“You might be a loon,” I shouted at my daughter, “but could you please avoid acting loony for one day?”
“But Mommy…” my daughter started off, but I stopped her mid-sentence.
“How many times have I told you to keep away from processed foods?” I asked rhetorically.
“19,418 times,” she replied irritatingly, but accurately.
I continued my tirade, “I know they’re tasty, but they’re equally deadly.”
“But Mommy, don’t you think you could have explained this to him a bit more calmly?” she replied, pointing towards the mangled body of the human who’d just tried to feed her a bagel.
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99 words.
Written in response to the Carrot Ranch July 25: Flash Fiction Challenge.
jagahdilmein 
This was absolutely genius.
I like how you took the prompt a step further and was inspired by the photo.
Clever. Witty. Humorous. Well done.
We had some nasty geese who would run and hiss at you if you got too close.
Very interesting take! I enjoyed it!
Your writing is deadly. I like how she knew exactly how many times.
Ha, ha! That is really how the whole loon interaction should have gone down. It was loony that the adults did not protect their chick with the ferocity of a bagel-loathing-mama.
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Oh dear. Processed food is more dangerous than I thought. LOL
Ha ha ha, it is indeed 🙂
Who-oh again! You write very well Anurag. I am glad you quit the corporate world. Its only good to draw inspiration for some dark, morbid stories, not to work in 😉
Ha ha ha. Thank you so much. Totally agree 🙂