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On a Dare

January 13, 2021 7 Comments

By Sterling Warner

I never forced Dave to lick the metal bar inside our family freezer, but I offered him a dollar if he did. The fool! The icy hinge stuck to his tongue like super glue; when he pulled back his head and ripped himself free, tiny taste buds remained intact on the door, visibly wiggling from side to side. After that, Dave applied Orajel to his wounded mouth four times daily, hiding the numbing ointment out of reach from others in his bedroom. I gave his selfish behavior very little thought until I fell while skateboarding and knocked out my two teeth.

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  1. Linda Casper says

    January 13, 2021 at 7:38 am

    I was squirming as I read it!

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  2. Susan F. Reid says

    January 13, 2021 at 7:45 am

    Good story about a child’s meanness to another.

    Reply
  3. b. says

    January 13, 2021 at 10:03 am

    Karma, bro, karma!

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    • Sterling Warner says

      January 14, 2021 at 12:32 am

      Yep! (Wish I could say the story’s all fiction….)

      Reply
  4. Rita says

    January 13, 2021 at 11:42 am

    Ouch!

    Reply
  5. Constanée Malik Hemedi says

    January 13, 2021 at 4:18 pm

    Life’s a boomerang!

    Reply
  6. Christopher Alden says

    January 13, 2021 at 9:37 pm

    Nice story with vivid description. I like the twist ending!

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