He knew what the word meant, it was on his vocabulary list. He looked it up in his big blue dictionary so he could write out the definition. Mom agreed that his older sister was wrong when she argued that it didn’t mean what he said it did.
Mom said that Sister must believe it really meant ‘insomnia.’ He didn’t know what that word was, he couldn’t even say it right.
Sister’s friends piled on her canopy bed, giggling and squealing long after bedtime. Mom let him escape the noise in her room.
A slumber party sure wasn’t about sleeping.
The 100 Word Challenge, a writing prompt created by Velvet Verbosity, takes a single theme to tell a story in only 100 words ~ no more, no less. This week’s theme is ‘Slumber.’
LOVE!! Such a fun and playful spin on the word :)
Just like an older sister to argue the definition of a word to simply irritate. Love this a lot. It’s very familiar :)
Ain’t that the truth! :)
I read this yesterday and just giggled, it was perfect. Being the mom of little boys, I could actually see Gio dragging the dictionary from the shelf and trying to decide if SLUMBER was all it was cracked up to be. It could be a great “children’s book” Tara. :)
Cute.
Ha, I remember both sides of that: those who don’t want to slumber and those who can’t!
I miss slumber parties…I’d invite you all over for one but I just don’t think I could stay up past 10pm ;)
As always, I love your writing! And that picture is peaceful perfection!
Oh GOD – little brother sounds so literal minded. He reminds me of my kids friends (and my kids for that matter) struggling to grasp an abstract or counterintuitive concept.
Very cute. I like how you found this point of view. Love the last line.
Love it! Can just see the perplexed and frustrated little brother.