Ten year old Johnny rushes home from school. He
invades the fridge and is scooping out some cherry vanilla ice cream when his
mother enters the kitchen.
She says, "Put that away, Johnny. You can't
have ice cream now. It's too close to supper time. Go outside and
play."
Johnny whimpers and says, "There's no one to play
with."
Trying to placate him, she says, "Okay, I'll play
with you. What do you want to play?"
He says, "I wanna play 'Mommy and Daddy'."
Trying not to register surprise and a bit confused about
what her 10 year old son was learning in school, she decided to appease him, by
saying, "Fine, I'll play. What do I do?"
Johnny says, "You go up to the bedroom and lie
down."
Figuring that she can easily control the situation, Mom
goes upstairs. Johnny, feeling a bit cocky, swaggers down the hall and
opens the utility closet. He dons his fathers old fishing hat. As
he starts up the stairs he notices a cigarette butt in the ashtray on the end
table. He picks it up and slips it in the corner of his mouth. At
the top of the stairs he moves to the bedroom doorway.
Really confused, and now even a bit worried, his mother
raises her head and says, "What do I do now?"
In a gruff manner, Johnny says, "Get your butt
downstairs and give that kid some ice cream!"
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