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Daily Flash Fiction - 8-12-24 - W/C 222 |
“Watch out!” Mary stopped, turned around. “What?” “You’re walking in to a trap!” I saw it right in front of us, cleverly hidden along the trail. “A trap? I’m walking “in to” or “into” a trap?” “Yes, Mary! Stop where you are!” Mary surveyed the ground in front of her, the trail and its environs. “Wait, do you mean "in to", as if, I will step in “to” that trap now?” She raised her head, looked at me, puzzled. “Or do you mean “into” as if I am walking toward that trap and might step “into” it?” Confused, I wondered about explaining grammar and verbs and verb particles to this person. But I suddenly lost track of the definitions and how best to explain them when I heard the ear-splitting yelp from Mary. “I walked right into that trap!” she yelled. “Yes, indeed you did,” I stated as I lifted Mary back on to the trail. “You were tricky to distract me with that grammar gobbledegook. I never saw it coming.” Mary rubbed her ankle, “It hurts.” “You’ve got a nasty twist. That’s gonna leave a bruise.” “Not my ankle, my pride.” I was now the one perplexed. “Come again?” “I should’ve known better. Getting into a word discussion with you. I never win. But next time, I am in to win.” W/C 222 |