"Many people do get old, Madi. But not everyone. As long as you stay here at Charterstone, you will never age, so you need not fear death. We are sorry that your grandmother didn't move here in time to save her, but won't you join us, Madi? You can stay 13 forever, and ever, and ever."
Hilarious, M. Wanders! And all you have to do, Madi, is eat one of the special age-erasing muffins I have prepared with love for you. Join us, dear girl. You don't want to wait until you get to be Saul's age to stop aging, do you?
ReplyDeleteVery creepy, Wanders. Next stop, Willoughby.
ReplyDeleteWanders, you’ve outdone yourself! As LouiseF and Vince point out, this is both hilarious and creepy, a terrific combo. BTW Vince, that’s a neat shoutout to the Twilight Zone. The city of Willoughby, Ohio (east of Cleveland), has a Last Stop Willoughby Festival every summer, including continuous screenings of that TZ episode. I should say “had” a festival - this year’s event has been canceled due to the pandemic.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity it didn’t occur to Saul to tell Madi how he appreciated his “wonderful” cousin and express his condolences to this grieving girl. I guess his experience grieving for Bella didn’t translate. It took Saint Mary of the Perpetual Muffins and her beige flowers to connect. It’s Mary’s world; the rest of us just live in it.
I loves me some dull, brick-red day lilies. So colorful!
ReplyDeleteOne of us! One of us! One of us!
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ReplyDeleteAaannnnnd still looking at her phone.
-- Scottie McW.
I have day lilies and they look NOTHING like these dull, ugly flowers. It must be some crazy mutation that Mary's been experimenting with.
ReplyDeleteI am starting to feel sorry for Madi. She knows nothing but hanging out with old people. She has a father that dumps and runs and now she's stuck with these two old codgers.
Wanders I LOL'd reading your comments. Perhaps Mary can introduce her to the man that painted the picture she keeps in her closet that stops her aging.
But, Madi, whatever you do, don’t eat Mary’s salmon puff appetizers. They killed poor Bella within a few hours.
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