A Conversation with Letters

Written for the: "The Dialogue 500" 
Prompt: A conversation between a kid and his bowl of floating Alphabet Cereal
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“Ah geez, not again. Kid! You just had us for breakfast, and now you’re having us for lunch too?”

“But…you’re my favorite cereal ever.”

“Oh yeah? I’m flattered, but come on, gimme a break, will ya? I mean, go eat the fiber one over there. It looks nutritious.”

“What’s nutreeshores mean?”

“It means, you’re going to get big and strong and healthy and stuff. Like that guy with the stick on the other box.”

“Tiger Woods?”

“Yeah, him.”

“But I don’t like golf. It’s boring.”

“It don’t look like he’s bored, does it?”

“My dad plays golf. He’s old.”

“Yeah? Well you should follow your dad’s example.”

“I wanna be a pirate! Like Jack Sparrow!”

“Jack whowhich? Has he got a cereal too?”

“Nope. But I can go ‘Rwwwwwwwwwrr’ like a pirate.”

“Sounds like ya have a bad cough, kid. But say, why don’t ya try that Woods guy one? I’ll bet it’s tastier than me.”

“Nope. It tastes nasty and makes my tummy hurt. Oops. Sorry.”

“Ah for Pete’s sake, go easy on the milk, will ya? You just drown us in it and we end up floating like dead fish.”

“I like milk.”

“So do cows, but you don’t see them guzzling it down like you.”

“Oh. I get cool prizes in your box.”

“Those plastic things? What are they anyway?”

“They're the Bionic Team! I have to get five Bionic fighters to complete my collection.”

“Sounds lethal.”

"No, they're not, silly! I have only four now. Just one more and I'm done.”

“Great! Then you can stop buying us.”

“You're so funny. Ah, here we go....”

“And go easy with the sug….good grief! You wanna die, kid? Seriously, we should have a talk about the amount of sugar you pour on us.”

“Sugar is gooooood.”

“Yeah? So’s a root canal.”

“See? My tooth’s missing. The tooth fairy’s gonna give me some money tonight.”

“No kidding. You know who to thank for that, right?”

“Yeah! And I’m going to buy more and more boxes of you.”

“Fantastic.”

“Mmm….crunchy.”

“What? You’re not gonna play ‘I can say my ABC backwards today?”

“Nope. Today I’m gonna play ‘I can eat ten letters at a time’!”

“Oh joy.”

“ABCDEFGHIJ – watch me swallow you in one gulp!”

“Hey now….”

“KLMNOPQRST – I can climb a big ol’ tree!”

“G…asy…n…us!”

“UVWXYZ – Oh what fun, I’ll try it again!”

“D…mn…yo…id.”

“You’re talking funny, mister cereal. What’s the matter?”

“W…ar…mis…in..g…so…ett…rs. Ca…’t…ou….ee…th…t?”

“Huh? I can’t hear you. Ah well…looks like Pokemon is on. I’m full, but it was fun talking to you. I’ll wash you later.”

“K..ds! …e….di…’t…ven…f..nis..is…ilk!”


Word Count: 415

Missing Letters Translation:
1. Go easy on us!
2. Damn you kid.
3. We are missing some letters. Can't you see that?
4. Kids! He didn't even finish his milk!