Thursday, October 29, 2020

No Place Like Home

PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll


The tears were forming now. The short blue gingham dress and a white shirt with puff sleeves were not really the clothes to wear for the classes but then the class had decided that the morning tea celebrations for Mr Paul would feature a fancy dress competition too. 

So easy for Dorothy to tap the red slippers and turn around three times and reach home in an instant.

Dorothy had probably never lost her locker keys and found herself in an embarrassing dress. 

The boys would be coming in soon. How he wished he had chosen the cowboy outfit instead.

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Partly inspired by an event in school eons ago.  In the boarding school each dormitory had its own party at the end of the term.  We had one for our dormitory and there was a fancy dress event.  One of the boarders dressed up as a girl, it might have been Little Bo Peep, but when the time came to change it turned out he had lost the key to his locker.  Poor guy sat tearfully in the dress for a long time till we finally broke the latch and he could change.   Funny how some events stay in your mind for a long time.

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  1. Iain Kelly6:03 am

    Is there any chance the boys will be modern, tolerant and liberal and not pass judgement about his dress? Probably not.

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    1. Subroto2:31 am

      In an all boys school so many years ago? There was a fair amount of ribbing but none malicious as I recall.

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  2. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields8:31 am

    Dear Subroto,

    What a predicament. Even better that it's based on fact. Truth really is stranger than fiction. Well done.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. Subroto2:33 am

      Thanks Rochelle. In real life it took a while but I did manage to break open the lock :-)

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  3. Neil MacDonald9:25 am

    Perhaps the boys will learn something about diversity

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    1. Subroto2:33 am

      Thanks Neil but in a boarding school a thick skin is what you learn to get ;-)

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  4. Dora9:42 am

    It really is odd what things you remember, perhaps because on a fundamental level public humiliation traumatizes us.

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    1. Subroto4:00 am

      True but this was also one of those unforgettable incidents from school. Thanks for your comments Dora.

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  5. Linda12:40 pm

    Oh goodness. Maybe things are WAU different today, but back when I was in elementary school the poor boy would have had to live with that one for a very long time!

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    1. Subroto4:07 am

      Oh yeah teasing in those days could be quite severe and no political correctness then. But we all still turned out fine :-)

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  6. Linda12:40 pm

    WAY, not WAU :)

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  7. JadeLi10:30 pm

    I feel bad for the kid, but he realized who his friends were when they helped him. I can see why you would remember this event. Thank you for sharing it today.

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    1. Subroto4:10 am

      Thanks Lisa, I recall that it took quite a while to break open the lock :-)

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  8. draliman7:49 am

    Did he at least win the fancy dress competition? :-)

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    1. Subroto4:27 am

      Ha! Ha! Can't remember those details I think probably not.

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  9. Anne Higa9:09 am

    Man, the question I wanted to ask was asked and answered above. Thanks for sharing the story and the story both. Made me smile and wince at all the right moments.
    Anne from annehiga.com.

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    1. Subroto12:52 am

      Thanks Anne I am glad you liked it.

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