Captivated
When I was five, I was terrified of being kidnapped, she said.
Why? Did you see a movie or something?
She didn’t remember. She wanted to be ready in case some masked stranger snuck into her room in the middle of the night, so she prepared an emergency kit that she kept next to her bed.
As he pulled me through the window, I would grab the kit on my way out, was the plan.
What was in the kit?
It was an empty pill bottle. Into it, she put one watermelon Jolly Rancher and one dime, and then filled the bottle with water. That way she would have something to eat and drink while she looked for a telephone to call the police.
But the idea kind of fell apart when the Jolly Rancher melted all over the dime and turned the water pink.
Still, I think it was a good plan.
Filed under: General on February 7th, 2009
February 7th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Watermelon is my favorite Jolly Rancher flavor. And that’s all I have to say about that…
February 7th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Quite ingenious for 5 years old! Watermelon is also my favorite Jolly Rancher flavor!
February 7th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
that sounds remarkably close to those early ready.gov prototypes, actually. only thing missing is a wee american flag and a fortune cookie bible verse.
February 7th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Reminds me you don’t see many payphones nowadays.
February 8th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I was thinking the same thing that @claire had mentioned…I too don’t see many payphones anymore. Mmmmmm…
Watermelon Jolly Ranchers RAWK!
~ZZ
February 8th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
dave2: my fave is fruit punch – harder to find, but sooo worth it.
dani: that’s what i thought, too! way to plan ahead.
brandon: shouldn’t there be a tiny gun, then, too?
claire: i just saw one the other day and did a double take.
zz: cell phones. they’ve taken over the world!
February 9th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
This is your way of explaining your extended blog absence then? You’ve been making kidnap survival kits with 5 year olds?
OK then. We forgive you.
February 10th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
a green apple one would have worked better. those things are almost glow in the dark. They would have helped you find a pay phone in the dark.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
When I was in first grade, my friends and I had a plan to combat the alligators and punk rockers that allegedly inhabited the swamp next to our school. It involved filling water guns with rocks.
The ’80s were a paranoid time.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
LMAO!!!
That sounds like something I would have worried about as a kid.
February 14th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I’m trying to remember when pay phones were a dime.