Peer Response Entry 1 (Week 10)

This is in response to Brittany's Junkyard Quote 3: ""When life gives you grapes make raisins." -Aaron (my cousin)."
This is really cute. I don't know how old the cousin is, but it definitely sounds like something a child would say. I think this would be a great start to a story about someone who doesn't really care for lemons, so tries to use that typical phrase with different items. I can visualize a scene with this character going something like this:


Jimmy reached for his glass of bright yellow lemonade, took a sip and puckered his face.
"Urrg. I can't drink this mom," he spluttered, handing the glass to the woman with her back to him.
She turned around and said pointedly "when life gives you lemons Jimmy, make lemonade." And turned back around at the recipe she was studying.
Jimmy shook his head and placed the condensation covered glass on the coaster, grabbed a handful of grapes and opened the sliding glass door to the porch. He sat down on the hot cement and studied the lizard slithering by, roasting in the New Mexico sun. 
"Screw lemons and lemonade Mom. Its all about grapes nowadays. When life gives you grapes, make raisins," where he proceeded to pull two off the vine and pluck one in his mouth and set the other on the ground next to him, watching the sun suck all the moisture into the air.





Its just a start, but I'd love to see where this quote could go in a piece.