‘Be careful what you wish for’ my mum always warned. She was a textbook pessimist, always on hand to point out the potentially bad outcome.
My brother very quickly morphed into her mini me. I took to calling him ‘Worst Case Scenario Boy’ and enjoyed pushing his limits a little too far.
That day he had told me the branch wasn’t secure. But what branch is? I called him a wuss and bullied him out a bit further.
I’d still be laughing at the memory of his bulging eyes, had it not been the last time they looked at me.
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The Fiction Cafe Writer’s Group – Drabble Challenge:
Write 100 words on anything you wish. I took ‘wish’ from the sentence to giver me SOMETHING to go on 🙂
Mighty Wren 