☺Howdy, pardner! Can you write a little story that incorporates 6 of these phrases, just for fun?
July 30th, 2010
It doesn’t have to be a Western.
1. You remind me of that psychotic bird!
2. Like the desert needs the rain.
3. Sunshine looked deeply into Matt’s sky-blue eyes.
4. I can hardly wait to tell you my bad news.
5. Little darlin’…I feel the ice is slowly melting.
6. You’ve only got my heart on a string.
7. You know some cowboys like me go out like that.
8. The three men I admire most.
9. HELP!!! A roadrunner is nibbling on my boot!!!!
10. You are soooooo gonna pay for this !
11. Don’t ask me why,where,when or how.
12. Dodge City on a Saturday night.
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Why, yes I can…
It’s kinda rushed, but it was sorta fun. Here it is.
Young Marion told John” You remind me of that psychotic bird’! John could still not give up his love for Marion so he replied with “I need you like the desert need the rain” She then asked him on a date to Dodge city on a saturday night. That night at the party Marion saw Jack,Indy,and Lance. She once said “these are The Three men I admire most”. Indy left Marion behind after they kissed and he turned around and said “You know some cowboys like me go out like that”. She ran after him and they embraced. They love each other and will say to each other”You’ve only got my heart on a string”.
Mary had a strange dream that she visited answers.yahoo.com and read the question:
☺Howdy, pardner! Can you write a little story that incorporates 6 of these phrases, just for fun?
and then, just before she woke up, she read underneath that:
1. You remind me of that psychotic bird!
2. Like the desert needs the rain.
3. Sunshine looked deeply into Matt’s sky-blue eyes.
4. I can hardly wait to tell you my bad news.
5. Little darlin’…I feel the ice is slowly melting.
6. You’ve only got my heart on a string.
7. You know some cowboys like me go out like that.
8. The three men I admire most.
9. HELP!!! A roadrunner is nibbling on my boot!!!!
10. You are soooooo gonna pay for this !
11. Don’t ask me why,where,when or how.
12. Dodge City on a Saturday night.
There was a boy named Matt McGee who followed Sunshine to her home in Dodge City on a Saturday night of December 2007. He was young… and hardly understood the concept of love but he knew when he met ‘lil Sunshine Marie 4 years previously that that he felt a way for her that was stronger than how he felt for his own mother. He went to school with her, but they lived blocks away from each other. He rarely got to see her anymore because her mom divorced his older brother.
**Previously that day**
Outside of Dodge City Elementary School Matt McGee stood by a snow covered tree waiting for his father to pick him up from Saturday day care. He looked eagerly towards the parking lot to see if a shiny black hearse happened to be pulling up. At that moment his friends Tom, Bob, and Joel walked in front of him obscuring his view.
“Hiya Matt!” Tom cheerily waved.
“Hiya Matt!” Bob sucker punched Billy in the upper arm.
“‘Sup wigga. How’s it hangin’?” Joel smiled and held out his hand in a fist.
“‘The three men I admire most… Sup, dudes.” Matt said as he pounded Joel’s hand.
“My mom’s coming to pick me up and I’m gonna eat a snack.” Tom glanced behind Matt. “Shhhe’s here now, byea!”
As Tom ran away Bob giggled and looked at Matt.
“Did you pass your spelling test yesterday?”
“No, do I ever?” Matt blushed a little and took another glance at the parking lot.
“That’s a good question. You should ask Ms.Dennison, I’m pretty sure she’d say you could use a little help from a regular old genious named Bobby.”
At this Joel started to laugh. “You wish. You wouldn’t be able to spell your name if you didn’t have to write it at the top of all your papers.”
“But I don’t write my name at the top of my papers.”
“My point exactly. Now exsqueese me pinhead I need to have a private conversation with Matt.” At this Joel grabbed Matt’s arm pulled him about three feet away from Bob.
“What’s wrong?” Matt said confused.
“So you know how you’ve had your eyes on that cute little red head in Mr.Brown’s class? The sixth grader?”
Matt’s eyes brightened up, and he grabbed Joel by his jacket sleeve. “SUNSHINE MARIE?” His voice faltered. “Wa..” *gulp* “What about her?”
“Well I hear now that you’re not in diapers anymore she’s got a little thing for you. The only way you’re going to be able ask her out though is if you bring out your romantic side.” Joel’s eyes danced and he cracked a naughty smile.
“My what?”
“You’re romantic side. You know, the side that you don’t really have but you pretend to have to make girls happy.”
“Ooohhhh! I totally get it now. So I like need to… to chase her around the playground on Monday huh?” Unaware of the dreamy stare in his eyes Matt pointed towards the playground.
Joel grabbed Matt’s arm. “No kid, you’ve gotta go to her house and give her this.” He pulled over a stuffed dragon.
“OH MY GOSH!” He seized the dragon. “This is her favorite toy. How the heck did you get it? I have to give it to her immediatly.”
