Snuffed Candles (100 words)
From Echoalpha
| Type: | Humor |
|---|---|
| Length: | 100 words ("drabble") |
| Date: | February 2007 |
| Warnings: | None. |
For the 
31_days
15-Feb-2007
"candles for the dead" challenge.
Azumanga Daioh © Kiyohiko Azuma / Mediaworks / Azumanga Daioh Committee / ADV Films.
"Yomi?" asked Osaka. "You know how, when people in the United States celebrate a birthday, they have a cake with candles?"
"Yes?" said Yomi.
"And they add a candle for each year after you're born?" Osaka asked earnestly.
"Yes, that's right."
"Does that mean that they take away a candle for each year after you've died?"
Yomi sighed, and answered the question with another question. "Why would you celebrate a 'deathday' with a cake?"
Osaka replied with yet another question. "Why wouldn't you celebrate a 'deathday' with a cake? Cakes are good enough for birthdays."
"My brain hurts," Yomi said.
