SnotBy L.E.Wood
A small child stood in the queue at my checkout picking her nose with her index finger. Her little face was scrunched up in concentration as she picked hard at a bogey up her nostril until she finally got it out. On the top of her finger was the biggest snot I’ve ever seen, glistening green under the light.
She wiped her hand on the top of the conveyor belt, leaving a gleaming trail of mucus on the counter. She held a small bag of sweeties to her chest, hugging the bag tightly and her other hand was clenched tightly into a fist.
She turned to me. "Guess what?!" she said in a know-all voice.
"what?" I asked, not really all that interested and still grossed out from what I’d just witnessed.
"I’ve got my own money" she exclaimed with a ha!
"Lovely" I muttered; until I realised what she meant.
I scanned her sweets with the gun.
"That’s 25 pence please" I said grimacing.
She unclenched her fist and pooled her money in her hands. "There you go" she said as she dumped the change into my own, and wiped her nose with the back of her hand.
"Thanks" I muttered as she skipped out of the shop.
End.
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