{This is a response to Friday Fictioneers. Thanks for the prompt and thanks for reading!}
Riding shotgun with Mom, five-year-old Lila approached the venue. V-E-N-U-E. A fancy way to say “place.”
She snuck a sidelong glance. Mom seemed nervous.
“Ask me another.”
“OK. You sure?” Mom looked around. Smiled. “You’ll never get this one: bougainvillea.”
Lila squinted. She saw letters dancing on the magenta bracts.
The minivan nosed the flowering wall, halted. “Contestant Parking Only.”
“B-O-U-…”
Sounds left impressions on Lila’s lips. Unforgettable as any rhyme.
“Perfect! Think you’re ready?”
Lila looked up. Above the bougainvillea: a brazen scrawl of graffiti.
N-O T-R-E-S-S-R-A-S-S-I-N-G.
“I’m ready,” she huffed. “But I don’t think they know I’m coming!”
Nice use of the sign
Thanks Neil.
It sounds like Lila will be able to sort their spelling out for them!
For sure , Iain!
I mean draliman. ?
That made me smile.
Went for a lighter touch this week. ?Thanks Sandra!
Delightfully different from anything else I’ve come across this week! Nice one.
My tale – ‘No pain no gain!
Thank you Keith!
I love that story. Humour with the lightest of touches!
Thanks Penny!
That was a sweet one. Is Mom nervous for any other reason than for her daughter’s competition?
Not as far as I know but I can’t be held responsible for future plot developments!?
LOL!
I think the idea is that though the daughter is competing, it’s the mom who’s nervous.
That’s what I figured… bus you know us FF… there is often something hidden 😉
Smart cookie ?.
Whip-smart creamy filling between two layers of crispy sass!
That’s it girlfriend!
Dear Andrea,
It sounds like at the tender age of 5, Lila is a force with which to reckon. Look out world, here she comes! Sweet story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle. It takes one, to know one. ?
Terrific use of the misspelled graffiti. Great story 🙂
Thanks granonine!
Great humour.
Thanks Lisa!
I hope the competition wasn’t called off and Mom wasn’t told. It sounds fishy to me. A good story and dialogue, Andrea. 🙂 — Suzanne
I think the girl was just being snarky and criticizing the spelling bee for allowing such a glaring spelling error to be displayed so prominently, in the parking lot of the event. Clearly they don’t care about spelling as much as she does!?