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Personal Narrative: I Was Shot

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I Was Shot

“Tommy, I asked you to mow the lawn.” “Ahh, mom, do I have to?” “Yes, it’s your turn and it really needs it. I asked you to do it this morning.” “Yeah, well I’ve been doin’ stuff; and it’s too hot out.” “TOMMY.” “Ooookaaaay,” I said as I finally accepted defeat and my destiny for the next two hours. Sweat & Toil & Dead Toads. (See ‘Toads’ chappet.) So, on this Saturday of Labor Day Weekend, I moseyed off to the garage to crank up the Briggs and Stratton engine on the Billy Blake’s purchased piece of shit lawn mower. In lieu of a pull cord to entice it to puff and roar, it had a crank that you rotated like you were lifting a heavy anchor, then with a push of a button it would whirl in reverse like …show more content…

With little evidence of any malady, I made my way – hopping – to the couch in the family room and laid down and quietly demanded coddling for the rest of the day, wondering myself as to what the fuck happened. Sorry Peter, looks like you have to mow the …show more content…

My siblings were having none of that and teased and taunted me and called me a cry baby and faker, but I knew it hurt. “We’ll take you to see doctor Bleeden (Pronounced BLEEDING. WTF?) on Tuesday. He’s closed Monday for the holiday.” Came Tuesday, with my family still acting like ‘Doubting Thomas-es’ (Or Doubting Tommy-es) I hopped into doctor Bleedin’s office. “What seems to be the problem, hope-a-long?” (He had a weird ‘bedside manner’) My mom piped in, “He’s complaini………….” He smugly interrupted my mother, “I asked him mom. He’s the hurt one, correct?” “So Tommy, what happened?” I told him my battle field story and about the inflicted injury that I so bravely dealt with. Yeah, there probably was a little embellishment. He took a gander then he took an x-ray. “Okay, there’s a small object in your foot near the bone, but doesn’t look like it did any damage to the bone. So, I have to go in there and remove it, and you’ll be fine.” REDEMPTION! I told you mom! Take that sib’s. I’m going to get a freakin Purple Heart. (Or at least a lollipop on the way

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