My Mom

This is my entry in the Dream Drones contest.

It was a bright, sunny day near the end of June.  I was lying on a beach towel in my backyard, drinking an ice cold glass of lemonade.  Suddenly, my mother came out.  "Billy!"  "Yeah?"  "Don't lie out in the sun too long.  You'll burn!"  "Sure Mom."  "You want to puff up and turn all red and be so sore that no one can touch you for a week?"  I answered in the most bored voice I could muster.  "No, Mom."  Honestly, sometimes she treats me like I was still a little kid. 

After a few moments, the sky started melting away, the colors running into the cedar fence that surrounded the yard.  Pretty soon, the only color left in the sky was the dull gray of a blank canvas, and the cedar fence had become the clear blue ccolor that formerly had been the sky.

And then I noticed that the lemonade had ripples in it.  The ripples stopped.  Then they cam again, then stopped.  Now the pounding was getting louder.  It was the footsteps of something very large coming this way.

Crash!  The cedar fence exploded in a jumbl of splinters, and an ugly, bright red giant stood in its place.  It looked right at me.  I looked at my arms and saw that I had turned a bright red color just like it.  It must have thought I was its offspring!

It ran at me with such ferocity that I couldn't get out of the way.  It started grabbing me, shaking me around as if I were a raggety Ann doll.  The giant started speaking to me.  "You've been in the sun for 15 minutes already." 

I awakened with a start.  "Sorry.  I didn't mean to startle you."  "That's OK, Mom."  Well, maybe she had a good reason for warning me after all.  So I got up, gave her a big hug, which brought a smile I could feel even without seeing, and hopped into the house.  I'm glad she was thinking about me.

Author's Note

Hope you enjoy it!

Reviews

[Blade & Blood (The ..]

Aww, that was cute! I'm so happy to read something that praises a parent for a change. You don't quite find that often, especially from kids my age. :( This was a neat little story. Glad you posted it: It's simple, it's sweet, and even though it's random, it's actually quite revelant... as ironic as that sounds. ;)

Excellently done!

Ironically Yours, Blade and Blood

[Winter McPherson]

This was really cute. I don't know if you really dreamed this - if you didn't then it was a great description of a dream. I liked your mom as a big, red giant. "It must have thought I was its offspring!" I love that. Good job!

[Casey Lynne]

Very Good. Clearly writtin and clever. I enjoyed it very much.

[DRIVEN]

I enjoyed it very much and it brought back memories of my own.

[C.m.v]

I did enjoy it! Its very unique and albeit short, it was entertaining. I kind of get a different meaning from this I think than the others who read it....maybe its just my warped brain!
Regardless, excellent work! I hope you won the contest! ;)P

[Gandré]

This was a clear written text, readable and enjoyable, i associated with harmony and peace; relationships between sons and their mothers are important for we always seek to fulfil our own picture with the other gender and the first one available is always the parent; I also like the moral behind this story.

[radian7]

What a blast. Terrific story so well done. Funny, innovative, thoroughly enjoyable. Very clever.

[Jessica Fox]

I did enjoy it, great job and good luck in the contest ^_^

[Lind]

Just remember, moms are always right! Even big, red monster moms! Seriously, I liked the smile you could feel without even seeing. That's a great image of the bond between a mother and child.

[Ash.]

I am quite glad I read this, honestly. My mother and I have been arguing lately, and this helped me to realize that no matter how much they may nag and annoy us, a mother's love is irreplaceable.
Thank you for keeping me level headed.