For weeks, the boys kept disappearing into the backyard to the old truck, surreptitiously sneaking stuff out of the kitchen with them.
Julie didn’t pay them much mind. She believed they were livening up the disused truck that they called ‘their boy cave’ and she was happy to have them out of her hair.
Being a mother to three energetic boys and a toddler daughter underfoot could exhaust a Saint.
Her curiosity only got aroused when Kelly took to mumbling ‘porous, porous‘ and pointing insistently at the door, wanting to follow her brothers.
Kelly’s demands turned to shrill cries that drove her mother to go and find out what was going on.
Loud, shuffling noises came from the closed van and on her persistent knocking, Toby opened it a bit.
Pushing it open, Jill stepped inside, to find a big green monster lying on her soft cushions and peering at her, with several giant eggs under the glow of a bulb, about to hatch.
For several moments she was utterly speechless, then she went berserk.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Hahaha! The boys are hatching dinosaur eggs! I certainly would go beserk too! I really enjoyed this story, Jacqueline!
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I would have passed out, woken up and gone berserk. Thank you Joy 🙂
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Hahaha! I understand! I probably would have too. In any case, it wouldn’t have been good.
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Brilliant lead up to an amazing discovery!
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Thank you 🙂
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Good one!
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Thank you Vikey 🙂
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Ha! Not sure whether she needs to keep a closer eye on those boys, or give them free reign! 🙂
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She sure does! They will be up to more mischief 🙂
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Ha ha … boys!! They can turn your hair grey. LOLz … got one of my own and my gosh!!!
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I know what you mean. My two boys keep me on my toes. They are darlings 🙂
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What a wonderful twist, Jacqui!
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Thank you, Judy. It was fun to write 🙂
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Too bad they don’t sell “dinosaur” spray at the local market. lol
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You can be sure their mother would have whipped it out if there was one 🙂
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Wonderful take Jacqueline. I enjoyed how you built up to finding the boys with this dinosaur in the truck, eggs ready to hatch. Sounds like things could get very ominous.
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Those boys gave their mother quite a bit of run around though they are good boys; just being boys. Thank you Mandi 🙂
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