“Aunt Trudy’s going to become a scarlet woman,” Jen announced.

Her mother was shocked. “Why would you say such an awful thing?”

“She told me she’s knitting a sweater and I saw her bagful of red yarn.”

“Oh, Jennifer, you shouldn’t judge a person by the color of her skein.”

John H. Dromey has had short fiction published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Stupefying Stories Showcase, and elsewhere.