Fiction / Drabble / Challenge
The Case of the Missing Ice Cream
Grandma comes across a crime scene
The random word for the day is unit.
The first sentence must be:
“There was no ice cream in the freezer…”
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There was no ice cream in the freezer because it was all over the counter, the floor, the kitchen table and the faces of Tommy and his cousins Bailey and Elise. Even the AC unit was spattered with chocolate chip and cookies and cream.
Grandpa had fallen asleep while watching a fairly boring ballgame.
“What is the meaning of this?” Grandma shouted.
“That owl next door kept me up all night,” said Grandpa.
“The ice cream was delicious,” said Tommy.
“All right. Let me have some,” said Grandma. “while I watch all of you clean everything up including your faces!”
Here is Nancy Oglesby’s prompt for Day 203 of the Random Word Drabble Challenge on Fiction Shorts:
Izzibella Beau travels to the future but doesn’t like what she sees in her recent drabble:
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