When my grandparents insinuated that I, their oldest grandchild, was perhaps a bit too old for my blanket, my young mother caved under their pressure. After all, Kindergarten *would* start soon and they had raised eight children – they were experts.
“You can keep the new toy,” she gestured to the bargaining chip from the Disney store, “but you have to trade Mousey.”
I eyed Gus-Gus, Jaq and the girl mouse I was excited to name. I put them inside the plastic pin cushion and then on top, so they could sleep.
I handed over my beloved blanket without a hesitation.
The love of a child is a fleeting thing.
This short story is a part of the illustrious WonHundred Word Wednesday. Read the other stories, spun off the prompt: “The thing about love is . . .” at the links below!
Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters
Laura D. Bastian
R.K. Grow
Wendy Knight
Kat!e Larson
Kelly Martin
Canda Mortensen
Miranda D. Nelson
Leah Sanders
Angela Schroeder
Amryn Scott
Jaclyn Weist
K.R. Wilburn
Jessica Winn
Alison Woods
Stephanie Worlton
Not my daughter. She insisted she'd go back into the burning house to get her favorite blankie. But now she's preteen and has it folded up in the corner of her bed. :) But I do love the imagery of the toys she'll trade for.
ReplyDeleteIt was an actual toy. And it was awesome! But not as comforting as Mousey when it was time to sleep . . . . (this story kind of cuts out before the bedtime meltdown, hahaha.)
DeleteReally cute :) (I feel bad for the blanket though, which shows why I'm a pack-rat)
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for the blanket, too. She deserved more loyalty.
DeleteI enjoyed seeing this prompt done from the pov of a kid! Very cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks! What can I say, being serious about love sometimes freaks me out and so I revert to my childhood ;D
DeleteI love the unique way you took this prompt! I don't relate to it at all... but, then, I still have toys from that age, and am still sad my baby blanket was "lost" (=thrown away by my mother.) But I've definitely seen children lose interest in things that meant the world to them moments before. It was interesting to read a story from that perspective, and I think you really nailed it.
ReplyDeleteThank you! (Your mom and my mom must be cousins or something :D)
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