“This game is rubbish!” Claire said, kicking the board up in the air and scattering toy cars everywhere. “It’s complete CRAP!”
“Claire!” Tina and Ethel exclaimed. “You can’t say that!”
“I can!” Claire said. “And I did!”
“But it’s…. it’s rude!”
“Really rude!”
“I don’t care!” Claire said. “And you shouldn’t either!”
“But we do!”
“What if Daniel hears!”
“You know how upset he gets about rude words!”
“And rude people!”
“And rudeness in general.”
“Well, maybe Daniel should just shut up!” Claire said.
Daniel came running into the room, arms outstretched, pretending to be an aeroplane. Then he flew back out of the room and up the stairs to play with the dolls, who didn’t swear at all, not even when talking about the witch.
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Notes:
1. Written on July 28th, 2023
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