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PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
Written for Friday Fictioneers
HONEST LAD
“Don’t play cricket in the driveway. Something’s bound to break,” shouted Mrs. K at the bunch of kids before leaving for the market.
Who pays heed to an eccentric old woman?
Two hours later, Mrs. K returned to find her screen door covered in duct tape and a note stuck to the door.
Mrs. K,
Sorry for the door. But my mom says duct tape can fix it all. 🙂
S (who was not playing cricket. Honestly)
And of course, she will believe him. Still, the explanation was nice.
No, she doesn’t, but it still puts a smile on her face. 🙂
Dear Anshu,
Somehow I don’t think duct tape will fix this situation. 😉 Boys will be boys and windows will get broken. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle. Seriously, boys will be boys. I have seen many a windows broken and lame excuses given. 😉
This made me laugh out loud! Lovely snippet, Anshu.
Thank you Damyanti! With gully cricket so popular in India, it is an everyday scene.
Naughty boys! Great story – but will she be able to live with a door fixed with duct tape?
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No Susan, she won’t! She will need to get it fixed and bear the cost. LOL
Saw that one coming a mile away… nothing makes me more nervous than boys playing near the house!
True that, Dale! We have all seen and suffered this!
I’m sure that the chances that he wasn’t playing cricket are about the same as the chances that Mrs. K. will think her door is fixed with duct tape…
So true, he fooled no one! 🙂
Honestly! I’m not sure I believe S! 🙂
Me neither! 🙂
Anyone who has reared boys and their buddies will understand this one 🙂
Ha ha! So true, Linda 🙂
Nice of him to leave a note but I think he should fix the door. Boys and broken windows/doors go together (I have two older brothers). 🙂 Nicely written!
Thank you Brenda! Boys and broken windows go together.
O that game called cricket, [smashing] story
Thank you Michael..and all for a six, many glasses are smashed!
Yes the problem of kids, cricket and glass doors.
And we know it only too well!
All will be forgotten if he turns out to be the next Sachin or Virat. Sweet tale, Anshu.
Then we will have nothing but sweet things to say! Thank you Varad.
Lol! If only!
Ha ha!! 🙂
Delightful scenario!
Thank yo Violet and painful too!
I somehow think they’ve not heard the last of this!
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Not at all…boys can’t be kept away from cricket and cricket balls are magnated towards windows and doors.
At least he attempted to fix it. I’m sure Mrs. K is still not amused. Good one!
She is both angry and amused…nothing much she can do about it!
The kid should be rewarded for his honesty and admitting the deed. S/he could just have run away like the others.
So true! Honest he is! 😉
Aww… he gets a bit of credit for honesty. Now about that door … 😉
Ha ha, that’s all Mrs. K is left with – a smashed door and an honest note!
Oy.
I’ve done this myself as a lad, only it was greenhouses and we had to pay to fix them out of our pocket money. Duct tape wasn’t an option unfortunately
I can imagine…duct tape won’t do unfortunately…Mrs. K will have to get the door fixed and no money coming her way! BTW, you were a good lad!
I hadn’t thought about that broken window in years. Iconic scene from life with kids.
Ha ha! Seriously! I grew up with a cricket loving brother, so you can imagine! Fortunately, I have a daughter who doesn’t play the game!
In my childhood days we played cricket in the bylanes and it was called gully cricket. inevitable a glass pane would be shattered and we all would run for cover.
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So true Kalpana! Precious days they were! Once the pane shattered, the blame game would start – you were the batsman, so you broke the pane. No you threw such a ball that I had to hit a six…ha ha! What days!