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Results of U-Write-It Week 210

"Okay," Marion said angrily, "I want to know who filled my bathroom with..."

garlic?"

Two of the three brats she was supposed to babysit three days out of the week, exchanged mischievous glances, and dashed into the living room giggling.

Marion marched into the living room after them fuming.

The twin boys were sitting on the sofa aside their older sister, Athea, leaning on each other and chuckling. Athea was watching television. She couldn't stand her. Though she pretended otherwise, Athea was the worst of the bunch, and the eldest by eight years. Now an adolescent girl, Athea had an attitude that made you want to knock her six ways to Sunday.

"Who filled my bathroom with garlic?" Marion asked again, searching the faces of the three children, her temperature rising.

"We needed garlic to fight off the vampire," Athea said, giving Marion an implying look.

by DM Worthy, Reston, VA

"...sand!"

The two children turned and giggled at their mom.

"C,mon, who was it?..." she asked again, more exasperated than angry now.

"It was John!...." cried Lisa, the youngest.

"No it wasn't, you liar!..." John shouted back.

" It must've been, I didn't do it..." replied Lisa sulkily.

"Well, neither did I..." said John defiantly.

Marion looked at them impatiently. She sighed... "Look I don't care which one of you did it, just clean it up or there will be hell to pay!..." Marion stomped off to the bedroom.

"What did you put sand in the bath for?..." John said as he eyed his younger sister.

" I didn't! Why would I?..." she replied.

" Well, someone did..." he repied looking sceptically.

Suddenly there was a blood curdling scream from the bedroom....

The psychopath known as only as 'The Sandman' had struck again.

by Lee Cooper, England

...wet toilet paper!"

Ashley, her five year old daughter shook her head without looking up from the mud pie she was busy making in the sand box said, "I don't know."

With hands on her hips Marion bent close to Eddie, her four year old, "Edward!" she said, "who made that mess?"

"I don't know,"he said.

There was a little boy she did not recognize playing with her children in the sand box. "Well, she said, "who may you be?"

"I don't know," he said.

by Christy Kodilanen, Norfolk, VA

...green goo."

The kids looked at each other,shrugged and said, "Probably that really ugly slimy monster standing behind you."

by Billie, OH

...banners and balloons! It's the first week of school, for hampster's sake -- can't we at least properly - mourn --"

At that point, a flicker of red caught her eye, but she doggedly continued her speech to the seemingly empty room, attempting to launch her voice into the kitchen, as well. "I mean, this is my last year in highschool -- I've been practicing for years, and now --" At that, Simon got tired of waiting out the tirade and poked his head out from behind the couch.

"Are you finished?" He asked.

Her answer, a morose "No", was drowned out by a volley of "Surprise!" and "Happy birthday!"

by Jane, OR

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