“It’s hidden in those balloons.”
“Baby, nothing is hidden in any balloon,” I reassure her.
“Nooo- I’m telling you. It’s there.” she’s pointing towards a man selling balloons. “Can’t you see, it’s the perfect hideout.”
Having had countless of such situations, I wait for the next phase and she doesn’t disappoint. Shouting at bystanders to back off, Lola attacks the balloon man, yelling gibberish. I walk as calmly as the mother of a schizophrenic fifteen year old in the middle of a crises can manage.
“I am sorry about my daughter,” I apologize to the balloon man and offer to pay for the damage to his balloons.
“Yeah right,” he mutters. “Get your crazy kid under control.”
A screw comes loose and fire alarms buzz in my head. Did he just call my Lola crazy?! The next thing, I am tearing Olaf’s face to the horror of onlookers and destroying Elsa and Rapunzel. Done, I grab Lola’s arm and scream, “now that’s crazy”.
….. And this is the reason I am banned from Mayfair grounds.
Word count: 174. This story is in response to Flash Fiction for Aspiring writers photo prompt challenge where a picture is given weekly and we write a 150 (+/-25) word story. The above image is courtesy of Pixabay.com
🙂 Never call a child crazy to a mother’s face.
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Hahaha! Exactly, i doubt he will ever do that again.
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Children are everything to their mother. Great story. Kudos!
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Thank you. Yeah they are 😊
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Roflol, the mother went street on the balloon guy. I do think he will another child crazy again.
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😂oh yess she did! He probably wouldn’t call “anyone” crazy again.
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hehe, I appreciate the laughter Ameena :D.
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A great turn of events! The man definitely has learned something that day! 🙂
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Haha, i bet he has 😄. Thank you.
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Too funny! I love this story! I love this mother. At least the balloon man learned a valuable lesson – keep his mouth shut. Hahaha! Thank you Ameena for participating with the FFfAW challenge!
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Aw! I’m glad you saw the humor in it PJ. Hahaha, the balloon man definitely did. 😂. The pleasure is mine.
Thank you for hosting a wonderful challenge.
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What a good Mom!
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I know right?! 😁
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Love it! Was feeling sorry for the Mom at first and then when the balloon man said that I was like GO MOM! LOL! Great way to end it!
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Thanks Joy! Hahaha, one for the mothers! 😄
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It brings smile on my face. It’s a brilliant piece of writing and PJ is right I also love this mother 🙂
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Awww. I’m glad it did Madeeha 😊. Hahah! That makes 3 of us. I love her too 😁
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Yes mothers can be super sensitive. Reminded me of the cartoon of a man standing between a bear and her cub. The caption read: Smith realised too late that he had made a terrible mistake.
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Hahaha. Oh wow! That is hilarious. If only Smith lived to learn his lesson. 😀
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A mother will always defend their child! I doubt the balloon seller will forget that any time soon. A great story, Ameena, with a deft handling of a sensitive subject. Having a child with schizophrenia cannot be easy for any parent. 🙂
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Thank you very much! Rightly said, I’m pretty sure he’ld never forget it. 🙂
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Then again, you never know what lurks inside these balloons… Great reaction from the mother 🙂
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Exactly Sonya! Maybe little Lola was right after all 😉
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LOL! Lesson learnt the hard way.
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Hahaha. I doubt he’ll be making the same mistake again 😄
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I think that most mothers would react in a similar way in he face of anyone denegrating her child – although perhaps not so violently! The mother-child bond is incredibly strong. Besides… who knows what’s hidden inside those balloons! 🙂
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hmm.. I’m left wondering if there was something in those balloons – that balloon seller was suss!
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Hmmm maybe there was… I guess we’ll never find out now considering she’s been banned from there 😉
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LOL. She sure does gets it from her mother! 😀
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Hahaha, the genes didnt skip a generation in their case. 🙂
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ha ha.. 😀 yeah.
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Aww I love this it’s sweet, a little sad, and funny all at the same time! 💙💙💛
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Thank you very much. It was fun writing this. ☺
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