Electric Youth (100 words)
From Echoalpha
| Type: | Humor |
|---|---|
| Length: | 100 words ("drabble") |
| Date: | July 2007 |
| Warnings: | Mild slapstick violence. |
For the 
writers_choice
#211
"youth" challenge.
"You done with the lights in the kitchen, boy!? If yer done with 'em, then git back in thar an' turn 'em off!!"
"What're you gettin' all worked up for, Pops?"
"I ain't payin' to light up an empty room, that's what! When *I* was your age, we didn't waste electricity, leavin' lights an' things on all the time—"
"I didn't know they'd discovered electricity yet when you were my— OUCH!!"
"An' when I was your age, we didn't talk back, less'n we'd get a whoopin'!!"
"Well, you've sure got enough power left over to charge your hearing aid— OUCH!!"
