Something I wrote for my friend, Molly, inspired by her want for a late night snack.
If you give a Molly a cookie, she’ll want some tea to go with it.
So you’ll brew her some of your special expensive tea. When she’s finished eating the cookie, she’ll want another. And another. And another. When they’re all gone, she’ll ask you to make some more. You’ll have to go to the store and get some cookie mix. She’ll want to go with you. When she opens the door and feels how chilly it is, she’ll ask to borrow a sweater. When she puts the sweater on, she’ll notice the color is wrong for her outfit. So she’ll ask for another. And another. And when she’s done trying on all your clothes, she’ll want to go shopping for more. So you’ll take her shopping at the thrift store because that’s what she likes best. And she’ll see lots of clothes, but no sweaters she likes, and she’ll try them all on but just buy one skirt, which will remind her of another skirt she has that someone has borrowed and never given back. So she’ll think about all the outfits she could have worn out to go buy cookie ingredients had she that skirt. But she’ll buy the skirt anyway. And in the checkout line she’ll see a pretty mug on display. Seeing the mug will remind her of tea. She’ll probably ask you for some and chances are, she’ll want a cookie to go with it.
