Aloha,
Today is the first day of the "What If Fairytale Madness" Blogfest :)
It's not too late to join us - we'll be running this through Friday.
To participate or find out all the details, please click here.
Here then is my entry (at three hundred words - excluding the title.)
No News Is Good News
As Noreen White
told Stella the truth, she took a load off her feet – and mind.
“You’re pregnant,
and you don’t know which one it is?” said Stella, her blonde hair in a
ponytail.
Noreen, or “No”
to her friends, looked around her one-story home with love. The kitchen
here, her regular-sized, and the seven small bedrooms back there. Sure, mornings, it
was hectic, but the guys were working and wouldn’t be back until the Sports Palazzo closed at 2 a.m.
“Want a coffee,
love?” said Stella, appraising her friend anew. No’s black hair was dank and
her red cheeks weren’t so rosy.
“I’d murder a
cuppa, cheers, especially now I’m off the Lambrusco for months.”
After Stella
poured the coffee, the pair tinkled with the sugars and creamers for a moment.
“So?”
“Remember that
party when Jack returned from his climbing exhibition…”
“Expedition,
dear.”
“Right. Well, that
night me and the lads started a drinking game called “spin the apple.” The
apple was too red to be organic. I wasn’t eating it, but we used the top for a
pointer.”
“Did you buy the
apple at The Mirror?”
“Yes. I should
have known. That cashier is such a witch.”
Stella nodded.
“We had fun and
you know I have feelings for the lads, right? Even when they’re sleeping, shy
or silly.”
“But, No, how can you not remember which one it is?”
No looked at
Stella – horrified.
“I didn’t make
love to the little people – I did it with Jack.”
Stella felt
relief – and then confusion.
“If none of the
lads are going be dads – which is great, because one's sneezing again – well why
the ‘“I don’t know which one it is?’”
“Jack and I are
getting married! I don’t know who to have walk me down the aisle.”
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47 comments:
Haha, excellent twist at the end there - loved it! :D
Which one? Why all of them, of course. ^_^
Had me going there!
Too funny Mark! I love it!
Ha! That was great! I loved the name No White, by the way. Very clever. :)
I loved the way you slip all the Snow White references in. And No's name too!
I was totally into it! And clever with the title... Har, har, har! *sigh* Alright, score one for Comedy... unfortunately... Grrrrr... ;)
"The cashier is such a witch." Love it!
I laughed out loud at the last line, too funny!
Excellent and hilarious work, Mark!
No White is a bit of a hussy :) Great story! Love the twists and combos of tales!
*rolling on the floor laughing* Totally insane!
LOL!
Fabulous Mark! I don't know how you come up with this stuff, but I love it.
Cheers to the blogfest and my super-awesome-Oirish-friend!
So cute! The repartee was quite enjoyable and I loved modern feel. Well done. :)
Haha, how funny! Great job with the ending.
Loved the twist! Too funny. xD
I was left amused and confused. My Entry
I was worrying... Very funny!
Hah! As usual, I love your sense of humor. :)
This kept me guessing until the very end. Nice job! :D
Oh now that's funny :D
For a minute, I was genuinely concerned that one of the "lads" was about to be a father ;)
Very cute! I'll make sure never to play spin the apple. :)
You made me laugh with this one.
I can see there's going to be some serious competition!
Lauren
Lauren-ritz.blogspot.com
Ha! That was hilarious. Great job, Mark. Everyone certainly came out guns ablazin' for this blog challenge.
That was awesome! Love the witchy cashier!
A2Z Mommy and What’s In Between
Bahaha, loved this twist! And I laughed at the witch cashier at The Mirror, as well as the prospect of not knowing which of the seven were the daddy, lol! Nice!
Love the twist and combo of stories!
LOl! Had myself a good laugh this morning. Thanks for the Snowy White "What If?"
Hah!!! This is great--loved it!
Cute twist at the end! I also loved the updating of the story with contemporary language.
No White? Loved all the twists and fun. Coyote the Trickster slipped his way into my entry. :-)
Nice little twist at the end, Mark. Well done.
I love this blogfest. I plan to post mine tomorrow. It may be more toward R than PG but it is borderline. I little more risque than yours, but hysterically funny.
I had written for a twisted fairytale blogfest a few years ago and it's perfect for this, especially since I had just started blogging back then so very few people had read it.
Looking forward to reading the other entrants.
Bravo! Now, who's she going to name the baby after? ;)
Seriously... I thought this was going down a strange path... but then BAM - HAlarious!
LOL! The heck with Prince Charming, eh? Good for you, real men with axes (Jack is the woodcutter, right?) are far dreamier.
Great finish! I was all ready to put my hand over mine innocent eyes ;) Thanks for the giggles.
Totally original! Loved it! Thanks for the hosting the hop too. Lots of fun!:)
Are they all going to be godfathers? She'll need to have seven so nobody feels left out...
Fantastic...why not play another round of spin the apple to choose the lucky one?
Great story. Great ending! I entered at the last minute!
Way to combine the two! You certainly know how to pack a punchline.
Shotgun wedding for Snow White! Now there's a laugh :)
Fun to see a twist on Jack & the Beanstalk meets Snow White & the seven dwarfs. LOL!
Ahaha! I LOVED the tiny jokes like "climbing exhibition…”
“Expedition, dear.”"
That was hilarious :) I'm following you too, and thanks for looking at my post! My follower link is up (I think it's all glitchy). It's in the top right corner you might have to wait a while for it to load. Thanks again :) This was hilarious.
*hehe* Great twist at the end there, and wonderful plays on the original story with The Mirror, and the cashier who is such a witch. Hilarious! :D
a modern delimma, how intriguing. I was fooled into thinking it was on of the "wee lads" baby thou :)
.........dhole
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