Message of the Day – A Tongue

This tongue was discovered in the mouth of a 9-year old friend of my son.

They both had the day off from school. My son’s Star Wars Halloween costume arrived by UPS.

Of course, my 10-year old had to try it on.

And, his friend had to put on an appropriate costume, too.

He rejected the biohazard outfit, instead selecting one of the Alien.

Kids don’t play cowboys and Indians anymore.

They don’t play cops and robbers.

These two started using our two-story house as a space station/ship where the Star Wars character and the Alien battled it out.

At one point, I became aware of uproariously joyful laughter.

It continued for many, many minutes.

I have never heard such merriment in this house.

“Dad, look at his tongue!” my son said.

I turned around and saw this black tongue.

That’s what too many Sour Skittles will do to your tongue.

As my son just explained to his color blind father, “All the colors mixed together make black.”

It had tuned a bit lighter—dark gray—by the time the friend’s mother came to pick him up.


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