(for Carrianne and Enzo)
She opened the door into a sea of chaos. Flour, rice, and chips scattered from one end of the house to the other; herbs once happily growing on a sunny windowsill lay in shattered shards on the floor. She wondered if she'd been robbed, but what kind of burglar leaves televisions and laptops and ransacks kitchen cabinets? A bored, hungry one, apparently. She followed the trail of white through the house and on the furniture to catch the culprit red-handed, or white-pawed to be more accurate, sprawled and bloated on the sofa. Did you do this? she growled. He raised his head, lolling in her direction, and gave the sad-eyed greyhound face that they both knew she couldn't resist. If she didn't love him so much, she'd have killed him on the spot, but they both knew that wasn't happening either. She really didn't want to think about the havoc uncooked rice and flour might have on a dog's digestive track, so she pulled out the broom and got to work.
~Elise Skidmore ©2020
Love the way your stories flow. Cute story, and true, no matter what they do we love them.
Thanks, Lucille! This actually happened to Carrianne last week and her telling of the tale and the aftermath had me rolling with laughter. I admitted that if I’d been the one to walk in on that, I wouldn’t be laughing, but the way she told it I could see it so clearly, like one of those videos on the internet, it was impossible not to laugh. Her telling of the aftermath of that gorge-fest was hysterical too, but I thought it best to stop where I did.
Awesome poem! I can visualize the whole scene and hear Carrianne telling the story, even though you, as her mom, are telling it in 2nd person. I loved, “She followed the trail of white…..to catch the culprit…..sprawled and bloated on the sofa. ? Thanks for sharing on Facebook. ❤️
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