Compensating
The girl stood before the open pantry, taking inventory of the items I’d brought home from the store.
“Oooh, I love those! You bought so many good snacks! Why did you buy all this stuff?”
Pause.
“Wait a minute.”
Pause.
“Are you going out of town?”
Busted.

January 27th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
That is hilarious!
January 27th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Well at least no one will starve in your absence.
She is a perceptive girl.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
This post made me laugh out loud. Nice one.