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March Madness II ~ Being Green~ A Backstory Holiday Tale
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“I don’t know, baby.”
“That’s OK. I’ll ask Mama T.”
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Angelica immediately ran to Tina when she arrived home, “Mama T!”
“Hello, sweetie,” Tina replied as she dropped her briefcase and handbag on the table by the entrance. She then grabbed her daughter under her arms and swung her around in four full circles, as the little girl squealed.
Little Bit and Trouble wagged their tails excitedly as they watched.
When Tina returned Angelica to the floor, she begged, “Swing them, Mama!”
Tina laughed and looked at her niece and nephew, “Do you want a swing?”
Furiously wagging tails conveyed their responses.
Tina grabbed her niece and held her close to her body as she swung in a few circles. Trouble came next. Swinging a pup in a circle, though, was not wise and both pups were queasy for more than an hour.
Angelica followed her mother as Tina walked towards her bedroom to change into comfortable clothes.
“What’s a ‘bash’?”
“What did you say, Angie?”
“What’s a bash?”
“That’s one of the words that sound the same but can mean different things. A “bash” can mean when you hit something very hard or it can mea….”
“I drew a shamrock,” Angelica interrupted her mother’s explanation.
“You did? Will you show me?”
Angelica nodded and ran from the room to get her sketch pad. When she returned, she opened the pad to the latest drawing and displayed it proudly.
Tina sincerely reacted, “That is beautiful, pumpkin. Did you show your Mama B?”
“She did,” Bette said as she entered the room. She kissed Tina, “Hey you.”
“Hey you, too.” Tina replied as they smiled their greeting.
“I asked Angie if she wanted to put her wonderful on the refrigerator as a decoration for Saint Patrick’s Day.”
Both surprised and amused, Tina asked, “We are celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day?”
“Aunt Kit is having a party for grownups, so I can’t go,” Angelica pouted.
Tina looked at Bette in puzzlement, but Bette replied with a silent expression that told Tina to wait for the rest.
“Am I Irish?” Angelica asked.
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Hi, dear sweet Spumoni! This was certainly a great treat on your behalf, before hitting the road, and go on vacation. Thanks for sharing with us the TRUE story of St. Patrick’s. We enjoyed it a LOT. We are in love with the wolfies, especially Angie’s cousins. They are SO cute! You left us with this HUGE grin on our faces. Thank you, again for this beautiful update. PPS Hugs & kisses on both your cheeks.- Lucero & Marsha (Proud Salsa Aunties to the ever loving JC and Eunichick)
Another great chapter! I loved the part where Angie was telling the pups that St. Partick’s Day was about fireworks and people hitting each other. Made me laugh!
another great update…Kit’s flashback almost made me cry, and Angie is so cute…i love this story and i’m glad you’re back
That was hilarious. Kids do have short attention spans (as well as some adults, ME for one). Kit’s flash back allowed the readers to see into Bette and Kit’s past and what made them who they are today.
Bette and Trouble’s relationship makes my heart melt.
Loved it! Vicious leprechauns and all. Also enjoyed Kit’s flashback. Thanks again!
i know i ought to read before i comment but i felt the need to mention the word “earworm” just because. THANKS for posting, btw. Don’t think anyone can ever get enough of your writing and humor, no matter what you say.
I laughed as soon as I saw your post. Here are so many wonderful stories on this side, some romantic, some tragic, some deeply sad, but this one is sooo …different. Even when the circumstances like in a fairytale the behaviour of Bette and Tina are believable. I hope to see more from you. :) Ps. I like the little pup Trouble. He is sweet.
Well, honestly, I don’t think it’s been established that Angie is Irish (although Jennifer Beals is), but her cousins are. But so what? Come March 17 everybody is. I’ll just note that pre-Patrick dogs and wolves appear to have been important clan totems in the Celtic system. So are they going to serve green beer to the wolves for St. Patrick’s? Dogs love beer, I’m sure wolves would, too. And they could all celebrate their heritage.
Wackadoodle?
i just read this “There were customers who did not realize that they made excuses to go to The Planet just so they could catch an installment of the Tina and Bette melodrama” and i had to comment really quick so i can continue reading…this phrase reminded me of me, my excuse to watch TLW that was unbearable sometimes, was to catch an installment of Tibette melodrama… :) brb
Great update… love the humour and loved Kit’s flashback. Great story you write so well and I can actually see Tina and Bette behaving just like that with their wolf relatives :)
I liked the story of St Patrick’s (I never knew it), and I liked the bit of backstory with Kit and Bette even more. I think Red is the least grateful houseguest ever. It’s maybe time for him to jog on. “Cranky” Hunter will have one less mouth to feed, at any rate. In-laws, eh? Tina’s father’s reaction to the story really is funny. Thanks for the post, Spumoni.
Love this story, Love Lit’Bit and so love Troubles. He loves Bette so much. I can see him in a chair with his head on Bettes lap. Maybe if the leave T&B house they can leave Him and tell everyone he is an Irishwolf Hound.