Wednesday 6 April 2011

Pixies! - Three Word Wednesday

She was adamant she'd seen a pixie running across the lino in the kitchen. Never one to fabricate, I took into account her 5th glass of wine, and smiled.

"It was most peculiar," she said, shaking her head. "It had a bright pink hat on!"

I leant over the chair and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Hey Gran, what do you say we go up to bed now?"

She looked at her empty glass and tutted. "Might as well, there's no wine left in the kitchen anyway."

I raised my eyebrows. "Mmm, I know ... strange that, I can't think where it all went."

"I know," she answered innocently.  Then paused for a moment, deep in thought, "... but do you know what Amy?"  She gestured over to the kitchen door and whispered, "it wouldn't surprise me if that damn pixie didn't drink some!"


 Three Word Wednesday where you write something using the three prompt words.   This week's words are ... Adamant, Fabricate and Peculiar.

50 comments:

Susannah said...

LOL, I love it! (Pixies DO like wine you know.) :-)

Rashmi said...

Wonderful write on the prompt...

Elizabeth Grimes said...

Funny and cute. Great idea. :)

Linda at To Behold The Beauty said...

Good job, Deborah. Almost sounds like a true story. :)

anthonynorth said...

And I'm sure she's right :-)
Nice one.

Altonian said...

What a delightful little tale, and I bet grandma was right, pixies do drink you know; their favourite tipple is a cocktail of Drambuie and nectar.

Jae Rose said...

Hi Deborah..I have just come from Susannah's site and imagined a scene with an imaginative granny..I love both equally..the love and tenderness..you just want to believe so much! Jae :)

Elaine said...

That is absolutley hilarious and cute and fun and creative and (insert your own adjectives liberally here) LOVE IT!!!

Anonymous said...

OK, this is downright scary. The girl has my name, the mom is soused, and she's seeing pixies. Did you inhabit my brain last night, because I had one of those fun/weird dreams about hangin' with mom...!

GREAT take! Here's a laugh for you:
http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/all-in-a-name-3ww-npwm-6/

Peace (I'm still giggling at the coincidences), Amy BL

Sheilagh Lee said...

Sheilagh Lee said:That pixie probably did! LOL wonderful story
We all seem to have grandparents on our minds today

M. A. S. said...

Your ending is FANTASTIC. I very much enjoyed reading it!

VL Sheridan said...

My ex-husband's grandmother used to put beer out for the "little folk" at night. This was delightful.

Deborah said...

Thank you all everso much for your wonderful comments ... it seems pixies DO drink after all! LOL

Raven said...

That is so cute! And yes, Pixies do love wine. :D

Laurie Kolp said...

Oh, I love, love, love this!

~laurie

Old Egg said...

Of course it is true. The bottle can't empty itself.

Anonymous said...

Hahaha. I've seen those pixies myself. I really enjoy your sense of humour. You are a breath of fresh air!

Deborah said...

Thank you everso much for your comments x :o)

trisha said...

this is lovely deborah, mine is yet to be posted. will post tomorrow. :)

loved the sweet granny a lot.

earlybird said...

:) I laughed out loud at this one. A delight, Deborah!

Tarang Sinha said...

A well crafted funny tale.

jabblog said...

Oh yes, those naughty pixies are everywhere! This made me laugh - thank you:-)

A Hootie Hoot said...

I wish the pixies had stopped by and finished off my wine tonight. For some reason, I seem to be allergic to it now.

Great story!

Jenny said...

Wonderful! Sounds like my gramma!

Deborah said...

Thank you all for your lovely comments x :o)

Friko said...

I bet it did and all!

I like that Gran, she has hold of the right end of things.

Deborah said...

I agree Friko! :o) x

Lynette Killam said...

This is brilliant, Deborah! I had a great laugh to myself, even as I realized it could easily have been a tale about my fey Irish relatives, who believe in fairies and definitely like to imbibe...LOL!

Deborah said...

Thank you Lynette x
Your Irish relatives sound wonderful! :o)

Brigid O'Connor said...

I think those pixies have visited me too, lovely piece.

Deborah said...

:o) ... thank you Brigid x

Unknown said...

*giggle*
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Unknown said...

Gotta love Grans and pixies!
I am very late posting this week:
http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/04/12/goddess-creates/

A Hootie Hoot said...

I've already left you a comment on this one, but, wanted to let you know that I just awarded you with The Versatile Blogger Award. Please go to http://ahootiehoot.blogspot.com to claim your award!

Deborah said...

Thank you for stopping by and your comments giggle and Kim x :o)

and aaw, thank you so much Hootie Hoot x :o)

JL Dodge said...

Very creative Deborah !!
thank you for hopping over to our blog, we are following you !!
JL&B

Deborah said...

Thank you so much JL, it was a pleasure visiting you :o) x

Unknown said...

So cute! Thank you for stopping by my blog :) I hope you will check it out again!!

Deborah said...

Thank you for stopping by mine too Tiffani x :o)

tattytiara said...

Haha, yeah, you don't want to let a pixie drink. They might start hallucinating us.

Deborah said...

LOL ... thanks for stopping by tattytiara x :o)

Anonymous said...

What a pleasure! Nice story! ;D

Nessa said...

The pixies in my house drink a lot too. Cute story.

Deborah said...

Thank you everso much for stopping by Nessa and Mandy x :o)

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Deborah said...

Thanks Nilofer, I certainly will x :o)

Sandra said...

Now THAT'S a grandma...and I don't blame her, those damn pixies are always messing with my booze too.
(Fantastic post!)

Deborah said...

LOL... Thanks Sandra x :o)

manders said...

haha! i think i must have a few pixies living in my kitchen too... although mine are beer swillin' pixies :)

Deborah said...

They're the worst kind! LOL thanks for stopping by Manders x :o)