365 Days of Drabbles, Day 190 + 191
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colliemommie: “Mutually assured destruction”
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A look of horror settled on the mother's face as her son shuffled from his hiding place, the human baby balanced carefully in his left hand.
“Son, what did you do?”
“It's not my fault,” her son pleaded. “I went to the Old Tree in the forest to take a nap, and the fairy there gave it to me for safekeeping.”
“The Old Tree. In the Old Forest. The one I told you never to go near.”
“Er, yes?”
The mother thumped her forehead against the wall, making the cave shake and the baby let out another cry of distress. “Oh, son.”
“I couldn't just leave her!”
“It's a human baby, kidnapped by fairies and given to a dragon to hold,” his mother growled. “Didn't you ever LISTEN to all those stories I told you?”
“It's not that bad,” her son pleaded. “I'll take care of her!”
“We are going to have Heroes coming to rescue this child! Not the short clever ones, but the ones with mighty thews and axes! And you're going to have to fight them! Then I'm going to have to fight them when they cut you down!
colliemommie: “Mutually assured destruction”* * *
A look of horror settled on the mother's face as her son shuffled from his hiding place, the human baby balanced carefully in his left hand.
“Son, what did you do?”
“It's not my fault,” her son pleaded. “I went to the Old Tree in the forest to take a nap, and the fairy there gave it to me for safekeeping.”
“The Old Tree. In the Old Forest. The one I told you never to go near.”
“Er, yes?”
The mother thumped her forehead against the wall, making the cave shake and the baby let out another cry of distress. “Oh, son.”
“I couldn't just leave her!”
“It's a human baby, kidnapped by fairies and given to a dragon to hold,” his mother growled. “Didn't you ever LISTEN to all those stories I told you?”
“It's not that bad,” her son pleaded. “I'll take care of her!”
“We are going to have Heroes coming to rescue this child! Not the short clever ones, but the ones with mighty thews and axes! And you're going to have to fight them! Then I'm going to have to fight them when they cut you down!