“Don’t ask me why, when, where, or how I got it… just give it to her. Give it to her tonight. Outside of her house, in the moonlight. You’ll be sure to win her affection.”
“Affection?”
“Don’t worry about it Matt, she’ll be your Sunshine… your only Sunshine.”
“Gotcha. Thanks, see ya tomorrow!” And he ran, like the wind. He had somewhere to be.
** Two minutes later **
A black hearse pulled up to Doge City Elementary.
** Two hours later **
The same hearse pulled up to 4269 Crow Drive… slowly. A balding man of about fourty stepped out of the car and headed up the porch stairs into the house.
As the door opened a shrill noice filled the room, echoing eerily off of the gray walls.
“Henry! Where the fuck have you been? You said you’d be picking Matt up from fucking day care two and half fucking hours ago! I don’t get no fucking call or nuthin’.
You’ve got some explaining to do?” She looked deep in thought, as if she was trying to think of something vicious to say but stumped herself. “Henry?”
“Yes Larissa…” The man took of his black cloak and set it on a nearby chair, sat down, and proceeded to rest his hands gently on hers.
“Where’s the boy?” She snarled moving her hands to her mug of gin. “Did you sell him to the university yet or did you decide to let him go that little deliquent’s house without my permission again?”
“Now L’issa, Joel isn’t a deliquent and no Matt isn’t with him right now he’s-.”
“Shut up and tell me the good news then.” Larissa shuddered a little and set down her glass.
“I can’t hardly wait to tell you my bad news.” Henry looked deeply into his wife’s drunken eyes. “Matt’s gone missing. He wasn’t there at school when I went to pick him up. He could be any where but I’ve been to all of his usual hideouts and he’s not anywhere. No one has the slightest idea where he is.”
Larissa looked at him for a moment before drinking the rest of her gin. “Yo..u… you…k..noow… you are sooooooo going to pay for this.”
Henry didn’t know how to handle the living. The only think he could say is. “You remind me of that psychotic bird. He pointed at a picture on the front of an empty Cocoa Puffs box lying on the floor. And then she passed out.
** Two hours later **
After taking Larissa to the hospital Henry called the police to look for his missing son.
** The same time, different place **
After walking for what seemed like hours Matt finally found Sunshine’s house. He clasped the Dragon in his hand nervously. He couldn’t believe this was actually going to happen. He approached her door and knocked. An elderly lady answered the door. “Hello young man, what can I do for you?”
“I need to speak to Sunshine.” Matt shifted nervously and gave his best (and most natural) desperate look.
“Okay one moment dear. But don’t keep her out too long. She needs to go to bed in about twenty minutes.”
“No problem… um… ma’am.” He smiled as the old lady shut the door. He walked under the roof out of sight of the door so he could surprise her “in the moonlight”.
“Hello?… Hello?” A girl cried out.
“I’m over here!” Matt said in the least high pitched way he could.
“Oh god.” Sunshine looked a little taken aback. “What do you want?”
“You.”
“Excuse me?” Sunshine looked disgusted. “What do you mean little kid?”
“I don’t mean anything other than what I’ve just said. You don’t have to hate me for it or anything. You’ve only got my heart on a string. I find that more uh romantic than gross.”
“I really don’t understand what this is all about.” Sunshine looked deeply into Matt’s sky-blue eyes.
“You should, it’s quite simple. I need you like the desert needs rain Sunshine Marie. I’ve felt like this for as long as I can remember. Is there something wrong with that?”
“Um, yes.” She replied flatly. “That’s a pretty cool analogy though… not that you know what an analogy is.”
He really didn’t know, so he ignored the comment entirely… “Well what if I gave you this?” He pulled her dragon out from behind her back and raised his eyebrow.
“My dragon. How’d you get this?” She grabbed it from him and gave him an angry stare. Not wanting to upset her he decided the truth might be better.
“Well, Joel gave it to me. I thought I’d give it back to you.”
“Why thank you, that’s awefully kind. He must have tricked me today when he was shouting ‘Help! There’s a road runner is nibbling at my boot!’ I thought it was a little strange but I set down my stuff and ran to help him anyway.” She looked up above Matt’s head where iceicles hung delicately. “‘Lil darlin’…. I feel the ice is slowly melting.”
“It’s okay. I didn’t think I could really make you my girlfriend. It was a dream. That’s all it was… a dream.”
“No… um Matt the ice…” Sunshine pointed up.
“I know the moonlight probably only made it worse.”
“No… um… the ice…”
But it was too late, and before she could properly explain a long, pointy, and dangerous strand of icicles rained down apon his head.
“Are you okay?! Oh my goodness I’m going to get my sitter. Take my shirt, and my skirt to stop the bleeding!” Freezing she ran into the house, but before anyone could save him… he died.
** In heaven **
“Wow kid, that’s a pretty sad story… until the girl took off her clothes. At least you died happy.” A lone angel patted his little head.
“You know some cowboys like me go out like that.” He smiled, thinking again about his last moments of life….
The End ha ha…