Saturday, July 16, 2011

Just Misunderstood

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Jenny Matlock


Here's my week 62 Saturday Centus effort, squeaking in just before the deadline.  The prompt for week 62  from Ms. Jenny Matlock from her blog off on my tangent  is "and the sign read..."   Here is my 100 word effort for this week.  I have entitled it:


Just Misunderstood



The neighbors on Spruce Lane said Mr. Mooney was crazy.

Wearing a thick wool sweater and neoprene shorts wasn’t weird enough.  He had to don the Pith helmet and ballerina slippers too. 

His front yard revealed other clues that he was of unsound mind.  Like the signs…so many signs!   “Welcome to Thursday,” “Free the Lemons,” and “Fish Crossing,” were among them.  Another clanged against the rusted metal gate, and the sign read “Do not feed the grysbok.” 

Painting the trees with phosphorescent paint was definitely different too.

Yes, to the neighbors he was “Loony Mooney,” but to me he was just Dad.


Jenny Matlock


When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand 
in a closet for five minutes without moving.   
He said it was elevator practice. 
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6 comments:

  1. I think I had a neighbor like that!

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  2. Loved the elevator practice!! lol and Looney Mooney was good too!

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  3. I definitely had a neighbor like that. ;) He had a rock in his front yard that he watered...and told us it actually "grew" a little each year.

    Thanks for the giggles.

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  4. Hahahaha! That was great! I see where you get it from! Hahahahaha :D
    ~Ames

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  5. Tom! You got me! I wasn't expecting that final line! What a surprise! Such a neat little gem of a story. Your imagination has no bounds! And aren't we lucky because it doesn't? Very cool.

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  6. Wow, Tom! Is this fact or fiction or a bit of both? Great story!

    Best wishes,
    Anna

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