed her way through yet another dish. She soon came to notice a twig, no branch. Oh heavens, she now realized that a whole tree flew by the kitchen window. In a hurried scurry she raced to rip me off the toilet that I treasured oh so very much. As she entered the dark gloomy basement stairs, she ripped the phone off the counter. I lacked any concern of the tornado up above, because for me the true problem brought horrifying thoughts to my mind. I screamed "MOM I DIDN'T WIPE!"
This makes me laugh!!!! I love how you put humor into so many things that you write. Especially the joke at the beginning, that just made me want to read more because I knew this would make me laugh. You put such good imagery into this. I could almost see the view. You ended this in a different way than I've seen most endings. It's not bad though!! I thought it was really interesting how you did that. Good work!!
ReplyDeleteThis had alot of descrition! I lov the choice of words that you used to intensify it. I also like how you used humor it kept me very intreged! GREAT WORK!
ReplyDeleteLeah, I love how you always have a joke at the beginning of your blog post! It makes me want to keep on reading because I want to know what your going to write about. You used great description and detail and I loved your introduction! You are doing an awesome job! Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy the detail and humor in this narrative. Most of us can relate to your thoughts as a 2 year old. Your choice of words and adjectives made the story come alive.
ReplyDeleteI like how you start yours with jokes. The imagery was great in this piece especially in the third paragraph. I really liked the use of metaphors and how you showed that it wasn't so much the fact that there was a tornado, but that you didn't wipe.
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