| Source: Children Come First http://www.childrencomefirst.com/nothingtowear.shtml Contests National Nothing Day finally arrived. I agonized over what to wear and came up with nothing. Absolutely nothing to celebrate this nothing occasion! I hurried to “Nothing for Everyone,” but the sale racks were empty. Panic struck as I realized Sally’s second all-girls annual nothing party would start in twenty minutes. As I sat on my bed feeling sorry for myself, my roommate came in. “Why are you so frantic?” she asked. “Don’t you remember how people dress for this party?” I giggled. I did remember. No one dresses for this party—at all! Standing at Sally’s door I wore a big grin and a bathrobe. As the door opened, I threw off the robe and stepped inside wearing the perfect outfit—nothing! Looking into the face of Sally’s big brother, I felt the blood rush to my face. I was a week early.
© 2008 Ceil Boyles. Original for CCF (Boyles grants CCF first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology). |