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Bella's Purple Tutu

by Donna Powers 
09/29/07
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“You’re not going to believe this,” Gary told me.

I was distracted at the time, since I was trying to eat an orange without getting my hands too sticky. So I admit that I didn’t respond until he held the letter under my nose.

“Look at this,” he insisted.

I looked. The letter said that Bella had shown a preference for their matching frilly purple tutus, and that dear Aunt Charlotte – who’d died at the same time as poor Bella – had paid in full for both of their funerals. Aunt Charlotte was letting us know that she wanted both of them to be buried in their tutus.

“So now I have to find those stupid purple tutus,” grumbled Gary.

“Honestly, Gary, I don’t understand what the problem is.” I went to the sink and washed my hands. They’d gotten sticky anyway, though the orange had been delicious. “Bella and Charlotte were together for years. There was no one that your Aunt loved more. If Aunt Charlotte wanted Bella to have a nice funeral, what’s the problem?”

”It didn’t bother you, seeing Bella all dolled up in those frilly babydoll clothes – at her age and size? And the way the two of them carried on, with Aunt Charlotte joking that they were twins?” he asked me.

“It was kind of silly,” I agreed. “But Bella seemed to thrive on it. She seemed so happy to wear them and Aunt Charlotte kept on spoiling her by buting more and more of those outfits.”

I dried my hands. “You know what I think your real problem is, Gary?”

”What?”

”I think you’re just upset because Aunt Charlotte spent so much of her money on Bella and there’s not as much left to leave to you and your brothers. You were expecting a big inheritance from your rich aunt.”

His silence spoke more than words.

“I thought so. Look, let’s go find the tutus together. After all, if Aunt Charlotte wants to pay to share her funeral with her St. Bernard, who are we to question her?”

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Amy Michelle Wiley 
04 Oct 2007
Ha! You got me. Too funny.
Beth LaBuff 
01 Oct 2007
I've been dying to read this for two days. (My daughter is expecting a girl in January and she informed me that she fell in love with AND bought this cute little purple tutu. She's planning to name the little girl Ella...:)


This is soooo cute. My imagination went wild when you described "seeing Bella all dressed up in the frilly baby-doll clothes -- at her AGE and SIZE" What fun! Your twist really got me...I had no idea you were describing a dog. :)

(I had to send the link for this to my daughter!!)
Verna Cole Mitchell 
30 Sep 2007
What intriguing pictures your descriptions made. I could just visualize a purple tutu on a dog. Oh my, this is fun and very well written.
Kristen Hester
30 Sep 2007
This is fun. I was wondering if Bella was a pet, but I kept going back and forth. Great twist. Great job.
Marilyn Schnepp 
29 Sep 2007
I liked this one! - and a great Twist at the end, too! Good job!
Jan Ackerson
29 Sep 2007
Oh, Donna! Just when I think no one's going to be able to catch me in a twist...you go and pull off this one! Love it, and love the visual. Perfect.
Janice Cartwright
29 Sep 2007
Now that's a twist - at the very end. Not fair, not fair!! Really cute voice.

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