“I know what I saw, even if they don’t believe me.”
“Uh huh.”
Her lawyer seemed rather non-committal.
“Ms Dennison, you’ve been charged with shoplifting.”
“I can explain that. I was in one of those big-box stores, looking at the DVDs. They happen to be on aisle 13, by the way.”
“Uh huh. Go on.”
“So anyway, there was a little boy and his mother standing right next to me. The kid picked up a copy of Monsters Inc and asked his mom if she’d buy it. Next thing I knew, two shaggy blue arms came out of that DVD and grabbed them both—their shopping cart too. Sucked them right inside. Don’t you see? I had to take it. Someone has to save them.”
“Perfect, Ms Dennison. Don’t change a thing. We’ll plead temporary insanity.”
***
“Robbie, I picked up a new copy of Monsters Inc today. Why don’t you watch it while I get dinner started.”
Robbie walked into the kitchen a few minutes later.
“This one isn’t like our old copy.”
“What do you mean?”
“Come look. There’s some lady pushing a shopping cart with a little boy in it and Sully’s chasing them.”
©2009 Laura Eno
