Wednesday, March 23, 2011

paper

from here
and then she climbed atop the huge, awning paper roll, whilst singing to herself a happy little tune. her older sister asked her what she was possibly doing, and she answered nonchalantly, "climbing, duh. im going to get to the top, and then walk on it, and make it unroll, and when its all unrolled, youll see my footsteps on it, and youll see where i was walking, and you can follow me all the way to the end."
the sister just rolled her eyes, breathed a sigh, and said, "footprints. not steps. and nobody will be able to follow you forever, because its just. a roll. of paper."
the four-year-old would not be swayed, however, and cheerfully kept on with her attempts to climb that great, circular, cylindrical thing.

16 comments:

The Poet said...

I had a little chuckle at this one.

Maude Lynn said...

What a fun take on the prompt!

un-speackable love 2 said...

you made me smile

Lisa said...

This is sweet :) Nice!

Becca said...

What a cute posting!

Meryl said...

Great play with story and the picture prompt! I just loved it - it made me smile thinking, yeh, sure I'd try it!

chrisd said...

Her mom must not have been around because if she saw her 4yo up on that roll, all her hair would turn gray! LOL

That was adorable!

sweet pea. said...

andy, glad to know i can amuse you

mama zen, thanks =)

un-speackable, im glad =]

lisa, thank you

becca, haha thanks =P

meryl, good to know i have you smiling also.

chrisd,
oh, i must have forgotten that part.
insert: [mother was in the other room, scouting for odds and ends for the household.]
=P

Meri said...

Of course a four year old can make footprints to forever!

Christine said...

The curious mind of a 4 year old, they have no limits in their imagination.

sweet pea. said...

meri. well yeah, but that also would worry the mother. and the sister does not seem to realize such an obvious thing..

christine. i love kids that age. haha they make me laugh so much.

Jingle said...

lovely humor..

Reflections said...

How fun... sounds like a great picture to watch the attempts.

sweet pea. said...

thanks =P

Cynthia M said...

I love her certainty...gorgeous :)

Nanka said...

This is pure fun and made me smile :D