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Submitted to Contest #43
‘There’s a dragon in the toilet.’ ‘Mmmm?’ Mum wasn’t listening. It was Monday morning, and she was stressed. We were running late, as usual. To try and save time, she was doing her makeup at the same time as she did everything else. I didn’t think this was a good idea. She’s not very good at doing two things at once. Not on a Monday, anyway. Something about the weekend turns her brain to mush. So far, she’d put blush on her toast and rubbed butter on her cheeks instead. Now she was rushing around, too busy to glance my way. I tried again....
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