Prompt Word: Bang Minervie and Chip 4 “Gramma, How long do I have to keep doing this?” Chip was whining after only two minutes. “Nine more minutes, and you have to pay attention the whole time, so stop whining,” Minervie was torn between teaching Chip what he needs to know so as to not cause injury, and acknowleding that Chip isn’t really old enough for these lessons. “Remember, you told me that you wanted to do this brew....

Prompt Word: Cast Minervie and Chip 3 “Gramma, When am I going to learn REAL magic?” Chip whined. Minervie was annoyed by this sudden and ridiculous request. “What are you on about, boy? You are better at magic than I was at twice your age.” “But I only know ‘hedge magic’,” Chip whined again. “How ridiculous, who ever put in you that some magic is ‘hedge’?” “Betty, at school, she showed me a book....

Prompt Word: Caper “Okay, okay, get dis. He comes over, yeah? And then he says to us, ‘Hey kids, we gonna pull a caper?’” “What the.., who even says that?” “I know, I know. So then Jimmy doesn’t skip a beat, and goes, ‘No officer, were just having lunch and talking about our next book club meeting.’” “He said that?” “Yeah, yeah, and the guy has the the gall to ask if we’d meet before, on accounta the officer comment, and Jimmy was like, ‘No, officer, but you do talk like a cop....

Prompt Word: John First date, everyone is supposed to be on their best behavior, she thought. When he got up, he said, “Imma run to the john.” She thought about it for about 30 seconds … ‘Do I really want to know a guy who calls it a john? Like, toilet, bathroom, lav, even head I can live with. That would at least sound like a Navy man.’ She got up from the table, dropped a twenty dollar bill for whatever trouble this might cause the wait staff, and walked out the door....