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Date Posted: Tue, May 17 2022, 3:28:46
Author: Kathy in PA
Subject: QOTD for Tuesday May 17, 2022. From “Go Tell The Bees That I’m Gone” by Diana Gabaldon



Chapter 15
Which Old Witch


“Stop that,” the woman said sharply. “Look at me.”

“Why?”

“You are a very impertinent child and your father should beat you.”

Mandy went very red in the face and scrambled to her feet, standing on her new seat.

“You go away!” she said. “I fwush you down the toilet!” She slapped her hand at the air, miming a handle. “WHOOSH!”

“What in the name of perdition do you mean by that, you wicked child?”
The woman’s face was growing rather red, too. I had stopped in fascination, but now set down the buckets, feeling that I had better take a hand before things escalated. Too late.

“I put you in the toilet and I fwush you like POOP!” Mandy shouted, stamping her feet. Quick as a snake, the woman’s hand shot out and cracked against Mandy’s cheek.

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[> Oh goodness this reminds me of my sister and my great-grandmother, Grandma Ruby had dementia but sometimes she'd snap into reality long enough to remind us of her fighting spirit. She once watched my sister mouth off to my mom on her front porch, she stood up from her rocker, walked to my sister and slapped her right in her face and said "you're an impertinent child, and if your mother won't teach you better I will. I knew an impertinent girl once who died in her sleep, remember that". *G* I shouldn't laugh but I'm pretty sure my sister never forgot it, and she always was very hard on our mother.. -- Cait, Tue, May 17 2022, 7:03:46


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[> [> They really used to lay the scare on kids in the day, even the fairy tales are grim 😉. Can you imagine a modern granny saying that? I never would. Lol -- Kathy in PA, Tue, May 17 2022, 9:45:01


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[> As Bree predicted a few chapters earlier, Mandy referencing a toilet! She's a sassy one. -- DianaH, Tue, May 17 2022, 10:11:52


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[> [> Your comment about Mandy’s modern stuff made me remember this quote, which I love. Go spunky girls!! And throw some water on Mrs. Cunningham to see if she melts. -- Kathy in PA, Tue, May 17 2022, 13:21:01


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