Exeunt, Pursued By A...
A Scene from Our Sky House...
(background: Sita has just learned how to make KETCHUP.)
Sita: Shall I just leave it in this dish, but cover it with plastic wrap?
Me: NO! IT MUST HAVE A RECEPTACLE WORTHY OF ITS GLORY!
Sita: (makes face)
Me: Do we have a proper squeezy bottle?
Sita: Only the one the mayonnaise is in. The mayonnaise needs to be... refreshed.
(The mayo, which we made with olive oil several weeks ago, is distinctly runny and yellow at present.)
Me: EXEUNT MAYONNAISE, PURSUED BY A BEAR! (dies laughing)
Sita: What?
Me: (falls off chair laughing)
Sita: No, really, what?
Me: Mayonnaise! (gasp) EXEUNT! (giggle)
Sita: Did you say "Pursued by a Bear"?
Me: (more calmly) It's a famous stage direction from Shakespeare. Because (dangerous burble) it's FUNNY! So that's two funny things! Because Mayonnaise is ALSO FUNNY!
(a little while later) (after nearly strangling on my own peculiar sense of humor)
Sita: Do you want to...
Me: NO!
Sita: I just wanted to ask...
Me: I HAVEN'T DONE ANY WORK TODAY! I said at 10:30 AM I had work to do, and then we ate brunch, and then we took a long walk, and then we napped, and then we looked at maps, and then we ate beautiful food, and now it's five o' clock already and I need to work so you cannot ASK ME TO DO ANY MORE FUN STUFF EVER, OKAY?
Sita: Okay!
Me: THANK YOU!
Sita: Are you going to go work now?
Me: MAYBE! I DON'T KNOW! I HAVEN'T DECIDED!
Sita: Well then.. (comes after me like a bear) EXEUNT!!!
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It's Paradise over here, folks.
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And now, really.
I must work. I have 3 more chapters to read through/comb through/tweak and tighten before I start SUBMITTING this BEAUTIFUL MONSTER to the GREAT AGENT QUEST!
And then I have to finish writing "The Witch in the Almond Tree" because now it's on a deadline, because...
Well. You'll see.
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