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In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Brilliant Disguise.”
One yearmy dad hatched an involved and well thought out plan to dupe me. On Christmas eve when i was all tucked into bed and sweetly dreaming of Santa, he went into the garden and threw stones at my bedroom window, this naturally woke me and i looked to see what had caused he noise yet could see nothing.
That Christmas day he told me all about the snowman who Santa had bought to be his assistant for the night. The Snowman was quite the mischevious fellow though and not only ate the reindeers veggies and Santas caramel chocolates and whiskey (who knew Santa had the same tastes as my dad) but also ran riot around the garden and threw stones at my window.
I believed this whole heartedly for a good few weeks, then he eventually caved in and told me the truth. To say i felt cheated was an understatement.
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What a delightful story, and a great doodle to accompany it. Kinda wish I had thought of that duping mechanism when my kids were wee ones! Marianne
Look at it in a different way. He loved you enough to play pranks with you 🙂 How many dads do that? Most of them are stiff-collared, mustached men with a “do-not-disturb” board around their necks.
So cute!
My dad would do stuff like this all the time. lol Did you draw the picture? You’re really good!
Lol, I think it’s a Dad thing, nearly all my friends dads were the same. I can’t remember any of them being that strict or dour. This certainly wasn’t the only time my dad got me when I was small.
Yes I did do the picture thank you 🙂 there is loads more of my art on this blog (well it all is really)
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