Prompt: 081. candy canes
1. “Look Daddy, a big candy cane!” the boy cried, pointing at the red and white barber pole.
A. “Look Daddy, a big candy cane!” the boy cried, pointing at the red and white barber pole.
“No, sweetie, that’s not a candy cane. That’s a sign for the barber shop,” he said.
“‘Barber shop’? Like where we got haircuts last time?”
“That’s exactly right. Come here, kiddo. It looks like there’s a lot of people up ahead. I’ll carry you.”
2. Every night she added new candy canes to the Christmas tree to replace the ones they’d eaten during the day.
A. Every night she added new candy canes to the Christmas tree to replace the ones they’d eaten during the day. To the children, it seemed as though the tree replenished its store of candy canes through some form of holiday magic. It added to their delight as they tore through the house in a mass of siblings and cousins, dodging around the legs of the grown ups.
Cheery music came from the wireless radio in a constant stream from eight in the morning until eleven o’clock at night with an hour interruption each day for the Children’s Radio Hour. It was the only moment of peace amongst the children, as they gathered on the rug, hushing each other and falling under the spell of the radio stars.
3. He was dressed like a sexy elf in shiny green booty shorts and a matching half shirt. His eyes smoldered seductively as he sucked on the candy cane in his hand.
A. He was dressed like a sexy elf in shiny green booty shorts and a matching half shirt. His eyes smoldered seductively as he sucked on the candy cane in his hand. He was every wet dream given form, with lips and abs and muscular thighs.
He was also printed on a calendar.
December’s favorite elf hung on the patch of wall next to the fridge with 31 days spread out below him. The first twelve days each had a red X crossed through it, and the 20th had been circled with “Meet Qt.” written in it.
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