Words Get In The Way
A Little Drabble Humour
Words do get in the way--do watch them. -Michelle Liew
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"Watch those darn words," groused Mavis, Spencerfield's angsty mouthpiece and elementary school teacher. Townsfolk believed she was just eccentric, always on a language crusade as if these would end in grail findings. "Words stick. Words stew."
She became the town's tact police after its mayor corrected her grammar in front of the townsfolk--again. The town ignored the nagging shenanigans--and Mavis.
That is until a conversation with an errant student. "Well, bless your father--and his slippery hands."
The next morning, the mayor was new. And Mavis? She became the school's principal.
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This little drabble is entirely original. AI tags are coincidental.
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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Comments (7)
Great micro! It was a fun read
Well, now. Sounds like he should have watched his hands, along with his mouth...
Oh wow, Mavis is so badass! Loved your drabble!
Well-wrought! The clever, wisecracking teachers were always my favorite!
Delightful! Yay, Mavis.
This was a witty little delight! Somewhere, that mayor is still wondering what hit him. Probably a dangling participle.
I'd like to know more about that conversation with the errant student. š