βWeβll be home soon, darlingβ I assured my wife.
βIt was a brilliant idea celebrating Christmas at the cabin. Which reminds me, David β you did unplug the lights on the tree, didnβt you?β
βNo, I didnβt; I assumed you did. Fine time to ask, Claire!β
βDavid, you canβt just assume! And since when is it my job?β
βYou assumed I unplugged them!β
βWe have to go back.β
After a three-hour return drive in stony silence, we arrived at the cabin β minutes after the firetrucks.
Only a charred moose head on the stone fireplace remained standing; everything else was smoldering remains.
NAR Β© 2023
100 Words
The Elephant's Trunk 
It’s amazing how her question about the lights caused a flare up between them. Will their marriage end up like the cabin or remain standing like the moose head on the wall?
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A prediction for their relationship? Going up in smoke?
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They need to send smoke signals to their divorce lawyer!
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Sometimes unplugging is the better option.
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Lights as well as people!
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Exactly!
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I’ve heard blackened moose is good eat’n.
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Well, I’ll have to take your word for it.
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Oh dear! Ouch.
That’s not an outcome to a getaway that anyone wants. They might need to learn to communicate better.
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True. They might need marriage counseling!
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That is a brilliant story π
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Thanks, Angela! That’s very kind of you to say. It was interesting reading all the different takes.
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Disaster! Never assume is the lesson here! π
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It’s karma … for proudly displaying the heads of dead animals.
I wonder if deer and moose have human heads on display in their dens?
They should.
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Dear Nancy,
Not a great Christmas memory being made there. Ouch. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Mille grazie, Rochelle.
No, this one will not be turned into next year’s Christmas card!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts today.
βπΌ
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Looks like the fire’s about to go out in their relationship!
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Nicely put, my friend.
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I just hope insurance covers it!
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Yeah, they’re going to need their money for the divorce lawyer!
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oops.
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This is when it would have helped if one of them had been just a little OCD π
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Haha! Great comment!
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Oops!
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Ha! I kept thinking of that Seinfeld episode when Kramer accidentally burned down Susan’s parent’s cabin. Remember? π
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Darned moose head. If it had half a brain, it would’ve unplugged the lights, I mean, surely he saw it coming!
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After all, it’s just hanging around, FFS! π€£
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Exactly.
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That relationship might benefit from a temporary unplugging
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Sounds like another brilliant idea.
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Oh no!
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Oh yes! Their moose was cooked!
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πππ
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Did someone say the word “recrimination” silently aloud?
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Probably quite a few times.
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