One Is Enough
The Scene: Interior suburban family home. Stacks of clothing, books, stuffed animals and various other items spill out of bedroom doors into the main hallway of the home. A preteen boy is pulling things out from under his bed as his mother sorts them. She is surrounded by piles of trash, Lego pieces, books, DVDs, colored pencils, and dirty socks. It appears to be room-cleaning day. “What about this, Mom?” the son asks, crawling out from under the bed holding a long, pointed, plastic witch nose, the kind that fits on a person’s face with adhesive tabs inside of it. “Put it in the costume box,” the mother says. The son gets up and walks out of his room. Out in the hallway, he is nearly run over by his somersaulting teen brother. The younger brother probably thinks that he might be able to get out of having to go all the way to the storage closet by pawning the witch nose off on his brother.
Younger brother (sounding enticing): Hey, you want this cool nose?
Older brother (without skipping a beat): I already have a nose.
[He continues somersaulting down the hallway.]
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6 Responses to “One Is Enough”
February 9th, 2009 at 1:35 am
LOL
Until I got to the older brother part, I thought you were writing a scene from my house.
February 9th, 2009 at 6:12 am
I love moments like that…. that make you smile.. it’s one of the fun parts about having kids!!
February 9th, 2009 at 7:56 am
What exactly was a witch nose doing under his bed, anyway?
February 9th, 2009 at 9:15 am
i love the literal view of the world (and the somersaults)
February 9th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Hello Tanya,
Yep, Nigel reminds me of me – then and now.
If Nigel works it right, he can cultivate a mean deadpan sense of humor.
Meanwhile, here’s a lesson for acquisitive people – live or work near pack rats who hate cleaning!
Jeff Deutsch
April 8th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
[...] or if they have to go somewhere unfamiliar. But they do know that when they get home, they can somersault down the hallway, they can eat their snacks in the exact order that they choose, and they can watch a movie [...]
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