DP Daily Prompt: April 2nd 2015

Sometimes it’s necessary to ignore weird looking people. They are never short of tricks in their repertoire. I made the mistake of paying attention to a bystander. He was a tall man, neither overweight nor skinny. It seemed the whole neighborhood was paying a lot of attention to him, I joined in to know why he got so much attention .

My neighbor V and A smiled and told me to listen. With those two in the crowd I felt safe. I noticed his voice was low it was not audible enough for me, I moved closer to hear what he was saying, finally it was clear what he wanted us to do.

Apparently there was a poor young woman in the next street selling some valuable jewellery at a very low price. We all must visit her and at least buy one thing from her, she needs the money. I was curious to see what she was selling, I decided I must go before someone else buys  the better jewels.

I went to her house, pressed the door bell, no sound, did I come to the wrong place I thought, I checked the number, it was the right one. I heard a loud bark, out came this scary German Sheppard, I was terrified but stayed, I expected some human to show up, no luck . I rang the door bell again this time I could see an old man coming murmuring something under his breath.

I wanted him to come out, he did after a few seconds, with his most extraordinary voice he said, “Yes what can I do for you?”

I thought it was a strange question since I was told some young woman needed money, she was selling her jewellery. I hesitatingly said ,”the jewellery I came to buy some.”

He gave me a puzzled look, “is this what they told you and  roared into an unstoppable laughter?”

I stood there stunned why did they trick me like that I wondered. I saw V and A laughing, A came and said, “Did you forget this is April 1st ?”

I was so embarrassed I quickly ran home!

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DP Daily Prompt: Odd Trio Redux

Time for another Odd Trio prompt: write a post about any topic you want,in whatever form or genre, but make sure it features a slice of cake, a pair of flip flops, and someone old and wise.

I always look forward to Summer, it means holidays, bright sunny days and the best part it’s longer than winter days.

The past winter was tough for all of us, we had too many snowstorms, piles and piles of snow to clear up too frequently, the days were short and extremely cold. We’d sit around in our living room and plan how we’d spend our summer holidays.

We had to wait for real warm summer days, the months of May and June were not so promising, we had to heat our house we wore warm clothes to go out. It was discouraging to feel that cold in May and June.

Then we hit July, days were slightly warmer, the trees were getting filled up with leaves, the grass was green and above all my perennials were looking bright with all the beautiful flowers we planted.

I thought we spent too long staying indoors, it was time for us to get involved in summer activities, we packed our bags and headed to go to the mainland, we passed by Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and finally reached our destination, the city of Montreal in the province of Quebec.

My daughter had made arrangements to rent the apartment of a local resident. When we reached the place we found it quite spacious for the two of us, he had everything we needed, we only had to buy groceries.

There was a supermarket close by, we bought all the groceries we needed for two weeks.

Our landlord and his wife were two wonderful people, we thought of inviting them for supper along with their two sons. I cooked chicken curry, plain rice, and fresh vegetables, my daughter prepared a tasty salad.

My daughter volunteered to prepare dessert, it was her favorite cheese cake. I said, “you’ll bake cheese cake?”

In reply she said, “yes mom a cheese cake, everyone loves this dessert.”

The dinner went well our guests enjoyed the food, the boys were delighted to see the dessert, they had a large helping, their mom and dad loved the chicken and rice.

The family had to leave right after dinner, they were expecting a guest from New York, I offered to give them a slice of  cake for their guest, which they were happy to take with them.

My daughter and I were busy clearing the dishes after our guests left, suddenly the door bell rang, I didn’t know who would come to see us at that hour, since none of our friends knew we were in Montreal. To my surprise I saw the younger son, I wondered what he wanted, apparently he had left his flip flops and was back to get them. We looked for them and found them under the dining table, the little boy politely said, “merci beaucoup” and left.

My daughter and I sat and talked about our landlord, his wife and children and how amiable they were, my daughter said,”Mom I almost forgot to tell you about an elderly man I met in the park where I was running, he said he can read palms, I was anxious to know my future, I let him read it, you cannot believe what he told me, I was very happy, before I left, I told him he was a very wise old man.”

As I was leaving he waved his hand  and replied, “And you are a very wise and sweet girl, God bless you!”

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