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The First Time [Make Me Laugh Challenge]

Let me tell you something.

I was almost 6, my birthday was creeping up on me stoically, devouring my age and mental capacity one day at a time. I was swinging on my pet elephant’s trunk, enjoying the mixture of wind and the animals heavy breathing when my mother came out of the front of our cave with a stone tray in her hands.

The first thing I recognized on the tray was a pitcher of lemonade, brimming with sugar and lemony greatness. The dumping of lemonade over the elephant was a daily exercise and was something I looked foreword to with great anticipation.

It wasn’t till my Mother drew closer that I saw three of the brilliant snacks resting on the tray. I remember her handing me one to consume, after placing the round delight into my mouth my memory fades into pure white exhilarating light.

Those little monochromatic circular cookies have stolen a lot of my memories in such a manner, replacing events with the pure white light of incredible taste.

Sometimes I wish I had never heard the name ‘Oreo’.

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The First Time [Make Me Laugh Challenge]
THX 0477
Posted 2 months ago

Little bit of childhood fantasy and imagination maybe? Cute and disorienting.
The First Time [Make Me Laugh Challenge]
thebetweenspace
Posted 2 months ago

The dumping of lemonade over the elephant was a daily exercise and was something I looked foreword to with great anticipation. A funny thing to do. Wonder how the elephant feels about it._ Cute and fanciful story, oh, I did just notice that you wrote foreword instead of forward.
The First Time [Make Me Laugh Challenge]
invisibility_disability
Posted 2 months ago

oreos. yum.
The First Time [Make Me Laugh Challenge]
Stovohobo
Posted 2 months ago

Nice little descriptive ficlet. It’s also a nice lead-up to the Oreo reveal – especially the oddness of it in this prehistoric setting.
The First Time [Make Me Laugh Challenge]
Alexa ♥
Posted about 1 month ago

That was just very odd.