Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Magic truth potion

Once upon a time, there was this middle aged man.  His name was Mike.  Mike, a great looking guy, was getting looks from all the women as he was walking toward the college.  One lady was really staring in a hypnotic way. It was making him feel awkward and he nervously kept glancing back making eye contact every time.  The lady motioned her head as to tell him, “Come over here.”  Mike pointed at himself as he looked at the lady to make sure she was motioning to him.  She confirmed it she wanted him to come there.  Mike followed the lady into a little dark nook at the school and she explained to him about this magic potion.  This potion, if given to someone would make them tell the truth whether they wanted to or not.  He was excited and knew he could finally know what he wanted from a certain someone.
This was a chance of a life time.  Who was he going to use this potion on.  He had many ideas on his mind to who was a great subject to use this once in a life time chance.  Some of the names that came to mind first was his wife.  He then thought and knew he should be able to trust her so he would feel bad or feel insecure to use this on her.  He then thought, what about all those great responses he has received from his online literature teacher, John Goldfine.  He has really tried though this year and felt pretty confident that John’s remarks were honest.  John would have nothing to lose by lying.  Mike picked the perfect criminal, Nicco, his son.  He can finally get some closer on all those mysterious things that happen around the house that everyone says they didn’t do.  He sneaks the potion into Nicco’s picky one, which he calls soda, and he sips it down till the last drop.
Mike thought to himself, “Now to see if this works.” He figured he would throw a test question out to see if it is working yet.  “Hey Nics, did you get into the paint, that I told you not to, and put it all over your Handy Manny work bench?”
Nicco replied, “Yes I did.  I was building a little birdhouse with my toy building blocks and I had to paint it.”
Oh my god!! He has never admitted that he done that.  This was amazing.  So Mike began to ask his son other questions.  “Why was the cat wet last morning (last morning is what Nicco calls yesterday).  Did you put him in the bath tub or throw the cat into the toilette again?  If so why did you do it?” Mike asked his son as he kind of chuckled about the fact he out the cat in the toilette.
“Dad, the cat was trying to climb into the toilette so I helped him out.  I figured he had to go potty.” Nicco replied as serious as could be but with a smirk like he knew what he did was wrong.
He then went on to ask his son, “Was it really the cats that made a mess of the cat food or was it you who put it all over the floor?”
Nicco looked over and stated, “Yeah, I was trying to hid the food from the cats.  The cats are pigs.”
So far Mike wasn’t really shocked at any of the answers his son has given him.  It was fun to hear him actually tell the truth and the reasons behind his madness. “Did you take the toy from your sister and hit her with it when she tried to get it back,” Mike asked really not sure what the answer of this question is going to be.
Nicco answered with anger, “No I was playing with it and she tried to take it from me.  She said she needed it but I told her no.” He was probably angry when he answered this due to the fact his dad didn’t believe him before and punished him.
Mike thought what a liar his daughter was.  He would expect it from his four year old son but not a ten year old daughter. He thought to himself when he sees her next she is going to be in trouble for lying and allowing him to get mad at his son for something she did. Who knows how many other times she pulled that off.  A lot of the questions Mike already knew the answers to but I think it was more less just for a laugh except the question about the two siblings fighting.
“Where is my old cell phone?” He asked because it has been missing for awhile. He doesn’t know if his son took it but at least it will rule it out.
His son gets up from the couch and points to his power wheels outside.  “I needed a phone for my car like you and mommy have.” being all cute he said. “I had to call my friends and tell them to come over and play with me.”
Mike couldn’t get mad at him because he was so cute when he talked about the phone.  It wasn’t a big deal because it was an old phone but it would have been nice to get the numbers and pictures off it.  Mike and his son walked out to his power wheels four wheeler and in the cup holder there the phone was.  It was just like his mom and dad kept their phones.  The phone was definitely ruined by now due to all the rain.  Mike asked a few more questions which he received the answers he was expecting anyway and eventually the potion wore off.  It was definitely a great choice to pick his son.  Not only did he get a good laugh but he also learned where some things were hidden.  Mostly he it was for the laugh to hear his story or reason behind why he did it.  A child’s mind really is hilarious.  The way they think about things is really intriguing.  Mike went back to school the next day hoping to find the lady with the potion once again but all he got was glances from other girls.  Will he ever see this mystical lady again?  He had many other people he would like to use the potion on.

1 comment:

  1. "John would have nothing to lose by lying."

    Whoa, John would have nothing to gain by lying! Nothing to lose makes it sounds like truth and lies are pretty much equal options for your typical English teacher!

    :)

    (Let's see now. Shall I lie to Mike or tell him the truth about this piece, hardly matters which way I go! Arright, let's go with the truth for a change!)

    The Nicco part is very good, and I'm not someone who encourages students to do humor, but this humor works because you so obviously have a pretty damn good idea, even without truth serum, what the truth is. I like that the truth serum doesn't make Nicco guilty or self-conscious or self-justifying, must very matter-of-fact.

    Probably a lot of grafs 1 & 2 could follow the cat into the toilet so that the reader gets into the Nicco stuff sooner.

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