Drabble Three
Danny Discovers the VCR
(Why Parents Should Never Attempt to Multitask)
Snack time at the Fenton abode always meant something healthy…either that, or something radioactive. The young parents were especially careful about what went down the gullets of their young, even moreso after little Daniel swallowed a rather expensive watch.
Fruit was always on the menu, and often a replacement for dinner if and when the actual meal came back to life and attacked. Their young son Danny munched on a banana thoughtfully, carefully watched by his father. Didn't want another little accident, now did they?
Suddenly, the loud shrill ring of a telephone graced their ears, the device shrieking from somewhere in the next room. "I'll get that!" Jack shouted out to no one in particular, completely forgetting his son and his last misadventure with inedible objects.
No longer under his father's watchful eye, the giggling toddler scurried out into the living room, looking for something fun to do. Prowling around the couch, he spotted it, the perfect game-waddling up to the VCR, he promptly smashed the fruit into the slot, reveling in the disgusting sounds and mushing it around until it was completely concealed within the device. Still smiling happily, Danny ran off to the other room, taking his seat again the moment his dad came back into the room.
"Well hey, look at that, you're all done!" he exclaimed, beaming at the wiggling child.
"Ice cream now?" he questioned, still smiling innocently, betraying his guilt.
"Sure thing, son!" Jack boomed, leading Danny over to the freezer to reward his healthy appetite with vanilla ice cream and nature's greatest gift: fudge.
It wasn't until a week later that they found out the true fate of the unfortunate fruit, and even then only because it had begun to smell so bad that it stunk up the whole house.
Jack learned to never leave Danny alone again, but no amount of parental supervision would stop the mischievous youngster from shoving a pea up his nose later in the week, lodging it so far into his sinus that it had to be surgically removed.
I'm sorry to say that this is based off of something I myself did when Danny's age X3