“Ticket
please.”
St. Peter*
#quote
Today I spent time at my card game thing and also tiring myself and
our new puppy out. Things do have bundles of energy. And teaching
them not to do things can be rough as they bolt through the house to
do it behind your back. Anyway onto the flash fiction!
The Hard Of Hearing Genie
Being hard of hearing is something that can really make someone's
life rough, really rough. And it makes someone's else's life rough
when the person who is hard of hearing is a genie. One wish can turn
into another when the genie didn't quite hear you right. And really
he was trying to grant you what you wanted.
The man who wished for more wishes got more dishes. They were dirty
and cheap.
The woman who wished for a beautiful dog got a beautiful log. It was
heavy and sturdy.
The child who wished for a sister got a blister. It was round and
apple red.
The gambler who wished for some luck got a duck. It was fat and
clumsy.
The bachelor who wished for a honey got a bunny. It was black and
loved lettuce.
Oh, if only they made hearing aids for the magic folk. Then maybe
wishes would be as they were meant to be. A novelist wished for the
perfect story and now has a daughter named Dory.
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