The Day You Were Born

The Great Emptying Of The Kiddie Pool

Jake got out of the water and towelled himself. After pulling on his tee, he looked over his shoulder at Elsie who had not noticed his getting out of the water and was playing with her fellow tots, blissfully unaware of the time passing by.

Jack knelt by the kiddie pool, "Elsie! Get out of there. We need to get back home before Ma and Dad."

Elsie made some faces at Jake and burst out, "No!" and turned back to her friends. Jake, who was fed up with this babysitting business, said, "All right. You come home when you feel like it. I'll just tell them you became a raisin."

Elsie waddled over with her curious face on.

"Why would you say I'm a raisin?"

"Because you'll become a raisin if you don't get out of the water in a minute."

"When did you become the raisin fairy?"

"UGH. I'm not the one who'll make you a raisin, you are. The swimming pool fairy didn't want too many little girls peeing in her pool so she made up this...Law Of Raisin Kids."

Elsie sniffed," I don't believe you. You always try to make fun of me. You are a bad brother. I know you're making up swim pool fairy. If you want me to believe this...stuff, show me evidence." Her face was raised in triumph.

He smirked back at her, "Look at your hands, Elsie."

She looked at her hands and saw, to her dismay, that her fingers were wrinkled, just like raisins. She looked at her brother with shock evident on her eyes.

Her brother looked back with the same emotion, except he was faking it. He promptly shouted at her, "OH NO............The time's getting over. MY SISTER'S GONNA BE A RAISIN KID!!!"

That was the start of the Great Emptying Of The Kiddie Pool. All those little kids running out of the water was a sight that Jake could not handle at all. He picked up his quarry and towelled her vigorously before pulling on her dress upon her swimsuit.

Setting her firmly into his hold, he walked back home.