Flash Fiction: The Shrink Ray Game

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PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here.

“Don’t point that thing at me.”
Tony’s hands flew to his crotch.
“Nah, that thing is already too small.”
“Let me have a look.”
“You already take forever in the shower.”
“No, the gun…”
He snatched the gun from his sister and grinned as he pulled a lever. He handed the gun back.
“Now shoot.”
Happy for a free shot, she obliged.
“From shrink ray to gigantic ray.”
“Ew, gross.”
Ana ran to their mother, hanging out the washing.
“Ma, Tony wants his doodle to grow again.”
“Don’t they all, father like son…
“Huh?”
“Hand me a peg, Love.”
Children play the darnedest games.

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  1. I didn’t have a brother until I was 14, and often had the onerous job of cleaning him up from his immensely icky diapers. I knew all I wanted to know about “doodles” by then 🙂

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      1. It did. My brother was the unexpected caboose. I had been the youngest for 14 years, so I was pretty excited. And it helped me be very comfortable caring for my own babies later on.

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