The Misfit Miss
Words 201
“Trupti is such a tomboy.”
“Ouch! Don’t pull my cheeks.”
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
“I want to be a horse rider.”
“She is joking. She wants to be a teacher. Right Trupti? Sit properly.”
“Yes Mother.”
“You are late. Where were you?”
“Playing cricket.”
“Hoyden! What will people say?”
“Why should I care about people?”
“When you live in a society, you have to care about people. Especially girls.”
“Then I don’t want to be a girl.”
“Can I go and see the late night show with my friends?”
“No.”
“Why not? Sameer goes. And he is 4 years younger.”
“Don’t argue.”
“Why not?”
“Good girls don’t argue.”
“I don’t want to be a good girl.”
“Mind your tongue. Your husband will thrash you.”
“If he does, then I will thrash him too.”
“Oh God, please give this girl some sense.”
“I have a lot of sense. It’s other people who talk nonsense.”
“Such arrogance is not seemly for a girl.”
“Why not?”
“How will you adjust with your in-laws?”
“Why can’t they adjust?”
“Girls are expected to adjust.”
“That’s not fair!”
“Why can’t you be like everyone else?”
“But that would be so boring.”
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Written for the Sunday Photo Fiction – a story in 200 words or less based on the photo prompt. For more stories on this prompt click here
For readers of Moonshine, here's Chapter 92 and poor Calvin :D
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