I Stared at the Teeth in my Palm
Mandatory Festivity Alert! Each year during the thick of the winter holidays, we search out seasonally appropriate sources for our Stichomancy Writing Prompts. This year, we’ve chosen to pull random lines from that 1964 Rankin/Bass stop-motion classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Off we go to the North Pole!
- I’d like to be a dentist.
- better known as the North Pole
- I’m cute! I’m cute! She said I’m cute!
- square wheels on your caboose
- you’ll go down in history
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I stared at the teeth in my palm. “I used to think I’d like to be a dentist.” I dropped the horrible little things into a vase on Dr Ferguson’s mantel. “Right now I’m happy I’m not.”
“Stop stalling and put on the uniform,” Dr Ferguson ordered. “My orders are to start our encounter with Position #34.”
Position #34 is better known as the North Pole Vaulter, and that at least meant she’d be doing most of the work. I doffed my makeshift toga and stepped into the awful, scratchy pants. My copious body hair protruded through the crochet holes in a very unappealing fashion.
“Well don’t you look cute?” Dr Ferguson tried to suppress a laugh.
I feigned enthusiasm. “I’m cute! I’m cute! She said I’m cute!”
“Stop bellyaching and choose your slug.” She handed me the tray and finally took her coat off. She was naked underneath. After folding her coat into a neat square, she turned and placed it on the coffee table, and I spotted an unexpected tattoo.
“What’s with those square wheels on your caboose?” I asked.
“They were a gift from Chartreuse’s brother Deuce.”
“Deuce Pamplemousse? The disco artist?”
She nodded. “That’s who the third slug is for.”
I froze, even though I was standing practically in the fire. Dr Ferguson erupted in laughter. “I’m just kidding. He’s only here musically.” She tapped her phone, and hidden speakers in the rafters started pumping out the driving disco beat of “Hop on My Caboose.”
“Then who is the third slug for?”
“You! One for me, two for you. After tonight you’ll go down in history as the first person to use two icicle slugs at the same time!” She snapped on a latex glove and scooped up a pair of clear gastropods. “Well, maybe not history, but in the organization’s files anyway.
bonus points for using them in order