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“What’d you have to do that for?” yelled Daddy, his gargantuan green, wart-covered head now halfway through the roof. “You’re so impulsive! Besides, you know it’s my favourite part.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now who needs to relax?” said Mother. “You got the last one, remember? And don’t forget, you got to drive first.”
“But it wasn’t even ripe yet,” protested Daddy, “and she was such good company.”
“Get over it!” snorted Mother. “We’ll pick up something on the way.
Now do something about your appearance. You look dreadful."
First published in Flashes in the Dark, April 26, 2011.