Blast from the Past - coming tomorrow
Added 2018-07-03 13:01:00 +0000 UTCTomorrow, I'm going to release July's 'blast from the past', where I look back at a classic Sebtomato tale.
It's a little earlier than scheduled this month, for good reason.
Here's an excerpt - see if you can tell which story it is :)
Amongst the Build-a-Bear crap and Sparkle tat, Arianna has a collection of plastic toy horses.
"This is a Paso Fino, it's a very comfortable riding horse. And this is a Standardbred. They're very naughty, they're always fighting." She brings them together, clashing plastic, and then throws them overboard, onto the carpet, Arianna glancing at MJ shyly, slyly, checking to see how MJ will react.
"Hmm, I don't like naughty horses. You got any sweet ones?"
"Uh-huh." Arianna offers MJ a black and white horse. "This is my bestest one. It's a Gypsy Vanner."
MJ takes the plastic object and turns it over in her hand.
"It's got a kind and generous personality," Arianna says carefully, sounding as if she's memorized the box the toy came in.
They look poorly made and some of the details are wrong. MJ is sure these would last around 5 minutes back in Maynard.
If I step on one of these dang ponies one more time, they're goin' in the trash.
But MJ is impressed by a 6 year old who has managed to keep from losing the things, Arianna's birthday was months ago.
"Awesome possum," says MJ. And because she's no idiot, because this ain't her first rodeo, she reveals the gift she'd brought after a consultation-by-text with their father.
