Hellions

[always2late]

I've always loved fresh tomatoes, and my parents used to grow them in the yard. Not those supermarket tomatoes...the big, red, juicy, REAL tomatoes! As you might have guessed, a few of those tomatoes ended up being thrown...but that's not what got me into huge trouble. When I was about 9, I was eating a tomato and noticed that the inside looked very much like the inside of my cheek. Expanding on that logic, I cut a thin piece of tomato out and scraped it until it looked like my tongue (it is amazingly realistic!) I then put it over my tongue and went to find my mom. "Hey mom," I yelled "there is something wrong with my tongue!" And when I saw I got her attention, I opened my mouth and started peeling off the tomato layer. My mother screamed loud enough to shatter an eardrum (she's a little bit of a hysteric) and ran to the phone, I assume, to dial 911. I stopped her before she did and showed her that it wasn't real...and then got a whuppin' for it. But I STILL chuckle when I think about it to this day (warped sense of humor)...so I guess it was worth it.