Bonnets 'n Boots (a short story)
62Little Miss Bonnets 'n Boots
Bonnets 'n Boots was a cute little girl. She liked her bonnets, and she loved her boots. She had the dickens in her eyes. If you were wise enough, one look at her would tell you all that you needed to know about mischief. She could play the part of the little lady, but she was a wild child.
The Boys
Stirring Things Up
‘Whatta you know bout fishin’?” said one of em. She responded with an innocent smile beaming from her face, “Well which one a you all is the best at it?” This started quite the commotion. She let their tempest come to a crescendo before interjecting. Well I do believe we have the makings of a good competition. Lest of course you all’s bark is bigger than your bite. This sent the boys scrambling home for their fishing gear.
The Contest
They reconvened at the pond. The boys put on quite the show of tying their hooks on, and baiting, and which lures they would use. One said, I always use my pa’s homemade flies. Another boy said “Whaddyamean? You still use your daddy’s flies? I make my own. And so it went.
Fishing
Before long some fish were caught, and they all brought their fish to Little Miss Bonnets and Boots to keep the tally.
The Winner And a Twist To Our Plot
Eventually there was a winner, and she played him up as quite the winner. Then she laid on a deeper layer of toying with them and said “Fishing is fine, but any boy worth more than his shirt would know about catchin frogs”. This gave hope for the losers of the fishing competition to save face, and of course as it goes with boys, the winner was afraid of losing the spotlight so short lived. He was one of the first to start searching for frogs.
They all left in a cloud of hustle and noise, leaving Little Miss Bonnets and Boots with a whole bucket of fish. She hummed to herself as she carried them home.
THE END
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Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for stopping by; did you bring my chocolate milk?
Left a carton at your front door
Well ...isn't that just a cute story and the girl gets the prize. I wonder how many men are hustled by their own egos. Good cute story ...thank you for sharing ...my best to you!
Hehe, cute story. Wonder when boys will stop underestimating the girls! :)
Cheeky 'n smart girl, Miss Bonnets 'n Boots! Had fun reading the story! :-)
Those boots were surely made for walking away with those fish! Nice story.
gjcody- glad you enjoyed it. How many? Most if not all. (at least at some point, lol)
Feline Prophet- thanks for the read. Certainly something I hope my daughters pick up on.
Elena,- thank you so much!
Sharrie69- I am glad you liked it. I really enjoyed your hubs! Looking forword to more.
I like this. hahaha that' a wee Aphrodite in the making methinks. haha that's why I love cheeky women. haha
C.C. Inspired by two wee Aprodites. The fruit seems not to fall too far from the tree.
Lovely story, men and their egos don't you just love em?
Great story for my Easter Day evening read.
Hawkesdream- Ahh, they were boys, not men. Surely grown men dont have ego problems? At least not where ladies are concerned! ;)
Iphigenia- Oh I am glad you like it. You have such a wide variety of hubs. Cant wait to read them all.
Glad you decided to turn this into a hub. And no, the fruits didn't seem to fall too far from Aphrodite's tree, did they. Thank goodness!
Little Miss Bonnets 'n Boots probably lived well ahead of her time for she knew what she wanted and knew ho to get it. Without breaking a sweat of course! Nice story :D
FB- too true.
Cris A- Thx. And it seems we may be in for it now, as the women seem to think men have Big Egos!
I liked that and who should be published? You should too!!!:)
Awww shucks (he said with an embarrassed grin)
Beautifully illustrated and clever story. Almost a parable. Any more like that? Love the fishing picture especially.
I am glad you enjoyed it. Thx for the comment and compliment.
wicked girl, but clever. it just sows how often us men get caught with our pants down, litterally and figuratively...
Yes, a clever girl can do that to us. ;)
They's all clever Pmoon, some are just blond... ... now im in the dog box...
MaD-you certainly should be! lol
Oh nice. I loved the way you used pictures with this one. Damned cute story, had me chuckling through the end. :D
Glad you liked it. Love your avitar by the way.
Oh this is a great story! So sweet, such a smart gal!
and cute to boot!
























goldentoad says:
8 months ago
sueweet, and to further add, they didn't catch this toad