Revulsion Revolution
“Hate veggie-bulls!” Jem’s face scrunched in disgust. “Want somefin’ diff’ent.”
“Purfle one’s ‘orrid,” said Clem.
“An’ orrin one.”
“Just try… wait, what?” I checked. No purple or orange ones there.
“Want sketty!” Clem shouted.
“We don’t have spaghetti. Eat up or no ice cream.”
“No!” Clem squealed, fingers scrunching her vegetables.
Jem threw his. A food fight ensued.
I ran outside to greet Grandma Brown, visiting for the weekend. “Thank goodness you’ve come. The twins are revolting.”
Our neighbour called over the fence. “Really, Mrs Brown, they may be obnoxious, but calling your children revolting is taking things too far.”
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleJust a bit of background to this story. Jem and Clem are twins and are the main protagonists in a children’s spy story book that is one of my works in progress. In the book they are eleven years old. This story happened about 9 years prior to the book, and as such is written from poor Mrs Brown’s POV.
I have to say, Carrie, that picture looked mouth-watering!! Can I have the vegetables, since the twins don’t want them? You have a real knack for writing about and for kids. Great story!
Thanks Julie. Jem and Clem are such fun characters to write that I couldn’t resist writing them a toddler story when the chance arose. And, sorry, the dinner went into my hubby yesterday 🙂
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleIt is very hard to handle a child but it is harder when your child is twin especially when they are revolting during their meal or milk time. Motherhood is always a challenging responsibility.
Jem and Clem, as you can see, were very precocious in their terrible twos. They are incredibly clever by the age of eleven, and absolutely devoted to each other and their Mum.
I missed seeing it, Carrie. My apology. I was too focused and carried away in the topic of the twin experience – the situation of taking care of them both at the same time, which all I can say is very difficult. Thank you for awakening my mind to see how more developed Jem and Clem are for their age, that is incredible.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleJem and Clem, such memorable names and characters. I agree with Julie, you have a real talent for writing for children Carrie. Well done!
Thanks Linda. Jem and Clem (Jeremiah and Clemency if anyone is interested) are such great characters that they almost write themselves, as are their co-characters, Mrs Brown, Mr Grumpy-Socks and very special agent Penfold. I really need to crack on and get the chapter book finished. There are far too many characters in my head vying for attention 🙂
A great story. I love how you have use colloquial language and I also love how you finished it.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThanks Daisy, I do like to have a bit of fun with those two.
Carrie, this is such a fun, enjoyable (and relatable) story. It has a brilliant ending. It just shows again how easily a misunderstanding can happen. Mrs Brown certainly has her hands full!