Eight year old Becky came home from school to see her mother had liver and onions ready to prepare for supper. She sought permission to go play with best friend Arlene and bolted out the door. Together the two girls hatched a plan then went to Arlene’s mother to ask if Becky could eat dinner with them. They were triumphant until they sat down to lima beans and fried Spam. Arlene’s mother, seeing Becky’s face said, “Beggars can’t be choosers. Eat up.”
Later, outside, Becky said, “Lima beans are yuckier than liver. Do you think they called each other?”
Written in response to Charli Mills April 11, 2019, prompt at Carrot Ranch Literary: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story using the phrase “beggars can’t be choosers.” You can play with the words, alter them or interpret them without using the phrase. Give it any slant you want — show what it means or add to its meaning. Go where the prompt leads!
04/16/2019 at 14:01
Hahaha! This made me laugh (though part of it is I’ve always been a pretty big fan of liver)!
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04/16/2019 at 16:57
I actually like liver too. When I was young, my girlfriend and I would always check what was for dinner in each house. Who knows if our mothers caught on. I suspect so. And I can’t stand lima beans.
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04/16/2019 at 17:53
Lima beans – eww! Though there are things I’ll accept them in.
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04/21/2019 at 13:58
This has happened to me when I was a girl. Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
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