q’s story

time of day: 7:15 AM

setting: car with one front light and smashed hood (from the deer that jumped on top of it last saturday) on our way to the train station, about a 3.5 minutes from our house.

characters: dad, front seat driving, Q and me in back seat

 

mom, ya wanna hear a story i just wrote?

of course, sweetie

ok

 

there was a guy with a gun

 

he was in iraq

 

and he shut down the sun

and everything was dark

 

he shot it down by accident instead of shooting a plane

a fighter plane

 

and he couldn’t fight anymore

no one could fight anymore

because it was so dark they couldn’t see each other

 

and now do you want to know the moral of the story, mom? 

do you want to know what the moral is?

 

the moral is..

would you rather have war

or leave it be dark all the time

 what do you think, mom?  would you rather have shooting and killing or darkness?

 

well, sweet heart…what would you rather have? darkness or war?

 

me mom? 

me i would have the darkness mom

i’d have the darkness over the war

easy