Thursday, November 3, 2011

Extra Credit

Today's post is once again for Mama Kat's Pretty Much World Famous Writing Workshop.


Today I decided to combine two of the writing prompts into one blog: (1) elaborate on one of the 22 things I've done (#11), and (2) write a blog with eight lines. I get extra credit for this, right?

And now...

The Story of the Deaf Guy in Eight Lines

I worked in a hot tourist attraction selling t-shirts in the West End

A magician's shop that employed some cute guys who possessed the sleight of hand was right next door.



One day one of those cute guys brought over a new, even cuter guy who could not hear or speak.

This new, cuter guy kept looking and smiling in my direction and I thought, I need to learn sign language and fast!

So I bought a book and studied day and night



One of the magician’s who noticed me flirting with the new guy pulled me aside and whispered, “You can’t go out with him – he’s been charged with sexually assaulting a minor!”

Unfortunately, it turned out to be true and my fascination with him vanished like Copperfield’s assistant.

A good thing came out of all this, though, when a deaf couple came in to my store a few months later and I was able to communicate with them!

3 comments:

  1. Loved this! Nice end to an interesting story. :)

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  2. Glad you found out about the guy, and even gladder you were able to help the couple. I love how things work out unexpectedly.

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  3. @Arnebya I thought that was pretty cool, too! I was so proud.

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