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today, BOY and GIRL meet at the sandbox
BOY with a shovel; GIRL with a doll
BOY uses shovel to shovel sand into his mouth
GIRL uses doll to channel maternal instincts
BOY observes GIRL with doll; GIRL observes BOY with shovel
BOY: “why do you have a doll?”
GIRL: “because I love her”
BOY takes another shovel-full of sand into his mouth
GIRL: “why do you eat sand?”
BOY: “because Im hungry”
GIRL embraces doll; BOY eats sand
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tomorrow, BOY and GIRL meet at the sandbox
BOY with ketchup; GIRL with a baby
BOY uses ketchup to flavour sand before eating it; GIRL uses baby to
understand the gravity of parenting
BOY observes GIRL with baby; GIRL observes BOY with ketchup
BOY: “why do you have a baby?”
GIRL: “because she needs me”
BOY applies ketchup to sand
GIRL: “why do you have ketchup?”
BOY: “because I don’t like the taste of sand”
GIRL: “why dont you eat the ketchup alone?”
BOY: “ketchup is a condiment; its not a meal, it compliments a meal”
GIRL: “sand isnt a meal either”
BOY: “do you see anything better to eat?”
GIRL: “where are your parents?”
BOY: “somewhere”
GIRL: “I wouldnt let my baby eat sand”
BOY: “what about ketchup?”
GIRL ignores BOY
BOY: “what about ketchup?”
GIRL ignores BOY, devotes all her attention to baby
BOY stands up, sprays ketchup in direction of GIRL
GIRL screams, uses baby as human shield
GIRL: “look what you did!”
GIRL holds baby, covered in ketchup, for BOY to see
BOY: “I didnt do that, you did!”
GIRL: “you sprayed ketchup at baby!”
BOY: “I didnt! I sprayed it at you!”
GIRL: “and baby!”
BOY: “I dont want to play this game!”
BOY runs away from sand box, leaves ketchup and sand
WOMAN: “baby? wheres my baby?”
GIRL: “uh oh!”
GIRL hides baby under her skirt, conceals in the stomach of her dress
WOMAN meets GIRL at the sandbox
WOMAN: “have you seen my baby?”
GIRL: “no”
WOMAN: “whats that?”
WOMAN points; GIRL covers the stomach of her dress, conceals the movement
GIRL: “nothing”
WOMAN: “thats something”
GIRL covers the stomach of her dress, but the movement is accompanied
by the sound of baby crying
WOMAN: “whats that?”
GIRL falls on her side and pretends to be crying
GIRL pretends to be crying until baby, covered in ketchup, falls out
from under her skirt
WOMAN: “whats that?”
GIRL: “thats where babies come from”
mwpm was a car mechanic, but he never fixed a car he didnt break. mwpm was an exterminator, but he never killed a bug he didnt spawn. mwpm was a plumber, but he never cleared a pipe he didnt clog. In light of many failures, mwpm
decided to try writing. So far, mwpm hasnt broken, killed, or clogged anything.
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