The Pain Of Dieting
Fiction Shorts word of the day: Extent
“Michael, what are you doing?”
“Oh hi Mum, I’m not doing much. Just thought I’d cook up a batch of your favourite cupcakes. It is Mother’s Day tomorrow after all,” Michael responded with the sweetest of smiles.
Mum heaved a huge sigh of frustration. “I distinctly remember asking you not to bake for me this year Michael. Did I not?”
“Well yes Mum, but ……….”
“No buts Michael, to what extent did you not understand my instructions when I asked you not to bake for me because I’m on this dastardly diet?”
“But …..”
“No buts Michael! Instead, think diet!”
This drabble has been written as part of the daily Drabble Drop challenge and today's random word, that must be included in the drabble, is 'extent'.
Wikipedia defines a drabble as follows :
A drabble is a short work of fiction of precisely one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in a confined space.
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Colleen Millsteed
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Comments (2)
I mean, whoever said that she has to eat them? Michael could happily eat all of them. She can watch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Staying with the dasterdly diet, loved it!!!