E.E.,
This was just hilarious. You wrote to the prompt exactly. I could easily picture the two characters arguing in Time Square, great job.
Now we come to punctuation...and this is something I'm not the best at myself, but I will go through your story and show where I believe the punctuation should be.
Chance Encounters
“Say, watch where you’re going[,] buster!”
“Oh[,] excuse me, I didn’t see you there.”
“You didn’t see me? Good God[,] man, are you blind[,] or what?”
“No, I said I was sorry what more do you want from me?”
“Well for crying out[crying-out] loud[,] man, I AM six feet tall! How could you not see me?”
“Well I didn’t expect to see a rabbit in the first place, this is after all[,] Time Square!”
“What? Rabbits can’t be in Time Square[...] there's some kind of law?”
“No, that’s not what I meant. I meant, I just didn’t expect to see a rabbit is all. Especially not such a large rabbit.”
“You making some kind of comment? AM I FAT? ARE YOU IMPLYING I’M FAT?”
“No, sorry.[,] I wasn’t making any kind of judgement at all. I just didn’t expect a large rabbit to be wandering around Times Square. You caught me by surprise.”
“Why? You got something against rabbits?”
“Noooo, that’s not it at all. Like I said, I just didn’t expect to see one.[, t]That’s all I’m saying. I’m making no judgements and have no prejudices!”
“You don’t know what the date is?”
“Why it’s April fifteenth[,] isn’t it?”
“Yes it is, and....?”[no question mark here because you've already used an elispe]
“And? What do you mean and?”
“That date doesn’t mean anything to you?”
“Why no, should it?”
“What’s your name[,] buster?”
“Abe, Abe Goldstein.[, w]Why do you ask?”
“Ahhhhh, nevermind. Mister Goldstein, don’t you watch television?[, m]Maybe see the sale[s] flyers at the stores?”
“Well[,] yes I do, usually.”
“And yet[,] April fifteen doesn’t mean anything?”
“No, I can’t say as it does.”
“For crying[-]out loud man, I’m the damn Easter Bunny, you never heard of the Easter Bunny?”
“Ohhhh, that’s what you are?”
“Well[,] yeah, duhhh[...]sheesh even most Jewish people at least heard of me!”
“Well, yes[,] I have heard of the Easter Bunny. We don’t celebrate the holiday, but yes[,] I know what Easter is.”
“Good thing you don’t celebrate the day, someone as dumb as you would probably not get anything anyway.”
“I don’t think there is any call to get personal!”
“Oh, don’t get your panties in a knot. You started it when you called me fat!”
“I did not call you fat! I said you were large, not necessarily fat.”
“See[,] you did it again!”
“I did not call you fat! I didn’t call you anything! I just want to go home, please excuse me.”
“Yeah, that’s right[,] you jerk! Run away before I put the hurt on you, I know Karate!”
“Oh[,] nevermind, good day to you[,] sir!”
“Good Easter Day[,] you mean.”
“Yeah[,] yeah, good Easter Day. [A]Scary looking psycho rabbit like you probably has crummy treats anyway!”
“You better watch your mouth[,] Abe, I could seriously put some hurt on you!”
“I said[,] good day, good Easter Day! Now leave me be, I need to go home.”
“Begone then! Silly damn humans, Easter is for kids.[!] Easter Bunnies are anyway!”
This is really great, E.E. Thanks for entering,
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