Friday, August 29, 2008

Fairy Tale Friday



there was a girl named Holly. And the girl loved her family. And her family loved the girl.

The girl loved to serve her family. It was an honor really. However, the girl really did not like piles of laundry in the laundry room. Day after day after day, the laundry was there. stinky. smelly. dirty. laundry.

One day, the girl said that she was no longer going to do laundry. She was quitting the laundry business.

And so, the laundry sat. And the girl waited. And the laundry sat some more. And the girl waited some more. And still the laundry sat some more. (you get the picture, right?)

Then one day, the girl noticed that her son was wearing pants that did not fit just right. When she asked about it, he said that they were "the only thing he had clean". That same day, the girl noticed her husband looking for socks. She knew that there were socks in the basket of clothes waiting to be put away (for 9 days). And yet, she remained silent. He wore sandals.

That afternoon, after an entire week of watching the laundry sit there waiting for someone to wash it, the girl gave up. She knew that there was no one else that was going to do it. And so, she gave in and took the job of laundry girl once again. She couldn't stand to see it there one minute longer.

The girl wasn't mad. Not at all. She was a little frustrated, but not mad. And she decided that the next time it piled up without anyone offering to help with it again, she would simply take it outside and have a bonfire with it.

And the girl lived happily ever after.

The End

6 comments:

Randa said...

AMEN sista!!!! i hear ya loud and clear!!! get you some marshmellows for the bonfire! lol
love ya!

Ava said...

Holly,
You might as well give up on the laundry...it might help to know that there are millions of laundry girls that are right there with you.
Love ya!!

Robo said...

Sounds Sweet.
Smores anyone?

Lydia said...

i have a new favorite bedtime story. thanks, holly!

Lisa said...

Holly,

Last night Aaron came to me with a basket of dirty clothes at 9:30 PM and said he didn't have any clean clothes to wear. I just stood there and laughed my head off. Maybe tonight before he goes to bed I'll read him a bedtime story called "Fairy Tale Friday" Ha Ha!

Jeff Prosser said...

Dang, I feel like I just went three rounds with Mike Tyson! ...all these "amens" and "right on's"...owwcchhh! Sorry Bird...Bryan and I will be more aware and help with laundry.