Mom and Pop and the Mouse
Mom
(in kitchen, finding mouse in trap) to mouse: I’m sorry. We wouldn’t have tried
to kill you if you’d stayed outside.
Pop,
appearing from bedroom door: I have to pee.
Mom:
There’s a mouse in the trap. Shall we throw out the trap?
Pop:
I’ll get it.
Mom
hands Pop a paper towel to use to pick up the trap. He throws it in the garbage
and removes the bag from the can, taking it out to the porch. He comes back in
and looks at the clock.
Pop:
It’s really early!
Mom:
No, it isn’t.
Pop:
It’s seven-thirty!
Mom:
That isn’t really early. Five-thirty is really early.
Pop
(sarcastically): One o’clock in the morning is really early.
Mom
(stubbornly): No, that’s the middle of the night.
Pop:
You’re crazy.
Mom
pours herself a cup of coffee, and Pop goes back to bed.
Mom and Pop Look for Their
Glasses
Pop: I
can’t find my glasses.
Mom:
Did you leave them in the bathroom?
Pop:
No, they aren’t there. Do you see them on the table?
Mom:
Here they are, on the kitchen counter.
Short
silence. Then—
Mom:
Where are my
glasses?
Mom Does Yard Maintenance
Mom,
shutting off riding mower: There! The big part’s all done!
Pop:
You did a good job. How was it?
Mom:
Not bad. But this front part, around the trees and gardens, I’ll have to do
with the electric mower. Is there enough gas for that mower, too?
Pop
(astonished): Are you crazy? You don’t need gas for the electric mower! It runs
on electricity!
Mom and
Pop stare at each other for a moment in silence, then both burst into laughter.
Mom’s laughter is a bit hysterical.
