PHOTO PROMPT © Douglas M. MacIlroy
“Oh! Will you please let that poor bird alone?”
“One minute…”
“You have been telling that for 10 minutes now!”
“I would take just one minute if you would help with the photo. I can’t both hold the bird and take a photo at the same time!”
“Then don’t! Just let the bird go.”
“But mom!!! I caught him – myself, with my bare hands.”
“That’s nothing to be proud of, you idiot!”
“How would you know? Never seen you around animals.”
“Well, what do you consider yourself young man? God knows I have enough wild on my hands.”
Flash fiction in response to Friday Fictioneers hosted by the lovely Rochelle Wisoff.
Thought trail 
Just help the kid out for goodness sakes! 😉
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Hahaha! Thank you for reading and commenting.
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That’s so adorable. Loved the mom-son dialogue here, FP.
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Thank you, Varad! 🙂
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I could feel her exasperation. Great dialogue.
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Thank you so much! :).
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Very true – it’s impossible to get my kids to sit still for a nice photo! 🙂
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Kids!!! :). Thank you for reading and commenting.
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LOL. enjoyed the interaction between mother and son.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Good dialogue, and believable characters.
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Thank you, Penny!
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Kids – who’d have ’em! Great little yarn FP.
Click to read my FriFic!
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Thank you so much for the kind words, Keith!
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Dear FP,
Aside from the fact that the mother calls him an idiot , which bothers me, good dialogue. Little boys can certainly be compared to wild animals. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Sorry that you found that bit offensive. I’ll be careful hereafter.
Thank you for the kind words. 🙂
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Dear FP,
You don’t have to change your writing on my account. It’s just that, in my experience, one of the most damaging thing a parent can do is call their children names. Those are the kinds of things that shape a child. Of course you don’t say how old the child is in this story. Hard to convey everything in 100 words. So I was, as we say, adding my 2 cent’s worth. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Quite identifiable. Good write.
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Thank you, YS!
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Ha! Mum gets the last word 🙂
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You bet! Thank you for reading and commenting.
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Nice story, FP.
I guess we really needed this prompt for the laughs .🙂
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Thank you, Moon! True that!
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A totally delightful last line. I can just imagine her sigh.
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Thank you, Alicia!
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Oh yes, humor the boy. And for goodness sake don’t call him an idiot. What goes around comes around when he hits his teens.
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In my mind, he is a teen :(. Sorry, that didn’t come through.
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She really should have learned by now – help them do what they’re determined to do (if it’s legal and not risky of course!) and they’ll leave you in peace all the sooner! Nicely done 🙂
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True! Thank you Lynn.
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My pleasure 🙂
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