tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658138279766595241.post8521042816355265430..comments2024-01-04T04:31:00.481-05:00Comments on Mixed Race America: Short shortsJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13261371053113519712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658138279766595241.post-91018013382954238572008-04-10T08:35:00.000-04:002008-04-10T08:35:00.000-04:00Thanks Genepool--I like the theme we've started wi...Thanks Genepool--I like the theme we've started with short shorts of children/childhood. Poor Virginia--losing does suck--but it also makes you human.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261371053113519712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658138279766595241.post-23774109049714565752008-04-10T01:19:00.000-04:002008-04-10T01:19:00.000-04:00Sorry, went over by two or three words.It came as ...Sorry, went over by two or three words.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It came as no surprise to Virginia Duffy (NOT Ginny!) that she should be thought of as extraordinary. She'd suspected as much for as long as she could remember. Her early rise as a prodigy among her peers earning her awe and ire from from the onset of her academic undertakings.<BR/><BR/>She was, naturally, the favorite to win the spelling bee her doting parents had entered on her behalf. She bragged to her co-contestants about her superior study habits and what surely must be a simple victory she was about to earn. <BR/><BR/>It was evident to all that while miss Duffy was probaly pretty smart, she was obviously pretty rude.<BR/><BR/>The epiphany that Miss Virginia experienced when she lost was every bit as profound as when she discovered flowers died when they were picked. <BR/><BR/>If she lost, she must not be the smartest. This put a real strain on her "special" identity and worse, really embarrassed her.<BR/><BR/>With no trapdoors to rescue her from the platform that had made her terrible loss a matter of public record, she walked, red-faced stage right. (180)<BR/><BR/>Her wet eyes gave away her shame and so even the kids she was particularly mean to offered her strained sympathy and kind words of understanding. One boy even offered a heartfelt hug which she eagerly accepted with a little sob of self-pity.<BR/><BR/>As she left the scene she decided crow didn't taste so bad if properly prepared. And she didn't even look up the proper spelling for the word o-b-n-o-x-i-o-u-s.Genepoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308610180196902757noreply@blogger.com