“Are you laughing at me?“
Peyton stares out the window while his twin, Greyson, lounges on the sofa staring at his comic book.
“Mommy’s gone crazy.” Peyton says.
“Nah, she’s just being mom.”
“She’s talking to plants.”
“Really?” Greyson says sarcastically.
“Don’t you find it weird?”
Greyson shrugs. “She’s done it before. Don’t you know that?”
“No, I wonder what she’s saying to the pea pods. She looks so angry saying it.”
“Eh, probably just proving she can grow something.”
“What’s there to prove? If it grows, it grows.”
Greyson shrugs again and closes his book. “Well, that’s the end of that. Wanna go do something fun?”
“Like what?”
“Anything’s more fun than you sitting there watching mom talking to plants.”
“What’d you wanna do?”
Greyson holds a disk in his hand. “How about this?” Peyton shrugs.
“Boys, you know better than to play before dinner.” Their mother says, standing by the patio door.
(150 words)
Each week, Mondays Finish the Story challenges our minds by providing with a picture along with the first sentence for us to finish the flash fiction with 100 -150 words based on the picture above.
pretty flower. nice post.
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Good one…liked it.
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Nicely done Yinglan! The conversation was well crafted between the two twins. Thanks for joining in again, and stay tuned! Be well… ^..^
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Thank you.
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🙂
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What was the disk they were going to play with?
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Some video game. Not sure, do video games these days still come with a disk?
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I have no idea. I have never played a video game.
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Ha ha me neither.
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Hahaha!! I thought maybe it was a Frisbe.
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Nope, I don’t think kids nowadays play frisbee. Not unless they have a dog.
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I think you’re right unless there is a video game called Frisbe. HAHAHA!
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I like the conversation, it flows so naturally. 🙂 And beautiful pic! Does the ‘disk’ mean a videogame CD or perhaps a frisbee (often called a ‘disc’ where I live)?
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Yes, disk, in this case, means a DVD but I’m not sure which one. Disk or Disc? Thanks for reading.
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I like the well told stories about random moments. This is a good one.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Good story, Yinglan. 🙂 The conversation between the twins works really well.
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Nice story Yinglan ~ I think the bored twins were bound to get up to mischief if the video game wasn’t around ~ 🙂
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Ha ha, I think so too. Thank you for reading. 🙂
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Mum talking to the flowers but still able to see what her twins are up to – nicely done.
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It’s the eyes in the back of her head thing. 🙂 Thank you for reading.
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Nice dialogue. When they get older they’ll discover the benefits of talking to plants 🙂
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Ha ha 😀 Thanks
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Great use of dialogue here Yinglan 🙂
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Little guys often think their moms are crazy. Talking to plants definitely would
be one of those times. Well done…
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