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I Did Not Kill A Leprechaun!

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When JDaniel and I were heading home from playgroup on Monday, I realized the road I thought would take me home was in fact taking me further away from home. I don’t usually spend a lot of time in that part of town and really haven’t learned how to get around there yet.

As soon as I realized we were going the wrong way, I looked for a place to turn around. The best place to turn around looked like it would be at the next traffic light. The traffic was heavy and it was going to be hard to get my car heading the right direction without a light.

Right beside the light on the left hand side of the road was empty parking lot. It looked as if a fast food restaurant and once lived on part of the cement pad but, it had long ago been removed. The lot looked perfect for my turn around.

I made my left turn once the light turned green and then made a quick left into the parking lot. As my car entered the lot I heard a huge thud! The entrance into the lot looked like it was clear from the road but, I had obviously gone over something.

“What was that?” JDaniel wanted to know.

“I don’t know,” I replied. “Maybe mommy ran over something. I didn’t see anything though.”

“Maybe you ran over a little man,” JDaniel said matter-a-factly.

“No, I really don’t think it was a little man,” I answered.

“Did he have a wrench? Maybe he was working on the parking lot.” JDaniel surmised. Daydreaming possibilities of what might have made the loud sound.

“I really don’t think it was a little man at all,” I announced.

“Did he bring a horse with him? Is the horse hurt too?” he wanted to know.

“No, I don’t think there was a horse or a man,” I said a little more strongly.

“Where do you think his car is? JDaniel wanted to know.

Possibilities as to what had made that sound filled the car the whole ride home. There were dozens things the little man had been doing and had brought with him to work on the parking lot.

Finally as we approached our driveway, JDaniel stopped sharing ideas and announced, “Mom, I really don’t think you killed a leprechaun. I think he is probably okay.”

I am so glad! I would hate to injure anyone with my car ever but, to hurt a leprechaun on St.Patrick’s Day would be terrible.

Disclaimer: This post is linked to Mama Kat’s Writing Workshop. The prompt is daydreams. The story is almost one hundred perfect true. I don’t remember all the things JDaniel said  due to the fact that I was trying to drive home and listen at the same time.

 
 
 


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  5. Oh these leprechauns are driving me nuts!!! At least you rubbed yours out. Mine had to make a mess (so I could clean it up). We should have built a trap like they were doing in school. Very cute and timely.

    Visiting from Mama Kats.

  6. Hahaha! That is too funny. I love the wrench part. And the fact that he was so matter of fact. So did you ever turn around to see what it was? Maybe it was a little man….;-)

  11. Of course you were distracted on the way home! Thinking you might have ran over a leprechaun…that would stress anyone out!
    Funny post! Loved it!!

  15. Sooo cute — love it! Leprechauns haven’t been much of a problem where we live. But on the other hand maybe those haven’t all been speed bumps 🙁
    Thanks for stopping by — from Mama Kat’s

  19. So cute. Kids sure do have wonderful imaginations. I’m glad you didn’t kill the leprechaun, there would be a lot of sad kids today.

  20. I just love the ways a kid’s mind works. Improbable to an adult, but it makes so much sense to them!

  22. Oh my gosh this is hilarious! My three year old never believes anything I tell him, so he would have probably reported me to the police if he thought I had killed a leprechaun.
    Kids are so much fun.

  27. Too cute! I love how at the end he was convinced that there was no way you could have harmed a leprechaun!
    Sometimes my children talk so much in the car (with stories and questions) that I have to ask them to pipe down because I can’t even hear myself think to drive!

  28. That’s hilarious…and JDaniels has quite the imagination. I am still smiling after hearing your retelling of the incident…:)

  29. Great story for St. Patrick’s Day!

    My child’s school did something so cute today! While they were outside playing, the teachers made green foot steps and painted the walls green and messed up the classroom, all the things naughty leprechauns do!

    My son was sorry the leprechaun came while he was out but now this Italian, Russian, Polish, Hungarian little boy sure believes in them!

  32. *snickers* When we first moved here, there was a lot of “Momma, did you take the wrong path AGAIN?!?” coming for the back seat. Not sure where the verbiage came from, but the answer was usually, “Yes *sigh*”

  33. Lol! Oh my kids would totally do the same thing… the whole way home. Glad you only hurt the leprechaun 🙂

  40. This is so cute! I’m so glad that the leprechaun was okay after all!!! I know catching them is supposed to be good luck, but injurying them — not so much.

  41. haha…how cute is he?!?! I love it. And thankfully you didn’t run over a leprechaun 🙂

  42. I love the random conversations with kids! This sounds like what I hear at least once a day.

  45. LOL! My son remembers a Kangaroo hopping through our fields – and we don’t live in Kangarool land! Doesn’t it always seem they start talking about the most marvelous things when we’re stressed out?

  46. I love a child’s imagination and loved this post! Visiting from SITS – hope your day is full of new visitors!

  47. Haha! What a lovely tale. I tried hard to make my children believe that the bump in the road we had encountered, really hadn’t been a squirrel. Alas, they gave me that knowing look…poor squirrel…but at least it wasn’t a leprechaun!

  48. Ha! I just wrote s children’s book about leprechauns, so your post on SITS caught my eye! Once it is published I will send you a link since your son likes leprechauns … And is worried about their well being!

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