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Topic: GREEN (01/19/17)
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TITLE: Mum, I think I am dying! | Previous Challenge Entry
By Robyn Harbour
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Knocking on the door and turning the knob, Sarah walked in. Mark was curled up beside the toilet sobbing his heart out.
‘What’s wrong darling?’ Sarah asked.
‘Mum, I think I am dying.’
‘Whatever makes you think that you’re going to die?’
‘Mum, look in the toilet, I’ve got green poop.’
Sarah looked and what she saw took her breath away. Sure enough, bright green poop was floating on top of the water, looking very much like broccoli. Her heart started racing with fear. What terrible disease did Mark have? How did he get it?
As John was out of town and unreachable, she did the next best thing and rang her closest friend Sue.
‘Sue, I’m frantic. I found Mark in the bathroom sobbing his heart out. He thinks he is going to die. I am scared for him. His poop is green?’ Sue could hear the raw fear in Sarah’s voice.
‘Sorry Sarah, I have never heard of green poop or any disease associated with it. Perhaps you had better ring the doctor’s surgery.’
Sarah’s hand trembled as she dialed the surgery’s number. ‘Please God, let someone be still there, they can’t have all left yet. ‘ It was right on 6 pm, closing time for the surgery.
An answering machine answered her call. ‘This surgery is now closed and will open again at 8 am tomorrow morning. For urgent medical assistance ring triple 0 or go to the hospital emergency room.’
As she put the phone down it rang. ‘Sarah, Sue here. I have just asked Google about the green poop. There is nothing to worry about. What has Mark been eating or drinking in the last day or two? The information I found was from the Mayo Clinic. Foods artificially colored with green dye can include some ice-creams, fruit juices, soda’s and breakfast cereals. I also read that purple and blue food coloring can cause green poop.’
‘Thanks Sue, Mark went to his best friend’s birthday party yesterday, I will ask him what he had to eat and drink.’ Sarah heaved a huge sigh of relief as she hung up the phone. Mark did not have a deadly disease and he was not dying.
Sarah picked up her still sobbing son and held him tight. ‘You are not going to die. I love you and together we will get to the bottom of this mystery. What did you have to drink at the party yesterday?’
‘Kool Aid Berry Blue, it is really nice mum, and as blue as the sky. I had two glasses.’
‘Oh, Mark. The Kool Aid colored your poop! I bet your insides are bright blue. Remember when we were mixing colored paint in the holidays. Can you remember what happened when we mixed yellow and blue together? What color did we get?’
‘Green.’
Sarah and Mark burst out laughing, the problem was solved.
Later that evening…… ‘Dad what color do you get if you mix yellow and blue together?’
‘Green, why did you ask?’
Sarah and Mark between fits of laughter managed to tell John the story of the green poop.
‘Green poop! I would never have believed it possible.’ Said John as he joined in the laughter.
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"Look!" Mark's cheeks turned pink as he pointed to the toilet. "My poop! It's a funky green color and looks kinda fuzzy too. Plus it just floats there. It won't go down when I flush! And can't you smell it? It smells like something dead. Dead and green!"
Okay I went a bit overboard to show you what I meant. (Sorry, I get carried away when it comes to a good poop story.)
Tweak it up a bit and make it a bit less dramatic and the child's age a bit younger, and I think you could have a great children's picture book story. I'm working on one I started 20 years ago and wrote down for the first time in one of my first challenges. I have changed it a lot over the years, but it still remains one of my favorites and many of the kids' (who now have their own kids) favorites too. Your story has some nice science both about mixing colors and what happens to food (or drinks). Keep working at it. I really loved it. I think you have a great sense of humor. This has the foundation of a truly great poop story!
Blessings~